I've heard something called Colchicine is good for gout.
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I've heard something called Colchicine is good for gout.
yes. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
I haven't had gout for over 6 years but I have bottle of colchicine ready just in case.
BTW. have ice bag or polar ice machine handy as well.
it's been~ 4 years since I had the surgery and I still get chills when I see the scar.
best way is just remind myself that it is my own knee.
Me too. My right knee is 80-90 gone and the latest round of injections isn't doing great. Still nursing a sprain in the left knee about 8 weeks now. Tomorrow is Antelope opener but we're mostly road hunting private land in 105.Quote:
Originally Posted by TRnCO
Hope you feel better soon Ron.
Thanks man! Good luck with the speed goats.Quote:
Originally Posted by brutal
Looking at getting a replacement in a few months, Lube injections aren't working and Steroids don't last. Not looking forward to PT but need to do something!Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
Supposed to take 1 hr and it sounds like a routine procedure like a brake job. Kazoo had some great advice on metal allergies, certainly worth checking out.
speaking of metal, gotta tell the tsa/court/etc prior about tkr. if you tell them early, you might end up finishing up checkpoint earlier than normal metal detector line.
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Originally Posted by flogger
Most if not all ortho surgeons will tell you. Oh that's a 1 in a million issue, if that. The surgeon i saw who said we need to do a metal allergy test. Had a waiting room full of 1 in a million patients with some form of metal allergy reaction. When we visited the mayo for a 2nd opinion after the 3rd tke came loose. That surgeon said metal allergies are an often overlooked problem that we see a lot of here.
Both the 2nd & 3rd were press fit, unfortunately with bone being porous. The damage from the metals in the epoxy compound had already done their damage
Never had any weird allergies that I know of, just cat dander, wheat dust, and some grass pollens.
Wife used to be a travel agent and is pretty sure there's some kind of ID card you can/should get to present to TSA at airports.
My surgeon is with Kaiser and is top-notch. All he does is knee and hip replacements. Mine took 2 hours, was home that afternoon.
I was up and walking the day of surgery, they released me that afternoon. They anesthetic wore off on the drive home, though they said it would last much longer. I couldn't get meds until the next day. The first three days were bad. On the fourth day I quit taking the hyrocodone and moved to ibuprofen. It was still painful, but bearable. I was able to begin walking a mile after a week, back to work in two weeks after giving the doctor a mild heart attack. At day 8 after surgery, I climbed a 75 foot ladder in full bunker gear and made my firefighter video it to show him. His comment was,"You know you just had a major surgery, right?" I replied, "Apparently you did a good job." I have been working since, with only minor pain compared to what I was in before.
I don't like reading these threads, and I don't have any knee/joint issues. :/