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marshg246

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On the eve of becoming more bionic, I wonder who has more man-made parts than me.
1) Left hip - total replacement
2) Left foot, Kevlar longus tendon - more surgery coming after I recover from tomorrow.
3) Left shoulder, Kevlar holding AC joint together
4) Left knee, MCL
5) Four teeth implants
6) Tomorrow morning, right hip - total replacement

I'm sure there are plenty of guys with broken bones with plates - I didn't count those.
 
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marshg246 said:
On the eve of becoming more bionic, I wonder who has more man-made parts than me.
1) Left hip - total replacement
2) Left foot, Kevlar longus tendon - more surgery coming after I recover from tomorrow.
3) Left shoulder, Kevlar holding AC joint together
4) Left knee, MCL
5) Four teeth implants
6) Tomorrow morning, right hip - total replacement

I'm sure there are plenty of guys with broken bones with plates - I didn't count those.
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You realise that all these upgrades reduce the future value…?
 
marshg246 said:
On the eve of becoming more bionic, I wonder who has more man-made parts than me.
1) Left hip - total replacement
2) Left foot, Kevlar longus tendon - more surgery coming after I recover from tomorrow.
3) Left shoulder, Kevlar holding AC joint together
4) Left knee, MCL
5) Four teeth implants
6) Tomorrow morning, right hip - total replacement

I'm sure there are plenty of guys with broken bones with plates - I didn't count those.
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Missed opportunity as far as I’m concerned - how many of those after-market body parts could have been Carbon Fibre!!?😆
 
Looks like you have won the bionics
Not that I'd ever want to compete 😃
 
I will keep what I have and try to make them last as long as I can, I have had 3 major injuries to my left knee the last one they did key hole surgery was the newest thing at the time, but was never fixed right should have been opened right up, things still floating around inside, but I am going to resist a new knee, by just teaching myself to walk better and to put less strain on my left knee things have improve better for long life without replacement of the knee.
 
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ashman said:
I will keep what I have and try to make them last as long as I can, I have had 3 major injuries to my left knee from I nurses last one they did key hole surgery was the newest thing at the time, but was never fixed right should have been opened right up, things still floating around inside, but I am going to resist a new knee, by just teaching myself to walk better and to put less strain on my left knee things have improve better for long life without replacement of the knee.
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I absolutely agree with trying to keep what you started with.

However, I was 12 when I first was told I had arthritis and this hip has hurt since I was 16 off and on.

When I had my left one done in 2014, I simply could no longer walk. Funny thing is that the right one was clinically worse then, but it only hurt once in a while.

That's until about three months ago when motorcycle starting/riding ended for me as did walking a lot of the time. Walking bone on bone is not good! A day after surgery and I walk with less pain even though I have a 14" cut. It will take a month or two to walk normally, and bike starting may take up to a year or maybe a cNw starter and riding in 3-6 months.
 
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