Thank you merz and it’s good to read you as well:-)
Ginny darlin’ whilst not wishing you any more of that ‘stuff’, what you already have, please keep your side of the ‘pond’ 
my (metal) hips and knees go rusty in wet and/or cold weather and its costing me a fortune in lubricating oil (WD40 sprays).
Aww Uncle Joe i’m so sorry that you had to go through so much and you being the young man that you are…hey does the WD40 REALLY work that well? I heard it does!
Yes Ginny darlin’, if you, like me suffer from Osteo-arthritis, WD40 sprayed on the affected joint (the can warns don’t get it on your skin) does work and eases some of the pains. I have an Uncle in Ontario and he used Duck oil (Duckhams) which he said also helped his arthritis.
That is amazing. aww again I am so sorry you needed to go through all that :(…I hope everything else in life is treating you well!!..i’m here if you ever want to chat some more.
Thank you Ginny darlin’ for your kind offer. We will chat regularly. In the meantime, I’ll make your hair curl. Because of a lung problem, I’m not allowed general anaesthetic so all five operations were completed whilst I was conscious - I had an epidural and was numb from the waist down. However, whilst I felt no pain per se, I heard the surgeon sawing and hammering at my joints and felt the vibration of both the saw and the hammer. I didn’t mind in the slightest.
OMG Joe that must have been devastating for you. I mean I know you didnt feel anything but to hear it all…you are a strong young man for sure!
Ginny darlin’ I have a fascination with all things medical. When the surgeons did arthroscopy on my knees (prior to full knee replacements) again under epidural and the surgeon was guiding the probe by camera and it was being televised. Laying on the operating table I was able to watch him perform the procedures as I was able to see the television screen. I wasn’t the least bit worried by any of it.
Joe I just had a liver biopsy done and I heard the needle was really long. I told them to please do NOT let me see that needle lol…you are AMAZING I tell you and very brave as well!!
Ginny darlin’ needles (of all different sizes) don’t worry me in the slightest - have had to have blood tests every week for the past seven years due to the fact I’ve been prescribed Warfarin and they have to keep adjusting the dose of that weekly. When I was due to go into hospital for operations, they’re not allowed to operate if you’re on Warfarin, so you stop that several days prior to hospital admission, but replace it with injections of Tenzaparin (straight into the stomach) - those hurt!!! and I finished up with a row of bruises as large as the diameter of tea cups around my waist band - very uncomfortable!!!
My Mom & Dad were on warfarin so I know what you mean Joe.
I feel for you it soumds like you have been through so much 
…I hope this new year is a better one for you!
I’m good for about another 15 years (I hope). The only thing that annoys me intensely is my lack of mobility - I have to have a walking stick to get about and that is annoying and frustrating.
Hello Ginny, welcome to the forum from me too. 
Uncle Joe I know it must be annoying and frustrating for you with the cane. BUT, my bf Dad had a hip replacement many years ago at the age of 54 and he ended up dying from a blood clot because the Dr decided to go on vacation afterwards and neglected to to tell the nurse what to do afterwards…there could have been a law suite but his Mom decided not to pursue it.
Aww thank you…waving!!
That’s a similar reason to why I’m on warfarin - have had five pulmonary emboli, which is why I can’t have General anaesthetic. The first one went undiagnosed for several weeks (I was just getting breathless - no pain) as a result the emboli was in situ for some weeks and part of my lung died (its still there - but doesn’t work).
Do you smoke? please say no!!
I did Ginny - up until I had my first Embolism - (I had 60 ciggies in my coat pocket when admitted to hospital) but wasn’t able to get to them nor get out of bed to go down to the entrance which was smokers corner at that time. By the third day I was ‘climbing the wall’ for a ciggie and Dr came and slapped a nicotine patch on me. I then did the 3 month course of patches and eventually gave up (even spliffs).
Good for you Joe, but what are spliffs?..
Euphamism for Cannabis Ginny darlin’