Replaced parts

[da prez]

  Not wanting to hack Johns post , When you get older , ailments seem to be a topic of discussion.
  I am curious (nosey) as to how many will admit to prostetic joints. (probably spelled wrong)

  I had both shoulders replaced , and am now facing a hip replacement. Thanks to John for the info on an anterior type.
  I am sure there are many interior parts being replaced also. ( stents ,valves etc.)

                                da prez

[DK]

Left knee replaced 31 years ago. Still works great.

[baldo]

You don't hear too much about shoulders being replaced, usually hips and knees. Was there a long rehab?

[Tailgate Tommy]

All my parts are OEM

[baldo]

Al my parts are OEM

LOL.....mine too, so far.   

[The emperor has no clothes]

Al my parts are OEM

LOL.....mine too, so far.   

You guys need to pipe down. You are jinxing yourselves. 

[old2soon]

Mine be O E M also BUT I believe my warranty be expired! NOT countin flyin miles wurkin on the 4th million miles.  RIDE SAFE.

[Willow]

Al my parts are OEM

Mine are all OEM also but some have had metal assist added.     I'm sixty-five and roughly handled.

[Wizzard]

61 and OEM here

[0leman]

Al my parts are OEM

So are mine, except Doc said when left shoulder starts hurting again so bad I can't move it like last time, its off to total replacement.  They can't salvage any parts.  

[NewValker]

Proud owner of screws holding the foot together, and a new hip coming in April.
Craig

[jim@98valkyrie.com]

Coronary artery bypass graft.. x2.. They borrowed arteries from my legs.

[da prez]

  One of my shoulders is a reverse. The ball is installed in the shoulder and the socket is in the arm.
 The reverse works better than the standard. (?) Recovery is about four months for the standard and about three for the reverse. Dr. advised me to quit riding and I advised him I could find another Dr.
I have been riding longer than he has been alive.  
 There is limitations as with all surgeries. I asked to see the shoulder that he took out and he said it was bio-hazard. I said it was mine , put it in a plastic bag and let me see it. They wouldn't.

                           da prez

[baldo]

 One of my shoulders is a reverse. The ball is installed in the shoulder and the socket is in the arm.
 The reverse works better than the standard. (?) Recovery is about four months for the standard and about three for the reverse. Dr. advised me to quit riding and I advised him I could find another Dr.
I have been riding longer than he has been alive.  
 There is limitations as with all surgeries. I asked to see the shoulder that he took out and he said it was bio-hazard. I said it was mine , put it in a plastic bag and let me see it. They wouldn't.

                           da prez

Lol....bio-hazard???  I don't know what I would have had to say about that... ???

[The emperor has no clothes]

Coronary artery bypass graft.. x2.. They borrowed arteries from my legs.

Jim, does that mean your legs want them back at some time ?
How you coming on the rescue bike ?

[cookiedough]

You guys are starting to scare me,  guessing some of you cannot make it thru metal detectors at the airport without a drs. medical note. 

Arthritis is starting to set in on me mostly knees but will plan on letting it go for as long as I can.   When I had knee surgery in my late 30's for a torn miniscus that I let go way too long (10 months) and dr. said at that time arthritis is starting to set in which is fairly common late 30's.  I did not believe him and now I do. 

[Willow]

You guys are starting to scare me,  guessing some of you cannot make it thru metal detectors at the airport without a drs. medical note. 
...

The metal they use in bone support doesn't set off airport metal detectors.  It makes one wonder why someone hasn't fabricated a titanium handgun. 

[jim@98valkyrie.com]

Coronary artery bypass graft.. x2.. They borrowed arteries from my legs.

Jim, does that mean your legs want them back at some time ?
How you coming on the rescue bike ?

They can have them back...but at a cost.......LOL
Work has taken just about all of my time recently. I've made room in my workshop/shed for her. I had her started on B12 the other day. Amazing...She started right up without a hiccup. Now, to give an IV bottle and flow a bit more fuel. Amassing parts to fix the pitted chrome. My son will be very happy when I turn it over to him next year (or at least I'm thinking he will)

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

 One of my shoulders is a reverse. The ball is installed in the shoulder and the socket is in the arm.
 The reverse works better than the standard. (?) Recovery is about four months for the standard and about three for the reverse. Dr. advised me to quit riding and I advised him I could find another Dr.
I have been riding longer than he has been alive.  
 There is limitations as with all surgeries. I asked to see the shoulder that he took out and he said it was bio-hazard. I said it was mine , put it in a plastic bag and let me see it. They wouldn't.

                           da prez

Times change I guess. I've got a bone plate and 6 screws (one screw still in leg) which the doc gave me (at my request) after it was removed when the screws started backing out. Always meant to make some kind of Valk bling from it just to remind myself to stay sane when riding. 

[Willow]

I was reminded this afternoon that I was incorrect about the all OEM parts.  I have fake lenses in my eyeballs.

[dreamaker]

I am all original equipment, with nothing missing and working well!!!

[Michvalk]

Don't have any replacement parts yet, but, am missing a few. Appendix, and spleen, 6 " of intestine. an artery from my heart, and two disks from my back. I'll be the proud recipient of an artificial heart valve sometime in the future. Welcome to old age, and agent orange

[Bighead]

You don't hear too much about shoulders being replaced, usually hips and knees. Was there a long rehab?

