NEW KNEE

[jerry]

Some may have noticed that Firko and I are up for replacement knees. This has come as shock to the system as it was discovered while I was having a clean up for a torn cartlige. I have been trying to get my head around the fact that my brief return to the fray may be over before it started. Does anybody out there race with a replacement knee of other prosthesis? Cheers Jerry PS Ji do you know by any chance what material they are made of?

[Mick D]

Some may have noticed that Firko and I are up for replacement knees. This has come as shock to the system as it was discovered while I was having a clean up for a torn cartlige. I have been trying to get my head around the fact that my brief return to the fray may be over before it started. Does anybody out there race with a replacement knee of other prosthesis? Cheers Jerry PS Ji do you know by any chance what material they are made of?

One day a Rooster, next day a feather duster hey Jerry:

I know a bloke up north, that has the low down on Titanium replacements.

[Curly3]

Good luck Jerry, maybe Ji can fab one for you and also do the insertion.

[jerry]

Dont know about the rooster bit but I do feel I've lost my way a bit. Jerry

[Mick D]

Dont know about the rooster bit but I do feel I've lost my way a bit. Jerry

trail riddding, swimming and no impact eliptical stridder Jerry.

[firko]

Klub Kevlar "good 'ol boy" Edgar Phipps is still racing with two replacements hips and a replacement knee. He's still damn fast too.
I've known about my knee for a while but have been putting it off and putting it off until the pain finally beat me. I'm also down for an ankle fusion which will permanently lock the ankle into a fixed position. I've been holding off until my specialists partner comes back from the USA in September. Apparently she's pioneering ankle replacement surgery over there and my specialist would like her to examine my ankle before we commit to the fusion. whichever way we go, it's got to be an improvement over the shit I'm putting up with at present. It's really depressing me not being able to walk any distance or even ride my mountain bike down the street for a latte'.

[Mick D]

Klub Kevlar "good 'ol boy" Edgar Phipps is still racing with two replacements hips and a replacement knee. He's still damn fast too.
I've known about my knee for a while but have been putting it off and putting it off until the pain finally beat me. I'm also down for an ankle fusion which will permanently lock the ankle into a fixed position. I've been holding off until my specialists partner comes back from the USA in September. Apparently she's pioneering ankle replacement surgery over there and my specialist would like her to examine my ankle before we commit to the fusion. whichever way we go, it's got to be an improvement over the shit I'm putting up with at present. It's really depressing me not being able to walk any distance or even ride my mountain bike down the street for a latte'.

well that's about as much fun as getting only one walk sock for your birthay Firko. Maybe it's time to go fishing? I used to have a commercial liscence. I still have your Sydney Gregorys waterways atlas here somewhere, allthough I just looked for it without success. I have a feeling it maybe sliding into the abiss

[Rosco86]

Hey Firko
Can you tell me why they are looking to ,fuse the ankle. I get huge bouts of gout in my right ankle (put it ino the back wheel when exciting off the back of a speedway solo, so it has heapsof hardware  in there) They are talking about fusing mine also so but afte having the last 4 discs fused I'm not too keen as I'm still in heaps of pain there although the doc reckons it should be fixed.
Rosco

[Curly3]

I feel your pain Rosco, it always makes me cringe when I think of someone going under the knife and I certainly wish Jerry a speedy recovery.
I also carry internal hardware courtesy of a Speedway bike and was offered a Shoulder Fusion about 10 years ago, but as that would mean the end of doing anything even slightly exciting, inc - earning a crust in my trade, I've put it off.
Living with chronic pain does get tough and the day will definitely come when I have no choice, but not just yet.
I've got a comeback to make. Silly old fart.

[YZ250H]

Go hard Curly.  Don't ever admit defeat mate 

[firko]

Hey Firko
Can you tell me why they are looking to ,fuse the ankle

Ross....In 1982 I was trail riding on my 490 Maico when the front wheel threw up a tree branch which impaled my right ankle, went in through the boot and out the back. They got me to hospital with the tree branch still in there and removed it and screwed and pinned the mess back together. 3 weeks in hospital, two operations and 3 months off work later all was well for the next twenty years including resuming my precious rugby......but there's a clincher. A year after the last operation I was supposed to go back into hospital to have the pins and screws removed but because I had become so far behind financially by then and being in a new job, I couldn't afford the time off work to have the op. I never did and to my detriment the pins and nine screws have become so calcified over the years to the point that you can hardly see the pins on an X-Ray and the calcium buildup has basically locked the ankle joint up. It's a horrible mess, my specialist reckons it's one of the five worst ankles he's seen on someone still walking. The pressure on the joint has me in pain 24/7 and on mega dose Tramadol pain killers which aren't good for the soul let me tell ya! The ankles pretty well locked up anyway so hopefully the fusion will end the pain and I'll be able to resume fairly normal activity.

[Curly3]

Sounds like no option Mark. All the best mate.

[mainline]

Hey Firko
Can you tell me why they are looking to ,fuse the ankle

Ross....In 1982 I was trail riding on my 490 Maico

Accidents will happen when you're out trail riding on a girly bike 

[dalesween]

Thanks Firko,i thought i was the only one out there in that position, i still have a pin in my wrist that was supposed to come out in 1987!

[Tim754]

Tramadol Firko gees ... Was prescribed them about three years ago ,took the two or six... tablets as required and spent the next few hours laughing insanely but oh so joyfully at the multi coloured pictures dancing on the walls... (so I am told by the interfering house management .aka .wife and daughter..). Bloody doctors took them and said they are a no no for me now...

Where is that piccie of Tony T going over the handlebars of a mighty KX500 at warp speed when you need it