just a quick update. disaster ensued and my leg has been amputed after 9 hour operation. i m not in any pain. grateful for 30 years of retirement prior to this setback.
j0hn g
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Oh no, thatâs terrible!!! Wishing you as good a recovery as possible.
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Iâm very sorry to hear that.
I hope you are feeling as well as possible as soon as possible!
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OMG! This is terrible news!
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Dearest God. I cannot believe you found the strength to let us know, but thank you.
Spot
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OMG! How terrible. Very sorry.
Mike
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@intercst I am so sorry to hear this. Were they able to save the knee joint? Where are you located now?
Wishing for good pain control, rapid healing and no further complications.
Donât delay exercising. There are plenty of YouTube videos of chair exercises. Exercise your upper legs, abs, shoulders and arms. Do not delay or you will lose your conditioning. You will need every muscle to recover, become independent and use your prosthesis.
Wendy (covered with surgical scars â voice of experience)
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Ooof. thatâs horrible. So sorry.
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Wishing you the best and speediest recovery possible.
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Terrible news indeed but concentrate on getting a prosthesis to start walking again.
Wishing you a good recovery!
The Captain
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dang, so sorry to hear this ! Best wishes for your recovery.
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No no no no!
Recover and recuperate all you can as expeditiously as prudently possible!
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Sorry to hear this, cannot imagine the jolt, but there is a long road ahead, many others have traveled, use all the help you have, need, modern prosthetics can, will have you right back at it, all the bestâŚ
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No, amputation is above the knee
john g
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Sorry to hear that. 
Where are you?
Wendy
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still in hospital. started using walker today. Don"t have discharge plan yet.
Also, they wipe you down with chloro wipes in holding area before surgery. the 2 showers before seem superfulous,
John G
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Yes. Another example of âyou never knowâ, so do what you want while you KNOW you still can. 1poormom put off retiring so long that when she finally did, she and her BFF were already old, and the BFF died almost literally while they were packing to go on a trip. She never did any of her travel plans, and then dementia took hold and we had to put her in a care facility for her own safety.
I am grateful to you for all the advice you have given over the years to enable people to know if/when they can retire. We pulled the trigger three years ago. Since then, weâve been to places like Iceland, Norway, the Canary Islands, VietnamâŚwhile weâre still physically able to do that. Because someday, we probably wonât be able.
Sorry to hear about your troubles. Hopefully your prognosis is good.
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Still secondâguessing. Glad you are still your old self. 
Wendy
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An alternative way to look at it is that the surgical site hasnât gotten infected (yet), so maybe thatâs a consequence of the double disinfection technique.
So sad to hear your dreadful news. Best wishes for a strong recovery.
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John, I wish you peace and success as you move forward, emotionally, psychologically, and physically.
Iâm grateful for the amazing advances in prosthetics.
I expect you to be winning your age group on the senior Olympics, in a couple years.
ralph
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