My ski career may be over

SJ ... Thanks man !  I will be a beast at Pt , was b4 with the heart thing , will be with this PIA too .

As my ski buddies always  say whenever something else bumps up as a conflict in our skiing schedule. " The Mountain Beckons " 😜😜 screw  it !

 I received same day stem cells and prp treatment for a torn acl and severe osteoarthritis  the last week of July. My left knee is the damged one.  One month later, knees are now close to same size with  minimum swelling .  The degree my left knee can now bend is surprising. Do not feel any strength  and cartilage has been added , too early to  tell. Going to  wait till December to test it out skiing.

warp daddy wrote

Campy you and the Birdman o The Dacks better  watch out .

with all the damn downtime this i gonna have winter i MAY be lookin to sharpen up mah  FOOOZY. Skills. N'dethrone you two at da FOOZ table ....... Hey .ya NEVER know  

I say kewl

Just chiming in to wish you well on the recovery and the PT. My gut tells me you'll be fine.

My grandmother (who just turned 93) just had kneww surgery and she's moving around better than she has in years. She's not a skier, but, as other people have said on this thread, 73 is young. Plenty of good ski years ahead of you. During the recovery, maybe it'd be a good time to do a little more XC skiing, just to get out in the snow and play.

It's going to take more than a temporary bum hip to keep Warp Daddy down.

You'll just have to temper your shoulder-high leg kicks when you're cranking out AC/DC on your Gibson.  

Fast recovery, my friend.

DOC. !!!!!!  Yeah mon , good to hear from ya Lad !!!

That Gibson is GONNA. Get a workout during this freaking rehab period . Ill be looking like Leslie West  pushing all my guitar trick boxed from table level instead of the floor 😎😎😎😎😎😎

Trick boxes dammit is what i meant !! Dam ipad

warp daddy wrote

... Ill be looking like Leslie West  pushing all my guitar trick boxed from table level instead of the floor 😎😎😎😎😎😎

Oh, come on Warp, I am sure you look better than than LW in the early days:



He's a little more svelte these days:

SBR yeah   Thanx , i sure didn't mean size wise , i was referring to his inability to stand up  (lost a leg ) and thus has to sit while playing and use. His effects boxes off at table rather than the floor .

Game on, surgery scheduled for Oct 12 .

good luck warp! you'll be back on your feet in no time

Great photos of one of my favorite musicians.  He was the reason I bought a Flying V way back when:

this thread has taken an interesting twist... no one has a good shot of John Oates skiing? Cause I could go for that!

Man, sorry I'm late showing up to channel +++++vibes++++++ your way WD...     I've always looked up at you as an example of how to stay stoked on skiing... (And how to keep a rational mindset when participating in occaisionly turbulent Internet discussion boards.. ).     Please keep us included over the duration... You WILL ski again...  

TD

TD will stayed tuned all winter especially because of You and SBR assorted adventures in The Hinterlands.. you guys Rock !!

Love  your zeal and  sense humor for this great sport and what you guys share this winter will be part of my vicarious. Virtual season. !

Thanks for the kind words Bro

Best of luck too you.i just had both my hips done,total hip replacement on both.had them done 8days apart,had them done last November,missed all of last season,but ready to go for this season.not gonna say it was a piece of cake but it really wasn't all that bad,sure recovery sucked a little,but with pain management nowadays I was never really in that much pain..it's been almost a year and I feel great,the pain I had b4surgery is gone,I can do stuff that I hadn't been able too do for awhile now..do what the doc says,follow your therapist advice an you'll b fine..oh and btw  I could of skied last season,got the Drs ok late March,but I didn't feel ready so I didn't go..

Outlaw...... Just the JUICE i was looking dor to LIFT the spirits and help keep me on point for returning to the hill

Thanks Brother !!

Okay small thing for most but for me it was a great feeling . bEcause of the open heart surgery 6 yrs ago i had to do a echo stress test to check the heart before surgery . tHe last time i did this on a tread mill and had great results BUT this time due to the hip pain they auggested a chemical induced stress test . Never one to want to give up control and preferring the tread mill test since it was active rather than passive , i was nervous .

Good news the heart is great , no blockages at all, strong oxy and bp levels , hit and sustained the target heart rate with zero issues SO it was a huge relief to know that the heart after six and half yrs is still very strong ......thanks to being a gym rat and the cardio necessary for skiing ..     Next step .....surgery on the 12 th ..

BTW my surgeon who has done these for several decades with very strong outcomes and being a skier totally GETS that I am planning to be back at it next season . He also said i will let you drive whenever you feel ready .....BRING IT.

That's great Warp, who's your doc?  Where does he operate