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Wading with "parts"
I bought a Simms wading staff to help me get on the water before my broken
leg was completely healed and it worked.. Fantastic piece of equipment if you need it. Lou "Larry L" wrote in message ... Ah, and this summer I happened on an aluminum walking stick, left behind by someone at henry's Fork I repaired the handle, added a cord and small clip and now carry it even on "easy wading" streams .... it helps my bad knees to have just a little support for big steps and rough terrain ... I felt silly, old, and certain that everyone that saw me was laughing g the first time, but am glad to have it now. And I'm sure you know it, but a bottle of good pain pills fits in a vest pocket ... I carry two types that I was told make a good mix by a pharacist |
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Do any of you have any experience or know of folks who have had major joint
replacement and how they got along with wading, hiking and the other such physical activities associated with fishing? It's going to depend upon the skill of your surgeon, how effective your rehab is, and how much you want to continue doing what you've done before. Some parts can be repaired or replaced but the sum is never quite what it was when we were new from the box. A good outcome will leave you with less pain than you currently have and perhaps greater mobility. There will be trade offs. You may trip metal detectors in airports and delay your fellow passengers. Tell your surgeon your concerns going in and ask for physical therapy and rehab that will help you realize those concerns. Hopefully your health insurance carrier will allow it. But, there's always a disclaimer or two. Don't expect perfection in joint replacement. You'll be able to predict cold fronts without watching TV. Joint repair and replacement has come a long way in the last 30 years. We've switched from stainless to titanium. We've got better methods to open and close the incisions. And collectively, the surgeons have lots of experience doing them. Good luck ---- Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Darkstar Save a cow, eat a PETA http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm |
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As Peter Charles said not to long ago, "If it doesn't hurt, it probably
ain't workin'." Dave Ain't that the truth. But look on the bright side. When you wake up hurting, you know you can skip reading the obit page cause your name won't be there that morning. Rheumatoid or degenerative arthritis? Neuropathy secondary to injury? ---- Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Darkstar Save a cow, eat a PETA http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm |
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"rw" wrote My previous Border Collie had a hip replacement. She lived a long, active life and was a pretty decent Frisbee catcher. At least one National Retriever Field Trial Champion won that most prestigious of all retriever awards on plastic hips |
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ArnSaga wrote:
"Wayne Knight" BRBR Do any of you have any experience or know of folks who have had major joint replacement and how they got along with wading, hiking and the other such physical activities associated with fishing BRBR A friend of mine was able to play low impact softball (slow pitch, over-run the bases, no sliding) in his late 50s after replacing both knees. Most relevant example I have. My previous Border Collie had a hip replacement. She lived a long, active life and was a pretty decent Frisbee catcher. When I hooked up with Marshall Krassner at Silver Creek this summer, our guide, Phil Crabtree (who, as it turned out, used to live next-door to my place in Stanley years ago), had recently had a knee replacement. He looked like he was getting around well. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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Kevin Vang wrote:
Wayne Knight wrote: Do any of you have any experience or know of folks who have had major joint replacement and how they got along with wading, hiking and the other such physical activities associated with fishing? Semi-relevant data point: I know a guy who was had two hips and a knee replaced, and he plays golf several times a week. Even less relevant: The guy who lives across the street from me had both hips replaced last year. I don't know if he gets much physical activity, but the man looks 20 years younger. I see him up and about now, and he doesn't have a look of pain on his face anymore. Not that medical advice from me is worth much, but you should be ok to fish. Good luck with it, Kevin When I'm fishing with certain friends I have my joint replaced every half an hour or so. Didn't interfere with my fishing one bit, or at least I didn't care less :-) -- Herman |
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I just saw a segment on the news tonight about 2 Seattle docs who have come up
with a new hip replacement procedure. I wasn't able to catch the whole segment, but they make 2 much smaller cuts and do not cut the muscle. Patients are up and walking around within a couple of hours of the surgery. This procedure, although probably rather expensive, would probably get you back out on (in?) the stream faster. Darin |
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:38:49 GMT, "Wayne Knight"
wrote: Last May when I met up with Opie to fish his home water, I had a hell of a time walking up the trail upstream due to some back and hip pain which had been previously diagnosed as "arthritis". The hip has not gotten any better and is now being termed degenerative. Diet and PT is not helping so it looks like I'm going to have to have some hip replacement surgery this winter and possibly a knee replacement too. Do any of you have any experience or know of folks who have had major joint replacement and how they got along with wading, hiking and the other such physical activities associated with fishing? I can accept that a hike from Clingman's dome to Hazel might no longer be an option but I really don't want to give this up. I saw something on the osteoporosis newsgroup today in way of a newspaper item. In Great Britain they're working on a new technique that makes hip replacement darn near outpatient surgery. They've done 30 so far and kept them all for the conventional lengths of stay, but they let the 31st patient, a woman, go home something like the next day. She started climbing steps right away at home. Find the article, see if you can find the medical cites and maybe try to put off the surgery until the US starts working with it if you like the idea? -- rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing. Often taunted by trout. Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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Darin Minor wrote in message ... Hello Darin My son and I just decided to go over to the Yak Saterday/fish, camp and fish Sunday morning. He is going to meet an early Sat morning ferry and drive. I know its last minute but. . . interested? Weve got the tent etc. Dave |
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Wayne Knight wrote:
Last May when I met up with Opie to fish his home water, I had a hell of a time walking up the trail upstream due to some back and hip pain which had been previously diagnosed as "arthritis". The hip has not gotten any better and is now being termed degenerative. Diet and PT is not helping so it looks like I'm going to have to have some hip replacement surgery this winter and possibly a knee replacement too. Do any of you have any experience or know of folks who have had major joint replacement and how they got along with wading, hiking and the other such physical activities associated with fishing? I can accept that a hike from Clingman's dome to Hazel might no longer be an option but I really don't want to give this up. Thanks I usually just lurk on ROFF, but I have something I can contribute here. At age 54, four years ago, I found myself in need of a hip replacement due to osteoarthritis. I have been very active all my life, and my outdoor resume includes things like climbing Denali by other than the tourist route. I had had to give up running and take up cycling some years before because of the hip problem. So I did a lot of research on hip replacements. This is what I found. The most common method has a lifetime of about 15 years, and then it has to be redone. The reason is that they use the combination of a metal ball and a plastic socket. The socket wears, and the wear particles attack the attachment of the metal part to the femur and loosen it up. The process is accelerated if you are very active. If you are in your seventies when you have this done, with your likely level of activity and expected lifetime, this is not a problem, but it sure is if you are in your fifties. So I found out about this surgeon at Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles who does an all-metal "sports model" type replacement which has a very low wear rate and would be expected to last the rest of my life. So this is what I had done you can find out about it at http://www.jri-oh.com/index.asp Now there was an all-metal replacement that was in the news a few months ago because it had a lot of problems, It was made by Sulzer. The one I got was made by Wright Medical and doesn't seem to have caused any problems. The other good thing about the type of replacement I got, is that the ball diameter is about the same as the natural joint. This means it's more resistant to dislocating than the standard metal plastic system which uses a relatively small ball to reduce the wear rate. Anyhow after recovering and rehabilitating, I am not limited in anything related to fishing I want to do. I didn't go back to running, but I am cycling pretty intensively and do a couple of fairly strenuous backpacking trips every year. Here are accounts of a couple from my club web site http://www.peninsulaflyfishers.org/F...n_joaquin.html http://www.peninsulaflyfishers.org/F...idkings02.html Anyway, bottom line is that a hip replacement need not doom you to a sedentary rest of your life. Mike McGuire |
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