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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015 Right side Inguinal Hernia fixed, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, Pa.Very pleased with entire staff there who did my procedure. Sorry, no photos, available. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 19:44:00 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Excellent sounds like it went smoothly!No heavy lifting :) Your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Mar 2 20:07:16 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. I had the same operation in 1973. In the hospital 7 days. Cut the old fashion way,( before the "Canaidian Method" was approved by the FDA) with a pearing knife that passed for a scalpul.Surgeons fee...$250.00 Anesthesia.....&450.00 Room...........$90.00..per day Given big bottle of Milk of Magnesia after the surgery to prevent strain & ease the bodily function its designed for (worked great!). I asked why is the anesthesia fee higher than the surgeons? After all, they just knock you out. Wrong.. I was told that you pay them to wake you up. Good point! |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 20:15:44 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Fred G on Mon Mar 2 19:44:00 2015. :) |
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Posted by Dave on Mon Mar 2 20:18:52 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Good to hear. Must be the week for SubChatters to have surgery - I'm having a torn medial meniscus repaired on Thursday. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 07:11:08 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Mon Mar 2 20:18:52 2015. Dave, I had two torn medial meniscus in my left knee, ten years apart, and now it's arthritis.Not fun growing old, I'll be 73 this March 18th.Best Wishes to ya! Chuck |
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Posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 08:08:08 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 07:11:08 2015. Thanks, Chuck. This is my second time on the same knee. First time was about 14 years ago. Face it - getting old ain't for sissies! |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Mar 3 10:08:03 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Glad to hear things went well! |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Mar 3 10:13:21 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Mar 2 20:07:16 2015. Those fees you quoted are likely 5x that now if not moreyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 10:47:31 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 08:08:08 2015. You and I may need total nee replacements :((( |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 10:47:59 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 08:08:08 2015. You and I may need total knee replacements :((( |
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Posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 12:13:03 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 10:47:31 2015. Eventually. My left knee still has the normal amount of cartilage but my right knee is down to about 50%. My wife had a total left knee 2 1/2 years ago and will get her right knee done next year. |
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Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Mar 3 16:08:57 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 12:13:03 2015. Knee replacement can be postponed or even avoided by getting rooster comb fluid injections. My wife gets them every 6 months and has avoided surgery for 3 years. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Tue Mar 3 16:23:50 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Aww, what's the fun without the gore? :-)Good luck on the recovery! |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Mar 3 16:40:24 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Glad it went well.Feel better soon! |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 17:30:01 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Mar 3 16:08:57 2015. Thanks!! My knees will thank you. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Mar 3 20:03:09 2015, in response to My Status, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Mar 2 19:18:32 2015. Thanks, everybody, for your kind thoughts.All in all, I'm a lucky man that this wasn't more complicated. I've heard of "strangulated hernias", very painful and needing emergency surgery. I had no pain or bowel obstrtucion with mine. The extended scrotum made me take notice and see my doctor. He guessed it was hernia and said, did a bowel drop down? Well the ultrasound proved he was correct , but the bowel was not in trouble. Just some heads up information for all you guys. |
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Posted by Dave on Fri Mar 6 09:56:04 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Mar 3 16:08:57 2015. My wife had injections for 2 1/2 years but after that it stopped working. She had zero cartilage in her knee at that point so she needed the replacement. |
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Posted by Dave on Fri Mar 6 10:00:46 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Tue Mar 3 08:08:08 2015. My surgery went well. From check-in time to walking back through my front door was a little under 5 hours. Don't even need crutches - I'm walking fine with a cane. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Mar 6 10:07:11 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Fri Mar 6 09:56:04 2015. My wife has had them for close to 10 years. They don't work quite as well as they used to but still work. She wants to put off knee replacements long enough that they last her the rest of her life. It would be really awful to have a replacement fail at 85 and be told you're too old for surgery. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Mar 6 10:10:01 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by Dave on Fri Mar 6 10:00:46 2015. Good!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Dave on Fri Mar 6 11:04:03 2015, in response to Re: My Status, posted by AlM on Fri Mar 6 10:07:11 2015. When my wife started them they worked great for 6 months. The last one only helped for 6 weeks so that's when she opted for the surgery. |
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