[Mishmash] On my way to the hospital

[Ingrid & Eric Holzman]

Fred,

I hope that this surgery is more successful for you than the last.  I was 
very fortunate in that my first surgery went very well and I had no problems 
until I tore the meniscus on both sides of the kneecap while sledding with 
the kids.  Only one side showed up on the MRI so the other side was an 
unknown until the ortho got in there.  He thought I had done something to my 
articular cartiledge and was surprised to find what I told him all along --  
another tear.  The latest surgery gave me back a great deal of mobility, but 
when you've had about 20+% of your meniscus removed, the knee never does 
what it once did pre-injury.

Keep us posted on your recovery!
Ingrid
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson at mishmash.com>
To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] On my way to the hospital


> Ingrid,
>
>    I had been practicing three times per week for several years when I had
> my first arthroscopic surgery.  That one went awry.  It was a few years
> before I could return to my Tae Kwon Do training.  And even then, the leg
> wasn't 100% for a couple of years after that.
>
>    However, the surgery went well.  I have an enormous Ace bandage wrapped
> from halfway between the leg and the hip to two thirds the way down from 
> the
> knee to the ankle.  So the leg is very stiff from that.  But I seem to be
> able to walk on it just fine.
>
>    Will find out how it goes as the days go by.  Will keep you advised.
>
>    Regards,
>
>
>                                                        Fred
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ingrid & Eric Holzman" <ieholzman at verizon.net>
> To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mishmash] On my way to the hospital
>
>
>> Hey Fred,
>>
>> Hope all went well.  I had my second arthroscopic knee surgery back in
>> January.  I healed fast the first time (8 years ago) and even faster this
>> time around.  Within one week I was back to bending my knee.  Both times 
>> I
>> had work done on the meniscus.  I've torn it now 5 times total.  The
> latest
>> doctor thinks it's bad luck -- I call it bad genes.  I've had knee
> problems
>> since I was 12 years old.  You'll probably recover quickly since you have
> a
>> good muscle base to work with from your karate workouts.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Ingrid
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson at mishmash.com>
>> To: "Mishmash" <Mishmash at mishmash.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:35 AM
>> Subject: [Mishmash] On my way to the hospital
>>
>>
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> >    Also, I'm on my way to the hospital this morning.  I have having
>> > arthroscopic knee surgery.  There appears to be a very small, loose
> object
>> > in my left knee that is getting caught between the two bones (they 
>> > think
>> > it
>> > is a loose piece of calcified cartilage).  It causes my knee to buckle
> and
>> > I
>> > have to shift all my weight to my right leg to keep myself vertical. 
>> > It
>> > has
>> > never caused me to fall.  I guess all that Tae Kwon Do training gave me
>> > that
>> > ability.
>> >
>> >     I should be home by about five PM at the latest.  Will try to let
> you
>> > know how well it went.  I'm going to be home bound for three days
>> > afterwards.
>> >
>> >    To that end, my cablemodem has been down since Thursday.  The
>> > cablemodem
>> > technician finally came over yesterday morning and found that I had too
>> > many
>> > splitters up under the house.  He removed them and we got a good level.
>> >
>> >    However, I'm still having trouble with the cablemodem.  I woke up
> this
>> > morning to discover that my router had no IP address from the 
>> > cablemodem
>> > provider.  I tried rebooting the router, but still didn't have any IP
>> > address.  So I rebooted the cablemodem and miraculously the router
> gained
>> > an
>> > IP address from Mediacom.  So I'm back up.
>> >
>> >    That's bad because I have Internet telephone service at home.  If I
>> > loose that IP address, I will not be able to receive telephone calls
> until
>> > I
>> > reboot the cablemodem again.  If I am not aware of it, I won't be able
> to
>> > receive calls.  If it goes down altogether, I will not be able to make
> or
>> > receive calls.  Since I won't be able to drive either, that's a big
>> > problem.
>> >
>> >    I called Mediacom about it.  They are sending someone back here
>> > tomorrow
>> > morning.
>> >
>> >    I've had Cisco look that router over.  They can't find anything 
>> > wrong
>> > with it.  But I'm also experiencing slow throughput.
>> >
>> >    Maybe they'll swap out the cablemodem unit itself and see if the
>> > problem
>> > clears.
>> >
>> >    Regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >                                                            Fred
>> >
>> >
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