That is so right, Dave. My paternal grandfather was very active. He lived to be 95 and said that he moved too fast for death to catch up to him. Eventually death took a shortcut and beat him to the finish line.Originally Posted by adap2it
That is so right, Dave. My paternal grandfather was very active. He lived to be 95 and said that he moved too fast for death to catch up to him. Eventually death took a shortcut and beat him to the finish line.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Steve, my wife had a knee replacement - and is (probably) about to have the other one replaced. I can't speak to her recovery time because she had complications (7 procedures in 9 months!!)
^^This.
My wife found that a lot of the exercises they told her to do did NOT help at all. But riding a stationary bike was a huge help - so we bought one.
Also - it's very important that you flex your knee as much as possible in the early days after surgery. Scar tissue forms very quickly, which will restrict your movements for ever. You need to get more than 110-degrees of flex, which will never happen if scar tissue forms.
My wife's case was a bit extreme - but due to the complications, she could not flex after surgery. Scar tissue formed, and she ended up with about 30 degrees of flex - which is barely enough to walk. So she needed another procedure to break the scar tissue, then for a week she was in bed with her knee in a flexing machine that ensured the scar tissue could not re-form in a way that further prevented her ability to bend the knee. She now has about 105-degrees.
^^This. I agree - it's a VERY bad idea to have both done at once. I know a few people who did so and experienced very extended recoveries. I know others who did the 2nd replacement after the 1st had settled in, and they were fine.
Regards,
Duncan
That is what worries me.
Yer killing me :-)
I have flat feet that make my ankles turn out which I think has contributed to my knee issues, but my problems are mainly due to injuries I had when I was young. I tore the ACL and Meniscus in my right knee downhill skiing when I was 18. I had surgery on it then. Re-hab back then was not what it is today, and I was young and dumb and didn’t follow what the doctor told me to do anyway. When I was in my late 20’s I tore my ACL in my left knee playing volleyball at a party. I had arthroscopic surgery on that one. Over the years I have aggravated both original injuries several times. Today I have arthritis in both knees, and I have become bow legged in my right leg. I last saw my orthopedic guy about 2 years ago, and he basically told me that when the pain got bad enough that I couldn’t stand it anymore it would be time for surgery. I am getting close to that point. I have not tried injection therapy yet, so that may be the next step, but I surgery can’t be too far in my future.
Thanks for all of the information folks. I appreciate it.
I've never encountered so many knee replacements in one place. Hmmmm....
My knees and hips are fine. Everything else however......
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
I had the injections for about 18 months and they worked well, after 18 months they stopped being effective and that what prompted surgery.
I'm not put off having the other knee done based on the first one. Doing both together would have been much worse.
Ian
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
No Orthopedist worth his/her salt would even consider replacing both hips simultaneously. The recovery and rehab would be nearly impossible.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
My wife is currently waiting for insurance clearance and scheduling for a knee replacement.
She suddenly had severe knee pain, turns out it is a sooner rather than later thing.
Just one side for now.
Her father had both done at once. Didn't work out so well, had to have one re-done. He is more diligent with PT now. Never got back to more than hobbling.
Her mom had one done 2 years ago and is doing fine. She plays golf and tennis like the commercials.
My brother in law had his done and skimped on pain meds and ( sort of a result of that ) PT. Not doing so well after 4 years.
I am not so bad off yet.
No two of us are alike.
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-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
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Something to look forward too...
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
Shouldn't be a big surprise since many here often don't have a leg to stand on.
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Yes, I got a kick out of it too.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
This is big, and it’s not just gravy
I'll put this up as many are about to go for more turkey and stuffing... Harvard biologist David Sinclair discussed NMN (vitamin B3 derivative that is similar to NR) on Joe Rogan's show twice this year to an audience of 1.5 million each time. Sinclair has been taking 1,000 mg a day for four year and his 80 year old father has been taking 500 mg a day for as long.
NMN report #1 by a 59 year old man.
dose: 750 mg a day - $4 a day
time: 4 months
* no negative side effects
* lost 7 lbs. and waistline 2 inches smaller, more muscle
* more energy, less fatigued when exercising
* no pain in legs when walking as before
* used to get leg cramps but now rare and less intense
* can focus better, less stress
* his wife reports he sleeps better without waking - it happens but is now rare
* vision has improved: things would get blurry after 2 meters and now after closer to 5 meters
Here is his 9 month report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu6x...6yL9fYZVdL_GCU
Last edited by yamishogun; 11-28-2019 at 06:38 PM.
[QUOTE=yamishogun;941961]I'll put this up as many are about to go for more turkey and stuffing... Harvard biologist David Sinclair discussed NMN (vitamin B3 derivative that is similar to NR).
NMN report #1 by a 59 year old man.
Apparently some real benefits of NMN, however there are concerns:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...g-supplements/
Yamishogun is either a paid spokesman for NR or he's on so much of it that it's affected his objectivity. Don't believe everything you read -- and don't believe ANYTHING Yamishogun writes.
You are joking, correct? There are obvious benefits from NMN, and like anything the market will push it. However there are concerns about cancer. I am not surprised. Scientific American reported a long time ago that even eating and exercising more increases metabolic rate, and the product of metabolism is free radicals. We think we can reduce free radicals with antioxidants. But can we really? We certainly can smoke cigs, increase metabolism, and get cancer from free radicals damage, especially adding in sun exposure too. Now we know the endocannibinoid system fights cancer and is stimulated with cannabinoids. Maybe the answer is increasing metabolism and taking cannabinoids using nanotechnology.
You are joking, correct? Back at ya.
Why would a paid spokesman for NR report on positive effects of NMN, a competing similar compound? I was criticized by an NR investment group this past spring for pointing out that a lead NR researcher remained silent on a podcast after the hosts said at the end of the inerview: "Wow! We didn't realize NMN was worthless, so we'll be taking NR!" Instead of remaining silent at that point, the researcher at the U of Iowa should have said: "Both NR and NMN raise NAD+, and we aren't sure of the differences yet."
I didn't write anything myself but simply put one man's experience with NMN up with a link.
Last edited by yamishogun; 11-29-2019 at 08:57 AM.
Three years ago, I went to hear Charles Brenner, the leading NR researcher who was quoted in the article, speak on NR to a roomful of biologists and me (open to the public but in a science lecture room). I was the last at the Q&A and asked him about the Washington - St. Louis study. He replied as he did in the article and didn't think there was a cancer risk. One of the authors of the "NAD+ boosting may accelerate existing cancer" article also said he didn't think there was an increased risk but was something to further research. I'll try to find the quote.
Apparently some real benefits of NMN, however there are concerns:
[URL="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cancer-research-points-to-key-unknowns-about-popular-antiaging-supplements/"
Last edited by yamishogun; 11-29-2019 at 09:15 AM.
Happy New Year to my dilapidated boomer brothers! Ya'll got your magnifying glasses to read what follows?
"We are on the verge of a public health breakthrough of the kind we have never seen before," says S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health who studies demographics and aging at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “It is not trivial. This is bigtime.”
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/healt...avid-sinclair/
I'll be dead by the time I finish reading that article.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
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