Comments on: Post-surgery fatigue

By: JKB

JKB — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:44:15 +0000

This is hilarious. Bill Maher freaks out Liberals, including Rachel Maddow.

Bill Maher on California Income Taxes: ‘Liberals – You Could Actually Lose Me’ – YouTube

By: Navy Bob

Navy Bob — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:15:02 +0000

Walkers are easier to use than crutches. Especially for women (and older men) who do not have a lot of upper arm strength.
From the viewpoint of one who has survived two knee replacements and has a spouse who had a broken ankle. Yes it makes one look older but……

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:01:13 +0000

Chocolate as a stimulant wouldn’t be such a bad thing, and the sugar will be well needed.

Eventually though Book, you’ll have to take a more internal perspective on martial arts, as the wear and tear of external strength based arts will take its toil. The more so the older one gets.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:51:09 +0000

Spartacus: I have the DVD. I'm just too squeamish to view it.

Call me Lennie: Protein powder is already in the shelf. I use it as part of my martial arts training.

Mike: I am so on that already. I've been stocking up chocolate for just such an emergency.

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:11:35 +0000

Chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. ;-)

By: Call me Lennie

Call me Lennie — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:02:54 +0000

Increase your uptake of protein, Bookie. Send Herr Bookworm to the health food store for some high grade protein powder, such as Met-rex. Eat more, small meals (say four, or even five) emphasizing fiber and protein (30 grams or thereabouts) The protein is for healing, the fiber is for avoiding post surgery complications with (ahem) elimination

You should try for 100 120 grams of protein to rebuild your body. This is where protein powders are invaluable — you can knock down 50 grams of whey protein, eqivalent to 60 grams of beef protein (12 oz of beef BTW) and it feels like you’ve hardly ingested anything

By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:42:28 +0000

Request #1: Hey, they didn’t happen to give you a DVD of the probe’s-eye view of the surgery, did they? The reason I ask is because I had a boss several years ago who missed work one day to have arthroscopic surgery on his knee, and he mentioned that they gave him a really cool DVD showing the whole surgery, and said that he’d bring it in to show us. And I imagined what it would be like to see the world as a tiny little probe inside of a knee, with a camera sitting neatly between two tiny little power saws: “Ddddddrrrrwwwwwwssshhhhttt! Ddddddrrrrwwwwwwssshhhhttt! Ddddddrrrrwwww-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-rrrwwwrrrssshhhttt! Eeeeerrwwwwwllllllllssshhhhh!” Like something out of The Matrix. It would have been so cool to knock off at 4:00 on a Friday, pull the shades, break out the beer and popcorn, and have an office viewing of Friday the 13th Part XXVII: Craig’s Knee. Alas, he naver brought it in, and I’ve felt cheated ever since. Now, I know that you’re not much into posting pictures of yourself, but maybe for inside-the-knee you might make an exception? Just a thought. It’d definitely be different!

Request #2: (The more important request.) Get better, will ya?

By: Caped Crusader

Caped Crusader — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:43:50 +0000

Sadie gave excellent advice.

By: SADIE

SADIE — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:47:01 +0000

An anesthetic is the equivilent of jet lag without a vacation.

Be kind to yourself – sleep it off, do as little as possible, drink lots of water, heal and a speedy recovery.