Surprise........Humiliating and Humbling

I'm at home waiting on a call to come and pickup my leg. It's been almost two weeks now. I'm very much excited about walking again. One of the things I've missed most about not walking is not being able to work out in the yard and cutting my own grass. No one can cut your grass the way you can yourself. I'm ready to get started........

The Last Doctors Visit.......I Hope

I had one more Doctors visit before I could say, I was certifiably Healed and that was with the Orthopedic Doctor, the surgeon who took my leg off. I was tired of Doctors and Doctors visits. My leg had healed up and very good I was thinking. It had taken about three months from amputation to completely heal and now there seemed to be no problems, no pain, just some phantom pain which was mostly at night and I thought I was dealing with that OK, for now.

A New Day......In The Beginning

This is definitely the start of a new beginning for me......I spent most of the day today waiting to see the Infectious Disease Doctor for the last time. That's what I was hoping for anyway. That would be two Doctors now that I've finally been able to kick to the curb. Well anyway, one Doctor and a Home Nurse. I think I'm doing good, right.....It's been a long time in coming. My "stump", I  hate that word and "residual limb" that don't sound any better either. It seems like a better word  could be used to describe a part of me that I had carried around and used for a lot of years, had finally healed. The awful pain I had lived with for so long was gone and I was still off all pain medication and having no problems with that. I felt I was on a roll....

Part 2......Did I or Did I Not

Well I'm back and as I promised, I'm going to tell if  I Think I became addicted to painkillers or not. By the time I finish this Post it will be quite clear.    " Did I.......Or Did I Not "

It's Just A Matter of Balance 08/22 by Storytellers Campfire | Blog Talk Radio

It's Just A Matter of Balance 08/22 by Storytellers Campfire | Blog Talk Radio

    It's a good story, the man knows what he's talking about. He's very down to earth, his story is very encouraging.....Name of his book is It's Just A Matter of Balance....By: Kevin S. Garrison 

 

Going Home.......Minus One

      I've lost count how many times I've come home from the hospital. In the two and a half years I've had this infection in my leg it's been at least six or eight times, maybe more. Each time I hoped it would be the last time. .....This time though it was looking pretty good.....

Did I.....Or Did I Not............Part 1

      Did I or Did I Not....Become addicated to the pain medication? That's the question. You tell me, Did I or Did I Not. Leave me a comment telling me what you think and later I''ll tell if I did or not. It's quite a story. And to the people that know me personaly and know my story, "Don't give it away."
               Let me know what you think........

As Bugs Bunny would say,"What's up Doc"

     I was out of surgery, out of recovery and back in my room by 2:30 that afternoon.Of course I don't remember getting back, this is what my wife told me later.

The Last..........One More Time

    I'm going back into the hospital again, and it's going to be very hard to put into words how I was feeling that morning. This time to have my leg taken off. ( still hard to use the word amputation ) All I wanted was for the pain to stop. ....Just one more time....It just had to stop....

Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

     
    I came home after they fused the knee not a happy man. I wasn't seeing any light at the end of tunnel and hadn't for a long time. I was still in a lot of pain and I was  starting  to worry about  the amount of pain medication I was taking. It   was a lot! My wife worked during the week. That left  my grandson and he was in school every day.

And The Party Rocks On

   I made it through the six weeks with the spacer in my knee, but I wasn't doing so good. The constant pain was really starting to get to me. I was still taking a lot of pain medication, it was either not working as well as it did in the beginning or the pain was getting worse. I think it was some of both.

When I Was Down and Almost Out, " I Never Heard Her Complain "

    I knew that I had never done anything in my life time to deserve to be in the situation I was in. Sometimes bad things just happen,no reason...

Sometimes You Are the Bug and Sometime You Are the Windshield

      I went in for a total knee replacement on April 13th,2009. I had put it off for as long as I could. The pain was awful. I had a good Dr.,and I had no problem with a hip replacement about eight months before. I needed to get back to work...

What Happened

     Infection....That's what  happened. I've worked hard all my life, never missed a paycheck. I spent 27yrs. on Big Boats hauling coal & grain up down the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers. Wore my hip & knee joints out from all the jumping up & down off barges. Part of the job.

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