Life is full of experiences. I have had many experiences, good and bad, in my lifetime and I am striving for more. I enjoy blacksmith work, welding and metal fabrication. Those are my part time passions. My full time job is as a software developer (Database level coding). I really enjoy high tech and low tech. Crafts, Art, Technology and learning new things. There are no limits other than the ones we impose on ourselves. I go by Hillside View Forge, which is my forge name. In gaming and streaming, I go by Blacksmith_pop.
Going in for.my replacement in just over a week so it's been great watching different peoples take on post op. I've noticed that not everyone has the same story so I guess you just have to find your own pace that you are comfortable with! I'm just going to go at my own pace and listen to my healthcare providers! Thanks for sharing your experience.👍👏♥️🏴
I’m on my first week & it’s a lot harder than I realized. Swelling is all the way to my foot now . I hade to use a walker before because Of nerve pain & being partially paralyzed 7/yrs ago due a blood clot on my spinal cord after back surgery . Hoping & praying this helps with my nerve pain ❤
I hope and pray it helps you too. That is a lot to have to deal with. The swelling and knee pain is a lot on a hip replacement. Hope your recovery goes well.
idk the ID of the hose, but lets say its around half inch ... then there is just about 0.034 cuft in your hose. If it is moving at the flow rate from the bottle, then it would be out in about 6 or 12 seconds at 20 and 10 cuft per hour airflow rate, respectively. That doesnt account for the different densities of the atmosphere gasses in the hose vs the inert gas coming from the bottle, and how they might or might not mix, intermingle, push each other, and/or have differing resistances to the inside material of the hose.
@@GaryForgingOn np, please see my edit above, I corrected my math. I dont know anything about purging welding lines. Was just doing the math on the interior cuft volume of the hose, which is 25 ft X pi X (ID of the hose in feet divided by two)^2. Somebody can check my math. If all that air really is moving at the specified flow rates with no other considerations, then I suppose that is the theoretical purge time. But, importantly, it also ignores all the physics and perhaps chemistry involved. Either way, I like your approach. Only a tiny cost in gas to make sure we got the Argon flowing out. Thanks for sharing the video, enjoyed it.
Glad my video helped. I was worried when I made it that people wouldn't like the video thinking I was complaining too much. But I did it anyway. Hope and pray you heal up well and have a good recovery.
At last I meet a person who is suffering with hip replacement. The first 10 days were very painful for me, it felt like they were tearing my leg apart, I am slim and have been swimming for many years and I thought I would have a good time like other experiences I have heard and seen. The nights were terrifying, I couldn't sleep, I don't know in which position I wouldn't feel pain, in spite of all this I did the walking with crutches and the exercises and it went well because on the eighth day I was able to lift my leg very high. But in this fourth week I feel very sore, I don't know if I exaggerated in the exercises or maybe I hurt myself with an unintentional movement because I felt better, I even bent down, I accidentally put myself on my knees on the bed, I have to mentalize that I am operated. Next week is my appointment with the surgeon because I have to have surgery on my other hip. I can walk with a crutch with pain in my coccyx, my leg hurts and I don't know what to do anymore, I hope this week I will feel better. Thanks for the video. Blesses Gary and for your followers xx
I hope and pray your doctor visit goes well. It sounds like you are doing great in your therapy and exercises. It will hurt and feel swollen for a while still. But it will get better and you will enjoy the new hips when it is finally all healed. I don't even know I had a hip replacement now other than my hip works like it is supposed to again. Take care and glad my videos were a little help.
Thanks for this video ! I am post one year of both knees replaced and 10 days post op right hip !…this is a nice common sense explanation and I am about the same size dude as you are…little fellas 😂…..thanks again Gary !
Hey there and thanks for joining the 2 knee 1 hip club. LOL It is nice now that all the new parts are working together well. Hope and pray your hip recovery goes well. I don't think the hip was as bad as the knee so hopefully you will breeze through this one. Take care.
It’s as if I was literally speaking in this video! Just had my hip replacement a week ago today and EVERYTHING you’ve spoken on, I’m enduring. I too can’t stand pain meds and have no idea how anyone could possibly ever become addicted to them. They are absolutely horrific! I will never be able to wrap my head around why someone would ever want to feel that way; but I digress. Initially, I was taking them, breaking them in half, and even doing that I was still getting sick at my stomach, even taking the nausea medication they prescribed so after battling back-and-forth three or four days of that I had to finally just stop taking them altogether, so now, unfortunately I’m not one of those people that is going through a total hip replacement, and having the wonderful feeling that so many people claimed to have because I’m feeling every single ounce of pain. I know this video is four years old, but it was very helpful to hear that I’m not the only one who has had the same experience.
