Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

The Natural Philosopher wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On 07/12/2024 15:18, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

On 07/12/2024 02:30, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-06, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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I was recovering from a tumour operation at that point and was on
seriously concrete butt plugging pain relief.
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I drank a couple of points of pear juice. Delicious. And unbeknownst to
me Natures best laxative...

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Interesting.  I've found that peanut butter acts as a mild laxative,
at least for me.  This is a Good Thing - I love peanut butter.
I had a knee replacement yesterday, so I'll get to test it.
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Oh gawd. I hope it works out. I hate to say it, but IME around 50% of
knee operations fail.
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Sometimes fatally

 
How so? Infection?
 

Mainly as I understand it, yes.
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I've had two hip replacements and have 3 plates holding up my neck.
 

Hips are far more successful, >95% no problems at all

Actually, mine were about 9 years ago. Apparently they've gotten a lot
less intrusive these days.

I had one cervical plate put in years ago, and play soccer, often as
goalkeeper. The hits to the head apparently lead to removal of the first plate
and the installation of 3.
 

Again, not problematic.

Mmmmkay. I had to spend about 6 months in an ungainly neck brace, while
wearing an electrical stimulator harness for four hours per day.
At least I could walk. Though once I trip and fell and thought, on the way
down, "this can't be good". Luckily, the only damage was blood streaming down
my knee. I kept walking.

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