Back in action!

[Bob DBF]

Well I just had a much more minor stint with the medical profession and am surfaced until next month. After that I'm moving, so it depends on the timing. I'm sorry for the both of us. Lucky for us the ocean is eternal.


Bob

 

[progrower]

Hi Bob,
I hope your health improves so you can reconnect with the water through scuba.

 

[cool_hardware52]

I just got my life back after three months of physical therapy and strengthening of my new hip replacement.
Did a boat cleaning work dive just a few days ago and it felt great!!
I'm back in action!

Glad to hear you have benefited. Modern Medicine can be near miraculous.

Tobin

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Well I just had a much more minor stint with the medical profession and am surfaced until next month. After that I'm moving, so it depends on the timing. I'm sorry for the both of us. Lucky for us the ocean is eternal.


Bob

I hope it was nothing serious and everything went well.
Hopefully there will be a sliver of hope and the moon, stars, tides, and timing will all line up and we can get out.
Best of luck with your new venture and relocation.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

Ed,

Thanks for sharing your story. I too am happy you are back diving.

Bob,

Get well soon, and recover fully before trying stuff that pushes you physically.

John (SeaRat)

 

[Bob DBF]

Thanks guys. Even though some might say otherwise, I'm too old to be stupid.



Bob

 

[billt4sf]

I am just recovering from a revision to a hip replacement that I had 22 years ago. These things do eventually wear out (they replaced the ball on the end of the implant, and the plastic liner to the metal socket that is in my pelvis).

I am here to tell you: it's a HECK of a lot harder to recover from surgery at age 65 than at age 43. My doc says it takes 6 months to fully heal internally and I believe him -- I am 4 months post-op.

Working the strength back up here in Bali. Trying to get back to an active lifestyle, and of course diving.

- Bill

 

[BoltSnap]

What do you gentlemen recommend that we should or shouldn't do now so that we won't need hip replacement in the future please?

 

[billt4sf]

What do you gentlemen recommend that we should or shouldn't do now so that we won't need hip replacement in the future please?

DON'T have a bicycle accident. And if you do, make sure that, if you are wearing toe clips, use the breakaway kind, not the kind that keep your tow in the box. What you want to avoid is falling in the seated position on one butt cheek with your leg tucked under you. There's a ball and socked joint at the top of your femur. I broke that ball off.

 

[billt4sf]

Thanks guys. Even though some might say otherwise, I'm too old to be stupid.
Bob

Well you got me beat. I have not yet reached that exalted state.