DuMau is back to the world and away from the meatgrinder forever.  I will now be protecting the world via the Coast Guard.  When you see a GC C-130 in the air, wave, cause it's one of my planes that I support.

But my main question is:  due to circumstances I am now facing total knee replacement on both my knees next week.  They are doing an Accufit type replacement.  But does anyone out there know or have experience on whether or not one can surf again after such surgery.  The Dr was a bit dicey when I asked him this.  Anyone???

My brer in law got an ankle replacement last year.  Has been antibiotics ever since.  I've read that some replacements aren'tbeing sanitized properly and installed with caustic residue.  My knees are getting worse by the year.  enough so that I had to give up surfing cold (60 and below)water.  If I had some gubmint issued health care, I'd look into getting them repaired.  Good luck.  Do research on your replacemnts somewhere other than here.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

Thanks guys.  Just looking for feed back.  Yep Vicodin is my friend.  How does that work w/the dentist.  They prescribe antibiotics prior to the visit?  Been putting this off for years but the pain was so damn bad, unable to walk etc; I was finally out of options at 55 yrs old.

further down the leg you go, the more susceptible to infection. I cut my foot on pre Gloria swell, ended up with gangrene, and had to have a muscle and artery removed, It was mostly infected due to Dr sewing me up with sand and sea monkeys in the wound.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

There's truth to the "further down the leg" business.  I got banged on the ankle by a piece of wood in the surf, didn't think anything about it.  Took months for foot swelling to go down.  Doc told me it was a bone bruise. 

I have good knees, but one was store and stiff for months.  Luckily, it wasn't a "major" problem.