Hey you guys, I've also had to wear the white support hose. My doctor that replaced both my knees is very strict, you must wear the thigh high ones for six weeks after knee surgery. I really got tired of them but I do think they were a great help during that time. I know my knees have done a lot better than friends who didn't have to wear them. I've voluntarily worn them since then, during stressful times, long days etc. They do help. Later Nova In a message dated 9/16/2011 11:00:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Ed, Thank you and Emmitt so much for letting me know that I' m not the only guy that has to deal with this stuff. I felt really dumb when I first started wearing them, but I don't really care right now. The doctor at the wound center told me I probably would have to wear them to rest of my life... ugh. Glad to hear from you, also. Hope all is well over Georgia way. Ken -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Brown Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:57 PM To: Emmitt Channell; [email protected] Subject: Re: [PTREE] Here I Is.... Hi Ken, Sure glad to see your able to get back on the computer and its good hearing from you... I have a similar problem with my right leg, I have to wear support hose on that let.. I just had two veins closed because I was having pain and swelling in that leg from the calf to my ankle... sometime I wear my support hose and they help,,, like Emmitt I got the fitted type, I also got the full length and had to wear them between surgery's,,, now I am not wearing anything just hoping I won't need them anymore.. Take care of yourself we need you around for a while until I get old, ha ha ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:41 AM Subject: [PTREE] Here I Is.... > Ed, > > Yeah, me too. The weather here in the last week or two has been pure > fall-like. Can't wait for the pumpkins and Halloween decorations to come > out > so that we can feel Fall is finally here. Hasn't been too bad a summer > here > in middle Tennessee, but not a lot of rain once Summer got to going good. > (What do the call that - when you write or say several words in a row that > start with the same letter)? ) Would it be alliteration? Oh, well. No, > Peggy, I'm not drinking anything but water.... > > Ed - please done call me "ole Ken". Ha ha ha ha ha. I know I am, so don't > rub it in.. Just kidding... > > Oh, you ladies will love this (and probably a few of the guys, too. I Now > Have To Wear Support Hose. That dang fluid build up has me looking like I > have piano legs (remember when they said that Hillary Clinton had piano > legs > - Ha. They are made exactly like women's nylons, feel pretty much the > same, > too. I had a sort of leg wound on my right leg, so was sent to a wound > specialist. They wrapped my legs in a yucky bandage like wrap that felt > cold, then put on white support hose over it. I had to keep that on, > replacing the bandage weekly. The nufse told me pan-bath only. Oooooh. > After > about 3 weeks, I got tired of not having a shower, so I quit going to the > wound center and went to Wal-Mart and bought a pair of support hose > without > the toe ends. Not good. Went back and got the whole stockings that cover > your foot and up to your knees. Did you know they even make them in > thigh-highs, and full shaped like panty hose??? They were totally white, > though, so I opted for the sheer nude color stocking kind. The first pair > I > got were the smallest, tightest kind and I almost cut off the circulation > in > my legs - my toes were turning blue! So I got rid of them and got like > medium compression. I hate to go in public with them on during the heat > when > I wear short pants out. You should see the kids staring at me. Not only am > I > wearing those stupid-looking support hose, but I am also driving a mart > cart (believe it or not you CAN forget how to drive.....) with a cane > sticking out of the basket. I try to avoid the kids, but somehow just run > into them. Sometimes to get back at the starers, I talk crazy to myself, > too. I'll talk this gibberish and act retarded (ok, Peggy don't say a > word...), getting just as close to them as I can. They usually scatter > pretty fast. I can be evil when I want to be - hee hee hee. > > I am so glad to be walking better. The therapy really helped me. I was > total dead weight when I came home from the hospital last July (2010). It > has taken a lot of work to get back to where I am. Still have a long way > to > go. I must give to glory to God - he still has a purpose for me. Don't > know > what it is yet, but I know he's not exactly finished with me here on > Earth. > By all accounts I should be singing and worshipping Him in His Presence > right now. May come soon, who knows? I just tell myself "be ready". > > I hate to segue into this, but can someone please give me an update on > Don? > I am sorry about not coming to the Hoedown 2011. I really thought it had > been called off, then here I hear that Don made an appearance at it, even > though I'm sure it took all he could summon up to be there even for a > while. If any one does talk, hear from him, please tell him I asked about > him and his health, and that I pray that he will beat the disease that has > come upon him. God can do miracles in all our lives, you know. > > I love you all - please tell me what I've missed this past year. Peggy > told > you about losing 27 years of genealogy research because of my stupidity. > Well,, I found some software that will unerase lost files and was able to > recover an old backup from 2006. Too bad, I'll just have to try to > remember > what's in my main file that would have been my real file if I hadn't > formatted the drive and can't get it back..... of all people to pull a > stunt > like that. Maybe I am getting the big "A". after all. Sometimes I feel > like > it - I can't remember anything like I used to. Someone recently gently > "reminded" me that I ain't 20 years old anymore. > > Can anyone relate to that??? > > Love you all, dear cousins! > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message