KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES

[MadtownPacker]

I know two physicians who review medical malpractice cases. There are some terrible docs out there. Think of the KC quack who operated on Sherrod and destroyed his career. Trust, but verify.

Sure are, just like every industry. The whole patient care aspect is gone. Maximizing profits is all that matters.

So IMO never trust. Verify and cross your fingers you didn’t get the Zool of MDs.

[Zool]

Sure are, just like every industry. The whole patient care aspect is gone. Maximizing profits is all that matters.

So IMO never trust. Verify and cross your fingers you didn’t get the Zool of MDs.

You would be so lucky. I don’t know anything about medicine, but I’m pretty fucking awesome.

[MadtownPacker]

You would be so lucky. I don’t know anything about medicine, but I’m pretty fucking awesome.

Since I was wrong about you being a hipster millennial I really only have one thing to say and I have never said it until now.

Ok boomer.

[mraynrand]

Since I was wrong about you being a hipster millennial I really only have one thing to say and I have never said it until now.

Ok boomer.

hahahaha. He is GenX (1965-1980)

[Deputy Nutz]

I have a knee replacement horror story B. Happened to a former coworker. He was about 38, in good health but had a fucked up knee that he hurt long before. He finally had the surg, was off work for about 5 weeks but it was still hurting a lot. He went to his MD who told him it was normal and would heal. He delayed coming back and about a week later was having trouble breathing one night. He went to the ER, they checked him out, said he was OK and he went home. Woke up in the night and couldn't breath for shit, went to ER again. This time the sorry assholes actually did some work and found out he had blood clots in his lungs. Turned out he had gotten a blood infection from the knee.

Sadly that is not the end of this story. To treat the clots they gave him blood thinners. Within hours a clot from his leg came loose, hit the big highway and went to his brain. Instant stroke, brain bleeding, too much pressure, leaving him paralyzed on half his body. It was so bad they had to open his head to remove the clot. He went a few weeks with part of his skull missing because they worried they might have to get in there again. He was in the hospital ICU for months. Once release he was only able to move one side of his entire body and not very good at that. Stuck in a electric chair that he moves with his one arm/hand that still has function. Not long after his bitch wife left him and was very vengeful about it. He lost his house, cars and everything pretty much. Only his Mama who became his caretaker and his teen daughters stood by him. He remains in that condition to this day.

Later it came out that the company making the surgical kits for these type of operations had put out contaminated ones that year. I think I even saw a news article about it. Several folks had gotten similar infections. The mistake this guy made was taking the pain for so long. Had he gotten a 2nd opinion he would have dealt with the infection before it was too late. This was 8 years or so ago. He ended up suing the MD and the company and won a large settlement. Of course then the wife showed up again, he kicked her to the curb. To this day he gets around in a electric chair and uses an mounted ipad to communicate by typing what he wants to say on the screen with a stylus that he can hold. He has money but what good does it do him because he will need it to take care of himself for whatever remains of his time on Earth. I doubt he lives to be an old man. He was always kinda arrogant and cocky so he took the fall very hard. He had a nice life and it was all gone like that.

I am glad you are doing better B. I had been meaning to post this for you but I have kept track of your post about this to make sure you didn't say the same as this guy did. Don't ignore pain and tell any medical staff who says different to go fuck themselves and report them to their ethics committee.

Same situation with my uncle although the ending wasn't as catastrophic ending as your coworker. He had to have the operation twice, fought serious infection for almost a year.

[George Cumby]

Someone needs to start a "Medical Horror Stories" thread.

Our youngest has been hospitalized several times.

Moral of the story: Question, question, question. Advocate, advocate, advocate. Fight, fight, fight.

Nurses are usually great. There's a few doctors alive only because of my love of my family.

[MadtownPacker]

hahahaha. He is GenX (1965-1980)

Say it ain’t so cuz I don’t want to in the same generation as him.

[MadtownPacker]

Same situation with my uncle although the ending wasn't as catastrophic ending as your coworker. He had to have the operation twice, fought serious infection for almost a year.

Thats what I read most folks had to deal with. What year was it?

[mraynrand]

Thats what I read most folks had to deal with. What year was it?

No. You shouldn't get infected. That's the sign of a lousy doc. Know a knee and hip replacement doc who has done thousands of cases. Maybe a handful of infections and usually those were trauma cases where the replacement followed an open wound situation.

