OSP's Mini-Bike Mayhem

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Went to the doc today... He was impressed with my range of motion and how everything was healing up... Told me I could ditch the immobilizer around the house and stop torturing myself with the CPM machine (aka the leg bendy make hurty rig)... Gave me a script for 90 more Percocets (which I don't need, but I took a couple anyway cause they make me feel GREAT)... Best part is... I get to return to work tomorrow! Thank god, I was going fucking insane here around the house.

Today was a good day.

so what's your range of motion now... my dad had that machine for his total knee replacement... helped him out alot.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by ebbs15

so what's your range of motion now... my dad had that machine for his total knee replacement... helped him out alot.

I went to 100 degrees for the past two nights... Unaided I can actually get beyond that... probably to 110 or so... from about 45 to 70 it hurts like a bitch, then it's not bad.

[Mr Lefty]

my dad's kneed prior to the total replacement had 7 surgeries and could only bend to 90... because they'd chopped the tendens so short... after the replacement, he's back to equal to his right or about 120 or so. but he said it hurt like a bitch to use that machine

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by ebbs15

my dad's kneed prior to the total replacement had 7 surgeries and could only bend to 90... because they'd chopped the tendens so short... after the replacement, he's back to equal to his right or about 120 or so. but he said it hurt like a bitch to use that machine

The first time they put me in it, they set it at 30 degrees... 5 hours after my surgery... I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, but I won't lie... I cried. The dilaudid and percocet combination did little... I was in it for 8 hours, 6 of which were amazingly painful. The last two I was whacked out on the drugs that FINALLY started working.

[Mr Lefty]

so how's the knee now?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

so how's the knee now?

Stronger, but still likes to randomly buckle from time to time. There's no swelling anymore... that's a plus. Now you can feel where the pieces were screwed together and there's sharp edge on the inside that hurts like the dickens anytime my knee touches... and I mean TOUCHES... anything hard... like grazing the coffee table or a desk drawer. I really need to start working out specifically to focus on this leg or I'm gonna be fucked forever.

[Mr Lefty]

like the dickens huh... haven't heard that since my grandma passed



well good that you're able to get around now... have you ridden much with it? I've never had any hardware in me so I cant compare but I'd imagine that it'd be really painful to bump those screws and rods...

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Now you can feel where the pieces were screwed together and there's sharp edge on the inside that hurts like the dickens anytime my knee touches... and I mean TOUCHES... anything hard... like grazing the coffee table or a desk drawer. I really need to start working out specifically to focus on this leg or I'm gonna be fucked forever.

I get the same thing.
I had the muscle that goes over the kneecap rip in half, and each end rolled up like blinds. Now there is no meaty fatty tissue over the mucsle, so when I touch anything with my knee, it hurts like hell.

I also get light knee pains just before it rains when pressing the clutch in a car.

[Mr Lefty]

damn it's been a year already?