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t walgamuth · #1 06-01-2010, 05:42 AM

Hmmmm, I just noted you are in colombus OH.

My daughter the pediatrician is there and has a good friend who I met with and discussed my hip replacement with. I believe he lives in the Upper ARlington area....any chance this is the same fellow?

LUVMBDiesels · #2 06-01-2010, 06:12 AM

My mother had both knees done in January. She followed the PT as long as I was there to force her to do so. Once I went back to Va she of course stopped. She is now worse off than before!
I just had to put her in a rehab facility so that they could force her to move. She hates exercise, weighs around 280 pounds and will not do what she is supposed to do. I told her this would happen, my sister in law who is a doctor told her and my wife who is an RN who worked on a rehab floor told her this would happen...

I told her she wasted the money, the time of the surgery, the nurse's time, the time the PT spent with her, etc. She wants to be better, but she wil lnot put in any effort.

As long as the PT regimen is followed you will be OK.

t walgamuth · #3 01-25-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Hmmmm, I just noted you are in colombus OH.

My daughter the pediatrician is there and has a good friend who I met with and discussed my hip replacement with. I believe he lives in the Upper ARlington area....any chance this is the same fellow?

I met with this fellow yesterday to discuss my knee. He is going to do a Partial replacement Feb. 25th in Colombus.

I am pumped!

layback40 · #4 01-26-2011, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I met with this fellow yesterday to discuss my knee. He is going to do a Partial replacement Feb. 25th in Colombus.

I am pumped!

Good luck with it Tom !!
The only downside will be that the grand children wont be able to sit on that knee & tell grand-dad stories for a while !!

t walgamuth · #5 01-26-2011, 06:14 AM

I asked how long til I could drive my stick car. He was a little evasive with the answer.

Later at my daughters house he called and they were discussing me and she told him I would be racing with it as soon as possible. I did not hear his answer but they both had a good laugh after it.

She later said he said I would have to wait a little extra before racing.

layback40 · #6 01-26-2011, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I asked how long til I could drive my stick car. He was a little evasive with the answer.

Later at my daughters house he called and they were discussing me and she told him I would be racing with it as soon as possible. I did not hear his answer but they both had a good laugh after it.

She later said he said I would have to wait a little extra before racing.

Back in 93, I had a minor reconstruction, after 2 days they took the crutches away & told me to walk normally. You will be back in the drivers seat in a few weeks unless you have a very heavy clutch.