Total hip replacement....no woodworking for me..!!!!!

hope you heal fast and recover soon Rick
but you shuold take it real slow now and get some more trainning
two to three times a week
I say this becourse I drive with a lot of people who had the hip or parts of it replaced
I hope you have got yourself a hard wedgeformed pillow to sit on

take care
Dennis

Just think, Rick, you are almost a modern day Steve Austin. lol The bionic woodworker. Heal fast man. Your tools have been complaining about your absence from the shop. They are very lonesome. Best wishes, man.

Glad to hear you came out the other side alright in the end my friend, you’ll be sore and stiff for a while but the discomfort now will be worth it in the end.

I have a similar problem but not at the stage where I need to go into hospital for the op ,but inevitable in the end.

Enjoy the Summer, by the time Autunm comes around you’ll be raring to get into the shop.

catch you later buddy.

David

-- No one plans to fail, they just, just fail to plan

Good luck in your recovery. I am sure it will be full and quick… I think I would be looking to try things you can do in bed – like carving… or arranging a scrolll saw setup :) Maybe leaning sketchup to plan, plan, plan.

Aloha!

glad things went well.
My Mom’s advice (she’s had 3 hip surgeries—the material broke on the 2nd hip and she had to have it redone) ......... push yourself but don’t break the rules. No riding the lawnmower! :)

My Mom hated the walker as well..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (https://www.facebook.com/DebbiePribeleENJOConsultant)

Hi Rick;

Better the ball and socket wears out, than the ball and chain! LOL

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Glad to hear you doing ok after surgery. You know you can get a small mat at the craft store and you could try your hand at marquetry. The window method , make a few things to inlay or some frig magnets. Hope you fell good enough to maybe give this a try.

-- Billp

While your recovering wood work in your head and come up with some awesome designs.When you are all recovered you can churn out all that stuff that was formulated in your head.Get better soon!!!!

Get well soon man.

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

Best wishes for a fast recovery…BC

Best Wishes and a speedy recovery. I’ve know several people who have had knee or hip replacements and have said afterwards, that they wished they either knew they needed it sooner or had it done sooner.So you’ll be back in the pink again as soon as you recover. Take care.

-- I don't make mistakes, I have great learning lessons, Greg

Take your time getting back in the shop. When I was studying to be a paramedic (volunteer), I worked with a patient in the ER who had decided, against his doctor’s advice, to start woodworking again while he as still feeling shaky. He fed his hand into a planer and the planer took the bones from three fingers (but left the skin behind—it was a pretty odd injury).

Be well and take your time. It’s not worth risking an injury just to make some more sawdust!

-- Woodworking is easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510...

Glad to hear you are on the mend, Rick. Listen to the doctors and don’t overdo it.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’m very sorry to hear that, Rick. I have no doubts that you and your bionic hip will be better than ever in no time!

Feel better soon and keep us posted on your progress.

Cory

-- The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

I wish you well on your recovery.

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.