Sucks gettin old

[Ken Hayes]

Well went and saw Orthopedic Surgeon yesterday. Said my knees are killing me. Took some xrays and said "you have no cartlege left in both knees". He is same Doctor that did my wifes hip and she swears by him. Said there a few options we could do....give me injections for quite a while, insert something in there or do a replacement.

Told Judy that I cant hardly walk anymore without them killing me so I'm going for the replacement.......fine by me.

Gonna have the left one replaced July 13th, then do the right one in November. She asked about me working on the Chevelle....will he be able to kneel down on the new knees.....ABSOLUTELY HE CAN. Kool !!

Oh BTW, got rid of almost all the stones.....still have one kinda large one left in one of the pockets of my left kidney that he couldnt get to. If it dont grow any no problem. If it does, he will do surgery by making small incission in my back and stick a tube in there to suck it out...very small cut.

[Ken Hayes]

Well, went in and had Judys Doctor take care of my left knee with a full replacement on July 13th. The Doc is great, now you can hardly see any scar. He's very satisfied with the rehab PT that I'm doing and so is my therapist.

Only thing he didn't tell me before the surgery is: "that if your pretty bow legged (like I am) that the pain and recovery time will be extended by almost 3 times longer" as the leg has to fill in the void. I lost 22 lbs and now my left leg is the straighest its been in over 50 years.










































































































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[Ken Hayes]

Some pics.