Three Old Men

Three old men are sitting around the table and talking about life. The 70 year old says he would love to be able to get up in the morning and take a good, healthy piss. The 80 year old says he would love to be able to get up in the morning and take a good, healthy shit. The ninety year old said, "Boys, when I wake up in the morning, I take a good healthy piss and I follow it with a good healthy shit. My problem is I can't get out of bed."

This morning, I was the ninety year old. And that's all I have to say about that!

Knee Saga

I went in to the X-Ray Store last Thursday and had my knee shot up with iodine. This allowed them to take many pictures of my knee and see what's going on. I had no trouble other than having the knee chip move around on me all day. It never hurt but the fluid they injected in my knee hung around a good portion of the day and I had to keep moving the chip around.

I visited with the Orthopaedic Guy yesterday and got this groovy picture of my leg. I thought I had one bone chip floating around in there. It appears I have two. They are depicted by the little tag box next to each piece.

Now the question is whether to do this surgery and remove it and when to do it. I was thinking of postponing it until the first of the year, but that would mean starting all over with my deductible payment. Perhaps that is not a smart move.

I'll think about it and then decide after Susan tells me what to do.

Old, Broken Down and Decrepit

I woke up about 5:30 this morning and realized I couldn't straighten my left leg. Several years ago, this same thing happened to me. I came to work and by about ten o'clock, it was as if someone flipped a light switch and I had full use of my leg again. I'm hoping that's what is going to happen today, but in the meantime, I think it is time to have this fixed.

Close to 30 years ago, I was working out on the property at the Little Spokane River trying to dislodge a log that was up against the bridge.

In the course of this work, I screwed up my knee and broke a small chunk of kneecap off. It has been floating around in my knee since. It hasn't ever really been a problem...except for now.

I'm sure that is what is causing the current problem. The knee cap chip has moved into a position where it is preventing me from straightening my leg.

I'm calling the doctor in about five minutes. Details to follow!

8:25: I've made the call to my Doctor and am now awaiting a return call to see what he suggests. I'm limping around work in the meantime and I don't really feel like doing much of anything.

9:00: Still waiting for the Doctor to call.

9:45: The Doctors office called. they will fit me in at 10:50. Yea!

1:05: I have returned from the Doctor. I got there at the appointed time and they got me in pretty quickly. Dr. O'Connor's Physician Assistant checked me over and then sent me down for an X-Ray. They are going to arrange to get me into an Orthopedist.

I stopped at home to check on a couple of things and call Susan and let her know what was happening. While I was talking to her, I stretched my leg to test it and it stretched out completely with no pain.

I went on down to the X-Ray Machine and got in and out quickly.

3:45: I just a call from my Doctor's office and they are arranging for me to see an Orthopedist on Monday. They want to do another x-ray where they shoot me up with die and then take the pictures. I have to go into a local lab and have my blood drawn. They want to make sure my kidney can tolerate the die.

This looks like it is going to go on and on and on. Oh Joy!