Coin collecting before the internet.

I'm sorry to hear that. Did they put you through much physical therapy after the procedure? I don't know much about recovery (and I'm apparently not doing my own knees any favors with all this distance), but it seems like it would be worth asking. If you can bend it at all, maybe an e-bike...?

 

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Thanks Jeff. It took me 8 months to recovery enough to go back to work. The postal service will not allow any use of assistance to walk, no crutches or canes. That was my first and only knee replacement but the other one needs to be done. That was not my first joint replacement by any means. I have 2 joints in my left foot and 3 in my right foot so when the right knee was done it took some adjustments. I am prone to scar tissue buildup with surgeries. They had to cut one of my muscles in half and fillet a second one off of the bone to do the work that needed to be done. So when they put me back together nothing worked on my right leg. It was like carrying 50 pounds of dead weight until my muscles started firing again. They did therapy for 5 months until I showed no signs of improvement. At that point my scar tissue had built up and stopped the movement I needed. Today, I can only lift my leg to about a 90 degree angle with the bend at the knee. It’s been just over 10 years and x-rays do no signs of wear. Usually you need the plastic disc replaced about 15 years later. I still have my original knee cap so that’s good. It is what it is and I can’t change that so I just deal with it the best so can. Somethings I can’t do anymore, other things, I just do differently. Riding a bike is an I can’t. Going up and down ladders I can but not like I used to and so can’t stay on one all that long.

 

Scott is still in business.

 

For me it was much better, what was your "difference"?

 

Forum member here too, I think.

 

Did they pay you with tokens or cash?

 

It was strictly a cash job. Always paid daily in greenbacks.