My knee is fucked

[jon-nyc]

Man I know the journey is going to suck but I hope it works out well in the end.

[LuFins Dad]

Is this going to affect work? I mean, you have a lot of time standing in surgery, no?

[blondie]

I’m sorry Bach. I do hope you don’t need surgery. Rest up. Enjoy some time off.

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in My knee is fucked:

Is this going to affect work? I mean, you have a lot of time standing in surgery, no?

Not my bailiwick, but is there a way to work sitting on a stool?

[Axtremus]

Sorry … get well soon, one way or another. Good luck.

[bachophile]

@LuFins-Dad I’ve been given four weeks off. Btw I have no pain standing so maybe I could operate but not sure limping into the OR is going to exhibit confidence to patient and staff.

Besides I really should rest for now. Transferred a few urgent cases to colleagues. The others can wait until I’m better.

[kluurs]

Sorry to hear this news. I hope some pt and rest do the job.

[Horace]

Sorry to hear this. My own knee problems were almost certainly the result of lots of running at a rather high body weight. Tore both my quad tendons off the bone, but not right then. Only several years after.

[Aqua Letifer]

Damn, Bach, sorry to hear. Maybe pick up a guitar or a book or three while you're taking it easy?

[89th]

The worst part is @bachophile is going to post more here now!

[89th]

Kidding, of course. And sorry to hear, of course. It's funny you mention the running thing. Between 2007 and 2017 I did like 8 marathons, a couple triathlons, and a bunch of half marathons, and I remember my last race (the NYC marathon), I got back to my wife's uncle's condo, clearly my legs are shot and I'm hobbling around, and the first thing he says, not in a mean way, was... "this is why I don't run, I want to use my knees when I'm older". That has stayed with me. I still run a bit, but have tried to shift into biking and would love to eventually get into rowing (or just swimming) when I have more time.

[Mik]

Yeah, your body is like a credit card with a genetically set lifetime limit. How you spend it is up to you. Luckily my knees and his are fine at this age, largely because I biked and walked rather than running. Never did like it.

[bachophile]

@89th yup. More time for you peeps

[bachophile]

I don’t regret the running. It certainly kept me aerobically healthy. And I had nice hours with my thoughts or with various music play lists. But it’s sad that I know there are things I won’t ever do again. Besides run. I won’t ski. I won’t play professional ice hockey. I won’t work in cirque de soleil. All gone with the wind.

[jon-nyc]

Speaking of gone with the wind, you won’t play Rhett Butler in the remake either. No way you could take those stairs two at a time carrying that woman.

But I understand your point. I have some permanent limitations with my shoulder due to a torn rotator cuff.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in My knee is fucked:

Speaking of gone with the wind, you won’t play Rhett Butler in the remake either.

But I understand your point. I have some permanent limitations with my shoulder due to a torn rotator cuff.

Let me tell you about shoulder replacements...

[Jolly]

@bachophile said in My knee is fucked:

I don’t regret the running. It certainly kept me aerobically healthy. And I had nice hours with my thoughts or with various music play lists. But it’s sad that I know there are things I won’t ever do again. Besides run. I won’t ski. I won’t play professional ice hockey. I won’t work in cirque de soleil. All gone with the wind.

My wife worked for a doc who was a world class tennis player. After he had both knees replaced, he took up golf. It became a very expensive hobby, due to mangled golf clubs.

That lead him into swimming. He's still going strong in the pool at 87. It keeps him in great shape for his age.

[George K]

@Jolly said in My knee is fucked:

Let me tell you about shoulder replacements.

Most rotator cuff injuries get better over time - the strained muscle heals and the torn muscle scars down. In fact, I remember reading a statistic that over 50% of the population over the age of 60 has had a rotator cuff injury - usually subclinical.

Don't quote me on the statistic, but I just recall it being a really high number.

But...

If it doesn't heal, the cuff no longer supports the humerus and you start getting "rotator cuff arthropathy."

You have bone on bone arthritis, and there's only one definitive treatment for that.

[kluurs]

I'm still running - but a couple of weeks ago there was a guy walking behind me - about 100 feet back - I ran another couple of miles - and there he was - about 100 feet back. Long gone are the days of "no one passes" or "catch up with woman with the nice legs." While I have a couple of nice bikes, I'm probably going to get rid of them next spring. I just don't like what happens when they interact with automobiles or when we bounce of the pavement. It's not conducive to long-term health. I suspect my next cardio will be walking on incline, hiking, rucking, and erg-rowing. There might be a treadmill (my nemesis) - where I walk on an incline.

My lifting continues though I probably need to map out a better workout schedule. I suspect I'm overdoing things a bit. I may wait until I injure myself to sort that out - as that seems to be most people's preferred strategy.

[Copper]

@George-K said in My knee is fucked:

I remember reading a statistic that over 50% of the population over the age of 60 has had a rotator cuff injury - usually subclinical.

Don't quote me on the statistic, but I just recall it being a really high number.

CLOSE

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/partial-rotator-cuff-tear

One study that examined MRI scans from people over age 60 found that more than 50 percent had partial tears of their rotator cuff tendons and never knew it.