My 4 year psychological survival plan for my wife and I. added - THANK YOU All. I am stunned!

[BobTheSubgenius]

43. An odd thing to pick out of your list, but here it is, anyway.

And a great recipe for self-preservation it is, but I feel I would be remiss if I didn't pass these wee tidbits along, either or both of which you may already know. Both are about the knee replacement, and both assume you have this done.

First, a cryo machine is an almost invaluable too. The cold will reduce swelling and inflammation, and my wife (and the person we lent it to afterwards) both say it was WELL worth it. Taxes in, it was under $300 Cdn.

Second, after the first 2 weeks - if your treatment regimen was the same as hers - do your absolute utmost to ditch the synth opiods and, if you have to, white-knuckle it a bit with a lower impact PK. In her case, I recommended she do that, and the doctor doing follow-up was happy to tear up the narco scrip and write her a different one.

She didn't think it was going to work out at first because it didn't manage the pain quite as well, and it made her feel anxious and, for lack of a more coherent word, crawly. She did stick with it, however, and on the next follow-up visit, she related this to him; he told he she had been in early-stage of addiction and withdrawal. Becoming addicted after 2 weeks on the oxy!

I thought I knew of the dangers, but I didn't know it was THAT bad.