Not true there are more knees than hips or shoulders but it is a very common procedure. And before you ask for numbers. I have been I this business for over 30 years.

[Hooter]

Right knee cap..patella....now a chunk of plastic.

[Crackerborn]

At 60 I was all OEM minus a few disks in the back. By 61 I will have one new knee with the other shortly behind. I have been bone on bone with both knees for some time now and the steroid injections are getting closer together now. I had sort of forgotten how to walk without pain by the time I found an orthopedic surgeon I trusted and one of the first things he said after reading the x-rays was "Where is your wheelchair? There is no way you walked in here."  After 3 surgeries on each knee for repairs, I am sort of looking forward to not having repeat surgery.

[art]

73 going on 74 all oem parts aside a few tooth caps and a missing gall bladder. I'm hoping to keep all my bones intact therefore I gave up riding.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Does a penis pump count as a replacement part ? 

[baldo]

You don't hear too much about shoulders being replaced, usually hips and knees. Was there a long rehab?

Not true there are more knees than hips or shoulders but it is a very common procedure. And before you ask for numbers. I have been I this business for over 30 years.

No need to get your hackles up, Bigfella. I just haven't heard of shoulders being replaced as much as knees and hips. That's all....

[art]

Does a penis pump count as a replacement part ? 

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[gregk]

My warrenty was over long time ago. Torn ACL 18-20yrs ago which started giving me big fits this early summer and I self fixed in a miracle pool (hot spring in Colo.) , both eyes cataracts 5-6 years ago fixed, bunion on big toe 5-6 years ago and by the way those of you going to need that done if Doc. Wants to do something different than shave it down then shoot him. I ended up with screws in my toe which I have to be carefull the toe don't freeze and it is a big pain in the rear because I cannot bend it.   Had an impingement in both arms this summer that hurt like living hell which a bicepe is still on the fits.  Heart attack an awarded a Quad bypass 12 years ago and it gave me a scare early spring an after the Docs dinked  around they found the main artery closed off but the other 3 are great yet so the Doc don't want to touch it yet plus another little vain that's plugged that he can't see where it goes. Pain came back in heart now but had it CKD and its just mussel, that was CKD when I took my son back to see the doc the other day after he had a heart attack at my house a WK ago Sun. (37yrs old got one stint an one they couldn't fix.)  On the Quad Bypass  Docs wanted to know when i had.a heart attack before and i said you tell me as i had no clue, they couldnt but they knew i had one before.                                                The only thing that isn't broke is my heart (41 year annivesary yesterday).

[dreamaker]

Speaking of body parts!! I guess few of you guy have had upgrades, kind of Life 2.0.  I am assuming that we being bikers, we all have about 10 cents worth of mechanical logic.  So when things move they wear, and even some things that don't move over time they will degrade, it's all a matter of time, the amount is based on the design.  Now at the time it is installed it is the best available and in some cases the state of the art, correct!!  So the person having the work done is all for it and in some cases thrilled to have it done.  Hopefully we are all in agreement at this point
Now through the course of the day, on TV ads saying and even some one after another 3 or 4 deep, are saying if you are having issues with your replacement you can sue the carp out of who designed the replacement, even though you have enjoyed a period of time, otherwise you would not have.  Now the way I have interpreted those ads, as to suggest they the designers and manufacture were totally irresponsible and incompetent.  Even though, at the time they were the best hardware available to the public. Everything has a starting point and eventually evolves to improve the product; (Unless greed factors in) nothing is forever, also keep in mind, that when we get, say, a wood sliver in our finger our body tends to rejects foreign objects in them.   Bottom line!  So why do these lawyers encourage the public to sue the manufactures for trying to help them have a better, productive life, or am I missing something!

[Bighead]

You don't hear too much about shoulders being replaced, usually hips and knees. Was there a long rehab?

Not true there are more knees than hips or shoulders but it is a very common procedure. And before you ask for numbers. I have been I this business for over 30 years.

No need to get your hackles up, Bigfella. I just haven't heard of shoulders being replaced as much as knees and hips. That's all....

Just stating facts

[da prez]

  Carl , as most know my wife is an attorney. I quite often go to court with her. Some detectors are set off by my shoulders and most times at the airports. It depends on the level of sensitivity of them.
At one of the courthouses , I am sometimes waved thru after setting them off because they know me.   I do not think this is a good idea as "who knows". It will not be me , but how many others are let thru so loosely .
  My reverse shoulder was made in England, I was told. I went in about two months before the surgery to be measured. I guess the other was off the shelf. 
 
                                           da prez

[John Schmidt]

Well, my hippie thing coming up Monday is due to an accident in the service, it finally caught up to me at 78. But, apparently I didn't feel it caused enough excitement for my wife, so last night I was putzing around in the garage and got the foot on the bad leg caught on a step ladder foot. I wasn't even trying to climb it, just move it...was already folded. I went down hard on the cement, jammed my right hand/wrist, landed on my left glute and left elbow and wrenched my back real good. I have a sore ass, elbow is bruised a bit, back is sore, but the right hand is swollen real good and I spent the night with ice packs. Going in to have it checked shortly. Typing with one hand takes forever.