I am glad the videos helped a little. The pain meds were weird. I had both my knees replaced after this, in 2022. One in March and the 2nd in Sept. The one in March I could only deal with the meds for 2 weeks. Then with the second I went 4 to 5 weeks on them. Not sure why I didn't get sick. But still didn't like them. My doctor told me to double up on over the counter. Tylenol with Ibuprofen or tylenol with aleve. And that helped a little. He said I could take those together because they were different families but to Not take ibuprofen with aleve. Just a thought. You probably should ask your doctor about. I hope and pray you continue to have a good recovery. I can tell you it is worth it. I know this video was from 2019 but now I don't even know I had a replacement, other than the scar. It works great. And with the new knees I can move normal again. Take care. Gary
Hi. I had my hip replacement surgery left side. I'm still feeling pain which is manageable and swelling especially when I do exercises. is that something to worry about?
The swelling will take several weeks to go down but it does get better. Everyone has different amounts of pain. I went a couple weeks on prescription pain meds and then went down to regular pain meds. It takes a while but if you are concerned you may want to call the doctor's office and ask them. I'm not sure how long it has been for you. I hope you are doing well with your recovery though.
Im 7 years out on a tkr and the leg hyperextends quite bit! Dont know when that happened as I stopped thinking about it after 9 months post op....just forgot I had it done!!!... it just happened. Now my other knee...done 5 mo ths ago is only now stayting to relax a bit...in the mornings and after i sit too long I have to push the k ee back down to straighten....who knows whT this one will end up?
It is hard to say for sure. Mine 2 knees were only done 6 months apart and they seemed a little different in their healing. But 7 years would be a lot of differences I would think. Probably different technology on the joints too. The doctor told me if I had mine done 10 or 15 years before I did that those joints would have only lasted me about 7 to 10 years with my weight and all but with these newer joints they would go 20 years. No telling where technology will have these things in 20 more years. Hope you are doing well with your recovery.
Ive just done my right knee total replacement. Im in day 3 post op. Im able to do most of my exercises but laying down on my back i can't lift my legg without help. How long does it take til you can lift your legg while laying down on your back? You at 6plus weeks, can you do that now? Thanks Ed
Hi Ed, Hope you are recovering well. Sounds like you are doing really good. I remember it was very painful to raise my leg for a while but now that it has been 2 years ago I cannot exactly recall when I could start lifting my leg. I am pretty sure I could by 6 weeks but I remember it hurt for a while even though I could start lifting my leg it was still painful. But all that will go away. Sorry I cannot give you an exact time.
Thank you for your video. I am at the 4 week mark and tried to dive to the grocery store. It was was too much for me to do. I am going to take it easier until my 6 week mark. It helps to be patient.
No, But it has been 2 years now. My knees are working great. I had both replaced in 2022 and it probably took a year or more to be fully healed but now I can walk and go anywhere with ease.
I have both knees and both hips done. I never sit still. The worse parts was when all the nerves start waking up. It's almost like restless leg syndrome. Made getting comfy to sleep tuff. I am 2 weeks out, and my scar is almost healed. No open parts. I have a slight limp, but it will be gone in another few days. I'm been driving for a week, because I don't take tramadol. I woke up on my right side.....where my incision is. Was afraid to move. I slowly rolled to the left and not alot of pain. I'm SO BLESSED. My surgeon called me a freeking rock star.
God bless you. Im 5 weeks post right total hip replacement. Still got huge swelling around the surgery scar. Finding it hard to sleep. Can walk unaided but have a limp. Mainly getting pain at night. Around week 3 i had severe knee pain and like u, i was thinking maybe the surgeon did something wrong. Having to learn to walk without a limp and to distribute my weight on both legs. Its a long journey...
I hope and pray your recovery continues to go well. It is definitely worth it in the end. It will take several months for the swelling to completely go away but it gets better every week. Now I don't even know I had a hip replaced. Other than it works great and I do not limp or twist while walking. Take care and keep up the good work.
@@GaryForgingOn thanks for that. It's good to know there is light at the of the tunnel. I was beginning to regret having surgery at one point as I was more active and mobile before it.
Sorry for the late reply. I just saw this message. This was regular solder so I would think a soldering iron would work as long as you can get the base metal hot enough for the solder to stick to it. But this was my one and only time fixing pewter so I am not an expert. I used solder that did not contain lead since it was a drinking flask. Even though the person I did this for said it would not be used. I didn't want lead in it. You may not want lead type solder either since it will be on cufflinks. Not that the cufflinks will be rubbing on your skin. But this flask was just filling a hole and not trying to hold something that might have pressure on it. But it would be worth a try. I hope that helps a little. I'd like to know if it works. Take care. Gary
It is rough at first. After all that pounding they do to put that joint into the bone it really hurts the knee. As my doctor told me, it is a brutal surgery. But it gets better. Hang in there. Keep up the best you can with the meds and do the PT and it all works out. I don't even know I had a hip replaced now other than it works great and I don't have to limp and twist when I walk. I hope and pray you do well with your recovery.
Thank you so much for linking the actual airhose parts. I'm a beginner and don't know anything about any of this and your video+the links to hardware helped me a ton. Thanks again!
