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TT · 10-12-2005, 01:12 PM

Good luck, just believe in yourself and the recovery will be quick and smooth

No.1 · 10-12-2005, 02:49 PM

good luck

btw - how is the surgery done? keyhole?

pharzo · 10-12-2005, 02:51 PM

is keyhole some british way of saying laparoscopically? As in, with an endoscope?

ARMAN · 10-12-2005, 07:15 PM

Good luck with operation

No.1 · 10-12-2005, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by pharzo

is keyhole some british way of saying laparoscopically? As in, with an endoscope?

Yeah... i'm not too au fait with it, but i think they cut a tiny hole, and have a camera on an endoscope, with tools on the end too

ZfrkS62 · 10-12-2005, 07:26 PM

didn't komotar have something like this done recently?

taygunho · 10-12-2005, 07:52 PM

goog luck with surgery and best wishes for speedy recovery and return to JW

crayzayjay · 10-14-2005, 09:29 AM

I'm back!!

The operation was carried out on Wednesday afternoon and went well. When i came to that night, my knee was very swollen and i couldnt feel most of the area around it; i couldnt move it and could only wiggle my toes and rotate my foot.. It wasn't that painful, and getting to sleep was no problem as they gave me a cocktail of painkillers including morphine. The next morning, they took the bandages off and changed the dressings over the wound. The physio came by and got me to walk around on crutches. My arms were taking most of my weight as she did not want me to stress my knee, but it was nice to be up on my feet so early after the operation

By the afternoon, and very much to my surprise, i was putting most of my weight on my legs, using the crutches only for extra stability. I did a bunch of exercises and was able to bend my knee by about 75 degrees. The physio and surgeon were happy with the progress. The aim is to be able to achieve a 90 degree bend on the operated knee, and since i was able to do that this morning, and the swelling had reduced, they discharged me already

I had a nice hospital room all to myself with cable tv and an ensuite bathroom. A bit of a shame to have left really. I won't be getting that kind of room service at home

Now to the important stuff... the nurses.... im sad to say they were all - with no exception - absolutely minging... I was so disappointed

HOWEVER..... and this is still making me chuckle... my gf visited me yesterday after finishing work and... erm... we ended up going at it for a good 20 minutes in the room... LOL! It feels good being back in action already

I'll be walking around on crutches for the next week or so, hopefully it won't be long before i can start walking around normally, and most importantly, driving

Thanks for all the kind messages guys, i have a few pics on my phone which i'll upload later - of my knee that is, not the sex