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.

Big Boat