having surgery tomorrow! wohoo??

[B16mts]

Hi,

just a note to say having surgery on my knee tomorrow. just a bit of keyhole, but it doesn't stop me getting nervous about it.

hopefully they find something simple to fix and with a quick recovery. actually sod the recovery time, so long as my knee stops giving me jip and i can gain confidence in it again at some point this year i'll be happy.

so think of me being knocked unconscious by some lovely nurse at 7am tomorrow morning.

Martin

[biosurf]

good luck mate!

[JUDWAK]

good luck mate
key hole tho i hear is simple
i refused it myself
but my next big episode may lead to a major op
iam craping myself (and not much scares me)
so let us know how ya go on mate
and good luck

[fatfires]

good luck, had mine done a while back - for what its worth, dont be tempted to take the crepe dressing off before time, do the excercices more than they say if poss, elevation and not too much weight on it helped me, I did a lot of their excercise regeme with my leg up. pain for me wasnt an issue ....untill I knelt on it without thinking and obviously it will be far worse than man flu so you will need lots and lots of TLC/sympathy/cuddles/beer/tea/coffee/food from her indoors!

[B16mts]

good luck, had mine done a while back - for what its worth, dont be tempted to take the crepe dressing off before time, do the excercices more than they say if poss, elevation and not too much weight on it helped me, I did a lot of their excercise regeme with my leg up. pain for me wasnt an issue ....untill I knelt on it without thinking and obviously it will be far worse than man flu so you will need lots and lots of TLC/sympathy/cuddles/beer/tea/coffee/food from her indoors!

like the sympathy idea.

thing that annoys me is i've no how long its gonna be before i go back to work!! I'm an electrician, so plenty of kneeling and squeezing into lofts etc (i say squeezing as i'm 6'5" and 17 stone), but hopefully work will let me come back with light duties.

oh well, i'll find out soon enough!

[fatfires]

like the sympathy idea.

thing that annoys me is i've no how long its gonna be before i go back to work!! I'm an electrician, so plenty of kneeling and squeezing into lofts etc (i say squeezing as i'm 6'5" and 17 stone), but hopefully work will let me come back with light duties.

oh well, i'll find out soon enough!

just dont rush it, my sis in law did and she is still having agro 3 months later, looks like you will be dealing with light switches and changing low light bulbs, be led by the physio, if in doubt dont

[darkdezigns]

like the sympathy idea.

thing that annoys me is i've no how long its gonna be before i go back to work!! I'm an electrician, so plenty of kneeling and squeezing into lofts etc (i say squeezing as i'm 6'5" and 17 stone), but hopefully work will let me come back with light duties.

oh well, i'll find out soon enough!

few months doing test certs will drive u insane,ps good luck

[B16mts]

oh fook!! i'm gonna be the new PAT testing monkey aren't I?

[darkdezigns]

oh fook!! i'm gonna be the new PAT testing monkey aren't I?

oh yea,dont forget yr stickers lolol

[Diezel Weazel]

Good Luck for tomorra wiv ya Op Martin ...

There's always a Payback .... Just don't expect a Warning !!!!

[Tiger]

Farther inlaw had both knees done, up and about in no time.

If you don't make it can you leave me your aviator.

All the best

[Bibs]

Oooo good luck - bit late now though

Hope it went ok

[marky]

Had mine done a while ago MOTOX took its tole as mentioned before take it easy, Do the Excersises & enjoy the REST.

[TobyJug]

good luck matey but I am sure u'll be fine.....

[B16mts]

Just to confirm i am indeed alive.

and also GENERAL ANEASTHETIC IS THE BEST THING EVER!

When i woke up its like the getting drunk, only backwards. totally incoherant and saying all sorts, and slowly got more sober after the next 20 mins.

as for the knee, well he's done what he can and shaved a load of carteledeg off the back of my kneecap. he took loads of photo's from inside my knee and it looked a bit knarly before he got the sander on it!

the worst bit is he said he's done alot to imporve it, but it'll never be perfect, and will slowly degenerate again over the years.

"just years of wear and tear" I'm 26 FFS!!!

anywho, got at least 3 weeks off (doc advise 6) playing call of duty on the Wii with my leg in the air.

cheers,

Martin