Twas the night before the knife...

Best wishes Greg. I’m sure it will all work out fine.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Greg: Our prayers are with you, We have a God that can do things that Man and Dr’s cannot understand.

Put your faith in God and he will guide the surgeon’s hands during your surgery.

God Bless you. See you in 4 weeks.

Karson

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Hi Greg;
—-well I’m believing, that all things are going to work out good for you!
....”communing with God, all the things your grandfather and father taught you, and wood”, I do believe your in good hands….my prayers go with you.

GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

I will be sure to say a couple of extra prayers in the morning for you and your surgeons. I am sure everything will turn out fine.

Over Christmas I managed to completely tear the posterier cruciate ligament (PCL) in my right knee while proving to my three year old that I could climb a tree that he said I could not climb. Physical therapy has worked well for me. In fact, my knee is enuogh better now that I hardly ever even think about it. I need to keep up the PT or things will get worse. The doctor said the fix was often worse than just leaving it alone. They only fix it if they have to. After he explained the procedure I am glad they didn’t have to.

Let us know how things went.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

I’m a newcomer here, but I was a surgical pharmacist for about twelve years. In that time I saw tremendous advances made. New techniques and materials let surgeons repair things that were previously impossible. Complication rates are SO much lower now than when I started in OR. Good, if not necessarily ideal, outcomes are more the norm than ever before. The biggest hurdle will be the post-op physical therapy, but even that gets better in time.

Have faith in your surgical team and, of course, have faith in God.

They don’t call Him “The Great Physician” for nothing.

My prayers go with you.

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

Listen to your orthopaedist and therapist like their words were Gospel. Set realistic goals for reahab. Use function as an outcome marker, not pain. A plateau in rehab is only that and often followed by another one. Don’t get discouraged and realize that the time it takes to get better will be forgotten 2 years down the road. Good luck, God speed and please advise of your outcome.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

We’ll be thinking good thoughts for you.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

My prayers go with you ‘Greg. You will be in all our hearts and minds until you return. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Good luck, Greg!

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976

I wish you a rapid, & successful recovery, Good Luck!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Best wishes in hopes of a successful surgery and speedy recovery…our prayers are with you…

-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com

You’ll be better than before Greg. You just got to believe. I had a kidney transplant three and a half years ago. I put my life into our God’s hands and into the into hands of the Methodist Hospital’s doctors hands. I was idle for three months afterwords. Thought I’d go crazy, and maybe I did… :-) But all is fine now. This idle time passes much faster than one might think beforehand. Especially since there’s baseball and LumberJocks.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

My prayers are with you. My next door neighbor has had surgery on his shoulder and has come through it just fine. He has had it worked on twice. I think he messed up and tried to reach over his head before it could completely heal. So, take the time to heal and I believe everything will be O.K.

-- Jesus is Lord!

We are pulling for you Greg. Take care and see you when you get back.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I just saw your post, – better late than never—my thoughts are with you.

No regrets, “eh?”—your decisions of the past were made with the best of intentions in those moments. What was, was and what will be, will be.
I hope that everything goes smoothly for you and recovery is fast.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Greg, I read this post late. You have now had the operation and are in recovery.

Through your posts I have come to know you as a man of faith. And besides a great woodworking community, this is also a wonderful ‘faith community’. So this is a good starting point.

It’s important that we understand that God is in control of outcomes and that these outcomes are for our overall good. It’s also important to know that He doesn’t deal with us on the basis of ”I have done a lot of things in my life that I carry a lot of guilt over…”, but bestows His grace on us regardless of our merit.

So, Greg, as you lay there in recovery, enduring the pain and discomfort of the surgery, I and others are upholding you before our Heavenly Father.

Have faith in Him – better days are ahead!

Oh, and keep that shop of yours in mind – a positive mental attitude and a worthwhile goal never went astray.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/