I am glad my video helped a little. I am a rookie too at plasma cutters so it was all new to me. :) Now I still need to buy another one because I hope to get a cnc plasma cutter and they require a different kind of plasma cutting machine. But that will be something else to figure out and learn about. :)
I am really pleased that you produced these videos as it gave me insight and confidence to forge ahead and not worry about whether or not I was doing enough exercise. Thankyou so much xxx
Thanks so much… this really helps. I thought I was so abnormal because the swelling has gone down and I’m too tired to do much, but your stories helped.🙏
Thanks so much. I’m 11 days after surgery and I still can’t bend my leg even 2 inches in order to do the sliding exercise lying down.. can’t stomach the medicine so I’m only on Tylenol .I feel the lymph is not draining as the amount of swelling has not changed .I am so exhausted most of the time that I don’t have much impetus to do the exercises but I’m doing them anyway.
I know you said you could not stomach the meds. My doctor told me to combine tylenol with ibuprofen since they are not in the same family so when I couldn't take the hard meds I tried that later. But the swelling will go down and you will get more movement. It just takes a while. Hang in there. Keep up the PT as well. Just don't overdo it like I did. :) You got this.
@@4444marla Nope.. You are healing just the way you need to heal and the speed you need. :) Like my doctor and physical therapist told me. Everyone is at the same point at 12 weeks. They just get there at different speeds. Take care Gary
You will be great!! Alot of it is attitude. I found out as much information as I could before. I watched a hip replacement on utude. Info is what prepared me the most. That is just my way of coping. I have both knees and both hips replaced. I'm 2 weeks out, and feeling fabulous. Best of luck to you. God bless you.
Just had my hips done, bilateral 2 weeks ago and I am in so much pain. Been trying to do all the exercises the therapist asked me to do and I have no problems doing them but both my knees are killing me. Hope this gets better soon. Btw I am only 40 yrs old, diagnosed with stage 4 avascular necrosis on both hips.
The knee pain will be there for a little while longer probably. I hope and pray all goes well with your recovery. You are definitely young to have to get that done but hopefully it will help you in the long run. Hang in there.
Thank you. I always visit your page for reassurance. I am definitely trying to keep myself from depression as I know it will affect my recovery. I will be having spine surgery as well.@@GaryForgingOn
I am not sure. There are 3 different fittings and what I saw from other people was that green one I used worked on Stihl. So it might but that is only a guess. Sorry.
Me too! 3PT a week last Friday the physical therapist thought was 4-months when I was as only 3-weeks post op! She had over manipulated my knee --was already painful. I’m in a lot of pain on strong pain meds too. Hope I oh feel b tree soon!
Sorry to hear you are in such pain. I hope and pray you get some relief soon. Doing too much too soon can really hurt. Maybe the therapist will get you back on track with the correct procedures.
That's a tough one. Most of what they will need are the meds and going to therapy. They will get or have a walker and later a cane. My guess would be a gift for them and whoever is taking care of them. Like my wife had to help me a lot and drive me to therapy and things like that so we would stop and pick up food a lot of times on the way home because it made it easier on her. I would think gift cards for food they can pick up or take them food. Something like would mean the world to help them. We have a group of ladies at our church that take food to people that are sick or had surgeries or a loss in the family. They brought us food and it was a huge relief and blessing. Anyway, I hope that helps a little. Coming from a guy that had a hip replaced and both knees replaced, a gift from someone meant a lot to me any my wife. So anything would be greatly appreciated.
What did your consultant say about the noises I have the same every step is a clunk I was told it should improve as swelling subsides and muscles get stronger
That was what I was told as well about my knees clicking. And it did. I had both mine done in 2022 and now that all the swelling is gone and I have worked on strengthening my legs that continuous clicking is gone. Sometimes if I do things a certain way they may still do that but not enough to notice. My doctor told me it would take a year to be over the surgery and he was right. Keep working those legs even after your done with PT. Walk and use stairs. It all helps.
It should for me. I heard from others that posterior can take longer to heal. I hope and pray you get some pain relief soon and can get on with your recovery.
I am a 76 year old female who had left hip replaced 6/11/24. Today is 7/17/24 and I still have pain. Normally I have very fast recovery, might take 1 or 2 pain pills after getting home. The pill didn't seem to be doing anything for the pain so the doctor said to take 2 with 2 tylenol. That still did nothing. We ended up changing the pain medication and it was not doing anything. We then added prednisone. Now they are saying I may have nerve damage. I am finally starting to get relief but it comes and goes. Hopefully I will be out of pain in the next couple of weeks.
I started with 7018. MIG was just quicker and I ran it hot and triple stringers all the way around. I actually prefer 7018s most of the time. I just do what works best for me at the time.
As my doctor told me when I told him I was hurting in my leg, hip and knee. He said this is a brutal surgery. He said they drill out the leg bone smaller than the piece going in and then hammer it in. He was right. It made everything hurt. But it eventually got better. Now I don't even know I had a hip replacement. I can just walk without hurting or twisting. But looking back, it hurt a lot at the time. I'm just saying all that to let you know it will get better. Hang in there and take your meds if you need them and keep up with the PT and you will do great and all will get better over time. I hope and pray you get relief soon. It's rough but worthwhile in the end.
I was directed to use walker for two full weeks. Took my time. I followed doctor’s orders. Did my exercises as directed. I had anterior and had minimal trauma in my body. Glad you shared. Prayers to you😊
