Guest guest Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 I can offer several things i was told. One ortho told me that a replacement was like a bank account. you put the money in but then you decide how fast you want to take it out. another cited Bo . A normal hip replacment last 20 or 30 years. He said Bo played major league baseball and his lasted 3. keep in mind revision surgery is decreasingly effective. you run out of bone to attached the metal to. From: maryanne.waspe1@... <maryanne.waspe1@...> Subject: extreme sports Joint Replacement Date: Monday, May 16, 2011, 10:17 PM Bill how can you do them now with a failing knee.? my surgeon point blank refused to do a knee replacement on a guy because he wasn't willing to stop doing extreme sports. the surgeon said he would only get 5 years out of it. -- RE: EXTERNAL: RE: Re: SynVisc My reason for postponing surgery is that I'm told I have to give up sports an backpacking. Is there a knee replacement that can allow you to play sports (Softball, Racket ball) and Backpack. For example I'm training to do Mt Washington with my Boy Scout troop. I'm only 56 and do not want to give up these activities Bill ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 I don't know why you would need to give up back packing. That is hardly an extreme sport unless you take it to Everest I had my knee replacement last May (I'm post 12 months now) and I just came back from a 4 month trip around Central and South America - most of it back packing, climbing up and down off the buses, walking, hiking etc. My tkr was just fine. Better than fine actually. Walking and hills and so on suit it just fine. When we flew back to Mexico City and started spending more time traveling in our own vehicle (less walking) my knee started tightening up again. It did not loosen up and get comfortable again until I got back into a vigorous fitness/stretch routine. I know lots of people are skiing on their new knees. I personally swim and do an intense aquafit workout 3-4 times a week and lots of cycling. The issue with high impact sports that include running is the pounding on the artificial joint. They told me that my joint is probably good for 30-35 years but what will wear it out faster is if repetitive pounding wears on it or even fractures it. So things like walking and climbing, swimming and cycling, even skiing (not moguls) are good for me, but running etc is not. So it will be up to you to decide what its worth to you to resume running. Carolyn Vancouver, tkr May 10 > > Bill how can you do them now with a failing knee.? my surgeon point blank > refused to do a knee replacement on a guy because he wasn't willing to stop > doing extreme sports. the surgeon said he would only get 5 years out of it. > > > -- RE: EXTERNAL: RE: Re: SynVisc > > My reason for postponing surgery is that I'm told I have to give up sports > an backpacking. > Is there a knee replacement that can allow you to play sports (Softball, > Racket ball) and Backpack. For example I'm training to do Mt Washington > with my Boy Scout troop. I'm only 56 and do not want to give up these > activities > > Bill > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 In a message dated 5/17/2011 12:12:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, maryanne.waspe1@... writes: My normal hip replacement lasted 8 years both times. and that was without doing extreme sports. had my 4th hip replacmeent My wife's sister has had 3 hip surgeries and they did not last 8 years. 1st the OS used the wrong size. 2nd tore when a portable chair gave way and she fell backwards. My OS said no more jogging on land, water is OK. I got a sinus infection and sure am glad I did not throw away my " Canadian " Amoxicillin I just received. Seems to be helping. Even though Canada outlaws the sale another country can still fill the order, which they are doing. So do we throw out Amoxicillin from Canada, and all other countries? US customs will throw out Canadian drugs or use it for destructive tests. They want us to buy only drugs approved for use in the US. Sounds like the US policy that says not to ship items to a given country like Iran. GE then ships the item to a different country which then ships to Iran. Brickey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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