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Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night of
sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake me up
every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it will
not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd story of
house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the confinement so I
got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my butt and one step at
a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 1/21/2007 10:02 AM, JimH wrote:
Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night
of sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake
me up every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it
will not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd
story of house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the
confinement so I got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my
butt and one step at a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do


It's always a good thing when you get out of a hospital alive!

As long as your middle leg isn't numb...

As a matter of fact it is. My knee is week from side to side and I cannot
raise my leg when sitting of lying down more than a few inches. Although I
am obviously concerned I was told that this condition will improve and
eventually vanish.

The Orthopedic Surgeon who did the operation is world known. He operated on
Cal Ripken's back. Christopher Reeves flew into to Cleveland to consult
with him. The only reason I was able to hook up with him (and so soon) is
that my sister works for the ortho department for the same hospital and is
in tight with the Dr's head nurse.

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"JimH" wrote in message
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Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night of
sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake me
up every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it will
not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd story of
house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the confinement so
I got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my butt and one
step at a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do


Congratulations.
We had a scare here also. My mother got the flu and we think she inhaled a
bit of her vomit overnight and she quickly developed pneumonia.
It looked tricky...especially when the medical team wanted a meeing with the
family. After four days the meds finally cut in and she improved steadily.
After a 12 day stay she was released back home on the 18th. At this point
she is only able to do three laps of our hall, kitchen, living room & dining
room 'oval track' but we'll work at it.

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night
of sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake
me up every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it
will not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd
story of house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the
confinement so I got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my
butt and one step at a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do


Congratulations.
We had a scare here also. My mother got the flu and we think she inhaled
a bit of her vomit overnight and she quickly developed pneumonia.
It looked tricky...especially when the medical team wanted a meeing with
the family. After four days the meds finally cut in and she improved
steadily.
After a 12 day stay she was released back home on the 18th. At this point
she is only able to do three laps of our hall, kitchen, living room &
dining room 'oval track' but we'll work at it.


OMG! Glad to hear she is improving......pneumonia can be fatal. I will
keep her in my prayers Don.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:02:10 -0500, "JimH"
wrote:

I had been confined to the 2nd story of
house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the confinement so
I
got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my butt and one step
at
a time.

Let me see - recent back operation - goes down stairs on butt.

Yep, sounds pretty good to me! :)

Hey, glad you are ok man. Take care of yourself and don't do anything
stupid like I would/did/have done/will do again.

Thanks Tom. Going down the stairs on my butt (lifting, then letting myself
down on the lower step using my arms and good leg) is actually the
recommended way of getting down stairs after back surgery as it eliminates
the chances of falling. To go up I just push myself up, step by step, with
my good leg.

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:05:32 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/21/2007 10:02 AM, JimH wrote:
Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night of
sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake me up
every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it will
not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd story of
house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the confinement so I
got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my butt and one step at
a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do




It's always a good thing when you get out of a hospital alive!

As long as your middle leg isn't numb...

I sure hope he doesn't feel he has to respond to all 312 messages! Gosh,
that could wear out a filter!
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:31:58 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
.. .
Hi all.

First for all thanks for all the well wishes.

I had the operation on Tuesday 1-16. It was a 3 1/2 hour surgery. I was
finally released on Thursday 1-18. That night was the first good night of
sleep I had since the operation as there was no hospital staff to wake me
up every hour through the night.

My right leg is somewhat numb and I need a walker to get around as it will
not consistently hold my weight. I had been confined to the 2nd story of
house for the past few days but decided I had enough of the confinement so
I got downstairs like I got upstairs on Thursday....on my butt and one
step at a time.

With 312 unread messages (after I filtered out the ones from the a-holes,
including the non boating golfers) I have a lot of reading to do


Congratulations.
We had a scare here also. My mother got the flu and we think she inhaled a
bit of her vomit overnight and she quickly developed pneumonia.
It looked tricky...especially when the medical team wanted a meeing with the
family. After four days the meds finally cut in and she improved steadily.
After a 12 day stay she was released back home on the 18th. At this point
she is only able to do three laps of our hall, kitchen, living room & dining
room 'oval track' but we'll work at it.


Don, two houses down from us lived a lady about 90 years old. Her husband
died last summer, and many of us in the neighborhood would help out with
yard work, soup, or whatever, even though she had children living only a
few blocks away.

Yesterday I looked out front to see the street filled with fire trucks. Her
house was burning. She died in the fire. We don't know the whole story yet,
the cause, etc. I thought I'd share the story with you just so you'd keep
things like that in mind with your mom. There are lots of things that can
cause a fire when a person gets old, slower, and forgetful.


--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

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"JimH" wrote in message
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OMG! Glad to hear she is improving......pneumonia can be fatal. I will
keep her in my prayers Don.
Thanks Jim.

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"JohnH" wrote in message
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Don, two houses down from us lived a lady about 90 years old. Her husband
died last summer, and many of us in the neighborhood would help out with
yard work, soup, or whatever, even though she had children living only a
few blocks away.

Yesterday I looked out front to see the street filled with fire trucks.
Her
house was burning. She died in the fire. We don't know the whole story
yet,
the cause, etc. I thought I'd share the story with you just so you'd keep
things like that in mind with your mom. There are lots of things that can
cause a fire when a person gets old, slower, and forgetful.


--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

We try too keep her 'wing' safe as possible. She sometimes does push her
knitting supplies up against the electric baseboard heater... (tight
quarters) but I always point it out to her and move the material away.
No cooking goes on in there, just the usual living room/bedroom type
appliances.

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:49:19 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

Don, two houses down from us lived a lady about 90 years old. Her husband
died last summer, and many of us in the neighborhood would help out with
yard work, soup, or whatever, even though she had children living only a
few blocks away.

Yesterday I looked out front to see the street filled with fire trucks.
Her
house was burning. She died in the fire. We don't know the whole story
yet,
the cause, etc. I thought I'd share the story with you just so you'd keep
things like that in mind with your mom. There are lots of things that can
cause a fire when a person gets old, slower, and forgetful.


--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H

We try too keep her 'wing' safe as possible. She sometimes does push her
knitting supplies up against the electric baseboard heater... (tight
quarters) but I always point it out to her and move the material away.
No cooking goes on in there, just the usual living room/bedroom type
appliances.


Good show.
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H