[Bretsky]

I am four weeks out and recovery has went well. I think I"ll probably return back to work in a week and a half. I don't think there is a good time to return. When I set without any elevation the knee gets pretty sore within a few hours. So for the first four to six weeks I'll probably just need to deal with the pain. It seems that my flexibility is plenty good enough to get back to work. Just have to figure out how to sleep and then work through the pain/stiffness issues at work.

[scharpcheddar]

eeewwwww

[mraynrand]

eeewwwww

I can discern the future by reading the colors of knee infection pus, much like others read tea leaves and chicken bones.

[Zool]

Say it ain’t so cuz I don’t want to in the same generation as him.

Well suck it up buddy boy. You and me are the generation of slackers.

[Deputy Nutz]

Thats what I read most folks had to deal with. What year was it?

2015

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I am four weeks out and recovery has went well. I think I"ll probably return back to work in a week and a half. I don't think there is a good time to return. When I set without any elevation the knee gets pretty sore within a few hours. So for the first four to six weeks I'll probably just need to deal with the pain. It seems that my flexibility is plenty good enough to get back to work. Just have to figure out how to sleep and then work through the pain/stiffness issues at work.

Glad you’re doing well, Bretsky. Hope you fully recover.

I’ll trade you my burger flipping job for your office job. Feel a clicking in my left hip when high kicking due to an enlarged ball or socket or something. Pain is not so bad that I can’t work, although I did quit the second job. Some days are better than others. Doc I saw (not a hip specialist) doesn’t think it’s arthritis, but condition probably won’t go away without arthroscopic surgery.

Reading some of the unfortunate stuff here is scaring me a bit regarding surgery, maybe even moreso than the enormous surgical and rehabilitation expenses I’ll incur if I go the surgery route.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but anyone has experience with hip surgery or arthroscopic surgery? Football players have arthroscopic surgeries all the time without problems, right?

[Rastak]

Not sure Tank. I have hip pain, I run two or three times a week and it kills me sometimes. I haven't hit up the orthopedist yet. For what it's worth in my later 50's. Hurts but it hasn't killed me.

[George Cumby]

Glad you’re doing well, Bretsky. Hope you fully recover.

I’ll trade you my burger flipping job for your office job. Feel a clicking in my left hip when high kicking due to an enlarged ball or socket or something. Pain is not so bad that I can’t work, although I did quit the second job. Some days are better than others. Doc I saw (not a hip specialist) doesn’t think it’s arthritis, but condition probably won’t go away without arthroscopic surgery.

Reading some of the unfortunate stuff here is scaring me a bit regarding surgery, maybe even moreso than the enormous surgical and rehabilitation expenses I’ll incur if I go the surgery route.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but anyone has experience with hip surgery or arthroscopic surgery? Football players have arthroscopic surgeries all the time without problems, right?

You need to see an ortho.

There are horror stories, but I've had both shoulders and a knee worked on. No probs, but the best knee and shoulder guy in the Central Valley.

I had some left hip pain, too much commute time. Strengthening the glutei medius really helped:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLTBIaHU5iw

Good luck.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Not sure Tank. I have hip pain, I run two or three times a week and it kills me sometimes. I haven't hit up the orthopedist yet. For what it's worth in my later 50's. Hurts but it hasn't killed me.

Get well, and hopefully your hip is nothing serious. I tired to jog on the treadmill a few weeks after the hip problem started, assuming it was just a groin strain. Painful afterward, and haven't jogged since. Consequently, I'm getting fat, although working out only 2 days a week and eating shit might also be causing the weight gain.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

You need to see an ortho.

There are horror stories, but I've had both shoulders and a knee worked on. No probs, but the best knee and shoulder guy in the Central Valley.

I had some left hip pain, too much commute time. Strengthening the glutei medius really helped:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLTBIaHU5iw

Good luck.

I did meet with an orthopedist that my PCP referred. Put me back 300 or 400 frogskins. Suggested 3-6 weeks of physical therapy. Had a session of PT with a therapist, then got billed $400, and decided to do therapy on my own, with a little help from the experts on YouTube. Just got referred to another ortho.

Will check out your clip. Thanks.

[scharpcheddar]

I can discern the future by reading the colors of knee infection pus, much like others read tea leaves and chicken bones.

no you cant. Rams will be in next years SB