I just slipped and fell falt on my arse as my foot missed a step and I caught myself enough to land squarely with a thud on my arse .
...ya never seen anybody with a cast on their ass have ya?
I have told the PA's I don't want that cortisone shot, I want my right leg and foot back so I can walk normally again
...the cortisone shot is likely required by the ins co. They want to try the cheapest fix first. As far as walking normal, ya might get to walk better, but walking like you did when you were young isn't going to happen. It will get better, but it will never be normal.
...six months or so and ya should be in pretty good shape pain wise but gettin used to the new joint and learning to walk with it plus rebuilding the strength in the leg will take about a year. The leg will tire easily and ya will have difficulty gettin on or off a sofa that is sitting too close to the ground. When you first come home you will need a walker. Afterwards you will need at least a cane just to help with balance.
...scaling the wall at PI is over. Walking the length of the horizontally mounted telephone poles on the other side of the wall is out as well. I have a tendency to fall over anything left in the floor. Shoes, throw rugs, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader uniforms left in the floor by the bed, you name it. At one time I scaled 8 foot falls without assistance. Right now a wall just slightly higher than my knee would hold me indefinitely.
...I gotta have my left knee replaced soon and my right one is not far behind it damage wise. That will leave only one of the major joints left. (Left Shoulder) and it is getting to be painful in the morn when I get up. I am not sure I want to go thru the pain of getting these things fixed at 76 years of age. I believe I will be in recovery as long as I live. I just about as soon go sit on a rocking chair on the front porch of a old folks home and spend the rest of my days drooling in kmy beard and crappin my pants.
...thing for ya to remember here is that you are not going to correct a condition. All the doctors can do for ya is slow the process of falling apart.
...I would go eat my gun but that would be like slapping nemo right in the face.
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