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griffin said:
Ugh....if that passes for "good hockey" against another bad team....ok...but I'm not watching it.

I had to have my left hip replaced. (been two years coming after another major hip injury/surgery). Hopefully, this will put me in forward gear again.

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They played a team that has had their number since Covid and they played a full 60 which has been their biggest problem.

And I'd rather watch any hockey than no hockey anyway.

I have friends doing the hip surgery with great results...I guess more precarious since it's the second same one? but I bet you come through in good shape!

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The first surgery was to repair an injury from a pretty nasty accident training my dogs.(basically Tommy-John surgery on my hip) The doc scraped my hip then, hoping to buy me some years from the arthritis....no dice. I'm too active these days annd got down to bone on bone in 2 years.

The replacement is a weird deal. I've had a dozen ortho surgeries, and this surgery is BRUTAL. I was deeply bruised from my armpit to my ankle on my left side. Yeah, just like they say, that pain in your groin like you got kicked in the nuts is gone as soon as you wake up.... now you just feel like someone cut your arse in half, bent your leg back until your hip popped out of the socket, so they cut it off with a saw, drilled a hole in your femur, and hammered a forking bolt in there. It's miserable.

But, amazingly, right at two weeks it's almost miraculous as the swelling leaves. There is nothing in there left to hurt once the muscles cut from the surgery are healed. Today is 23 days since the surgery. It's the 4th day in a row I have walked a mile. I am pain free for the first time in 3 years. I have some stiffness and mobility to work on yet, and it gets tired and starts to ache where the muscles were cut still...a mile is really all I can do....but I'm pretty hopeful this was a deal.

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