Loading ...I like the American Biotech labs stuff. They claim special process to get the nano particles finer than most, for better absorbtion and effect. I also use their silver gel for external wound healing. Like the stuff they use on burns.
Met my surgeon today. Still a long process ahead. I need to get prepared… go to a preparatory ‘boot camp’ in December with my brother who will care for me here for the transition. Surgery is now scheduled for Feb 10. I was hoping sooner, but the surgeon is a popular guy.
I need to get any dental work done before that to eliminate any possibility of mouth bacteria getting into my system. I will need to do some stretching exercises also, as much as possible. And I gotta start intermittent fasting to lose some weight. Like Goldielocks says, they are very careful about not allowing any infections of the bone and the hardware they install. He says it is real hard to kill an infection in the bone joint if it gets in there.
My best friend who had this done tells me I will need to sleep straight as a board also. That’s going to be a problem for me as I am a ‘side sleeper’ and roll over frequently during the night. I have an unusual amount of epiglottal tissue in my throat that is a real snoring and choking machine when I sleep on my back. I never had my tonsils removed as was all the rage when I was a kid. Maybe need to prop me up with some pillows or something. But I’m being awakened now when I roll over as the hip pain stabs me. So what’s new?
Saw my Xray. No spacing left between the ball and socket, and I have some bone spurs around the edges from the grinding. They ream all that out before installing a metal socket to bone, with a plastic cup insert. Then a heavy ceramic ball on a stem that is pounded into the femur leg bone. It’s a complex operation and I am expecting a lot of bone pain immediately afterwards. I gotta remember to tell him Morphine does not work for me. After my colon resection, two doses did nothing right out of surgery. Then I had to wait several hours in pain for it to wear off before they gave me Fentanyl. That worked.
OK… too much information?