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I just wanted to record my sincere thanks to all the people who take the time to record their work on projects / cars / houses and equipment etc.
I had surgery last Saturday which has massively impacted any current work of my own and will significantly impact on any future work for a while,
Being able to vicariously "feed my habit" through your efforts has been a Godsend,
Please keep up all the hard work,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Tired? Sleep faster!
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Wishing you a speedy recovery !
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Thanks,
Everyday operation, (full knee replacement,) but I've found it to be quite debilitating, and painful lol,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Hope you feel better soon, Nigel.
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I've had Arthroscopy, takes a while to get back even from that. Make sure you do your excercises!
Wish I could post stuff, but nothing noteworthy has happened at Blackpop towers recently unless you like threads on concreting floors, lol.
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I've had Arthroscopy, takes a while to get back even from that. Make sure you do your excercises! Wish I could post stuff, but nothing noteworthy has happened at Blackpop towers recently unless you like threads on concreting floors, lol. Thanks for that, Doing my best with the exercises but difficult lol, I'd even read about paint drying !! 😂😂😂😂 Nigel |
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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I did do a bit of painting of the side gate yesterday, it's probably dry now if that helps?   |
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Thank you one and all !!stealthstylz
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Sorry for the non car related post - but how bad is it, and what sort of recovery time are you looking at? The doctors reckoned mine would need doing by 30, after smashing it as a teenager. I'm 38 now and it's properly knackered, but putting off doing anything about it as I assume the recovery time is months rather than a week or 2.
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Sorry for the non car related post - but how bad is it, and what sort of recovery time are you looking at? The doctors reckoned mine would need doing by 30, after smashing it as a teenager. I'm 38 now and it's properly knackered, but putting off doing anything about it as I assume the recovery time is months rather than a week or 2. I have no experience myself but my dad had his done in his later years. He recovered pretty quickly but he was an ex para who ignored stuff like that. I would think that you would recover quicker when younger. Speedy recovery Alpina99 |
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2005 Kia Sorento the parts hauling heap
V8 Humber Hawk
1948 Standard12 pickup SOLD
1953 Pop build (wifey's BIVA build).
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stealthstylz It depends on how committed you are to the excercises. You will be up and about in 3-4 days and fully recovered in about 2 months if you work hard at the physio.
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stealthstylz It depends on how committed you are to the excercises. You will be up and about in 3-4 days and fully recovered in about 2 months if you work hard at the physio. I believe those "recovery times" are pretty much in line with what I've been advised, Doing the exercises is definitely painful but so many people have said how important they are, I'm struggling with some of the exercises to be honest but having 40 staples (photo available as proof lol,) straight across the kneecap limits mobility significantly, I'm hoping that once they're out on Monday will be helpful towards this end, Thank you all for the comments and interest, Nigel |
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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once you are more mobile, climbing stairs is one of the best things I found.
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once you are more mobile, climbing stairs is one of the best things I found. Thanks, Doing stairs already, started on second day home so quite "proud" of that lol, I'm trying to be as mobile as possible, but I've realised I need to be realistic, Mrs Alpina99 took me for a walk, supposed to be around 50 meters according to the hospital physio literature but, like the DH I am, I kept saying I'm fine, Keep going, Only did about 200 meters but, next day, couldn't walk !! Nigel |
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BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Thank you,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Best of luck with your recovery.
Mrs Catherder had an arthroscopy on one knee, then both knees replaced all in six months. That was ten years ago and she’s doing fine now.
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Thecatherder,
Thanks for that, just the sort of news I need,
Staples out Monday so, hopefully, the exercises will be easier to do,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Keep smiling and have a goal of getting back to do what you want to do. Having had a knee replacement in November 2023 I know the pain you are feeling along with the frustration. I had a hip replacement back in 2016 and compared with the knee it was a doddle. Eleven weeks after the op I was sitting on the grid at Spa in my Clan.
I knew that I was going to be facing replacement of both knees in the future but I put it off as long as I could and continued racing until the last moment, the Saturday before my operation. During this time I spoke to a number of people who had had the knee op and the advice was the same with the pain being considerable initially but listen to the physios and do all of the exercises. My op went well but was compromised by me suffering a cardio attack during my first physio session to check my progress and enable me to be discharged. This resulted in a transfer to the cardiology ward where fortunately all was sorted after 1 night. The net result was an additional day before being discharged.
Fortunately I had disolvable stitches in my wound and after a week the dressing was checked and a nice clean scar was covered by basically a large elastoplast type dressing which I was able to remove after a week. Initially the pain was considerable resulting in difficulty in sleeping but this has gradually reduced but is still noticeable. After approximately 6 weeks I was able to drive although this was helped by changing my Porsche Cayman to an Alfa Giulia before the operation. I have also managed to do some small jobs on the Clan although these have to be carefully planned to ensure they do not result in additions pain.
I've had two follow ups at the hospital and at the last, just over a week ago, the surgeon suggested that it may be the time to consider the other knee. I'm not sure as there is still some pain although the majority of this is from the knee that requires treatment!
I'm sorry if I've waffled on but what I'm basically saying is don't give up and keep up with the exercises.
Pete Richards
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