Wow, good luck to you! Ill smoke you out later if you'd like

 

best wishes, and have a speedy recovery

 

As scary as it is you know you'll be in better shape afterwards. Best of luck and we'll be thinking about you and waiting for a full report.

 

Make sure it isnt the DEPUY brand!

I saw a recall on it on TV.

 

as a major back surgery survivor....LOL....I offer this:

PLEASE do as much PT as you possibly can safely. the more you exercise to get back to normal the better off you will be.

godspeed on a quick recovery....enjoy the analgesics

 

Wish you the best man.

 

George, how'd it go?

 

Hope it went well!

 

I ask because my father has been in orthopedics for 30 years, and all implants are NOT created equal.

 

The surgery was difficult. They had trouble seating the parts, so it took four hours instead of two. There was lots of wound drainage, so I needed a transfusion. I was taken by ambulance from the hospital to Leisure Glen, a nursing home with a rehab unit, in Glendale (right next to Forest Lawn, so one stop shopping,) Thursday night. It was a bunch of really old, really sick people waiting to die. Lots of moaning. I said "Get me the hell out of here now!" So I went home. I'm getting in-home medical care, including physical therapy. I get around on a walker, with quite a bit of pain. This is going to take some time, but I'll make it.