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Under The Knife

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Created by photosbykarlo > 9 months ago, 15 Feb 2012
photosbykarlo
236 posts
15 Feb 2012 2:12PM
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Hi

Have been putting it off for a long time, but does anyone have any recommendations for a good surgeon for a knee re-construction in Perth.

Have searched the forum, but one really mentioned names

Cheers

stringer
WA, 703 posts
15 Feb 2012 2:48PM
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Greg Janes

premo
WA, 293 posts
15 Feb 2012 4:22PM
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David Colvin - i will be getting my done too, around July

Marcel_W
WA, 74 posts
15 Feb 2012 6:54PM
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Greg Witherow - I had my left knee done in April last year and it feels great now. Focusing on heaps of suitable exercise and physio afterwards is also very important.

patsken
WA, 713 posts
15 Feb 2012 7:39PM
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Might be easier to list the ones that are NOT recommended......

photosbykarlo
236 posts
15 Feb 2012 8:48PM
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Thanks for that, two that were recommended were Greg Witherow & Keith Holt

It's going to suck not being in the water

Mark _australia
WA, 23476 posts
15 Feb 2012 11:45PM
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Strewth, I'll give it a bash and be waaayyyy cheaper.
Jeez, to have the experience of cutting your knee open and stapling / gluing / sewing stuff back together I'll pay you

Beat that.

How hard can it be? Same as carpentry? No - soldering. No, welding. No - fibreglass. No .....?

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
16 Feb 2012 9:27AM
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Mark _australia said...

How hard can it be? Same as carpentry? No - soldering. No, welding. No - fibreglass. No .....?



I reckon it'd be pretty close to plumbing...

... Seen plenty of overpaid butchers in that game!

Bertie
NSW, 1351 posts
16 Feb 2012 12:34PM
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Keith holt is a god! Ur crazy if u don't use him.

Windxtasy
WA, 4017 posts
16 Feb 2012 10:57AM
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Mark _australia said...

Strewth, I'll give it a bash and be waaayyyy cheaper.
Jeez, to have the experience of cutting your knee open and stapling / gluing / sewing stuff back together I'll pay you

Beat that.

How hard can it be? Same as carpentry? No - soldering. No, welding. No - fibreglass. No .....?




Try a combination of carpentry and embroidery, wearing gloves, using miniature tools which cost 10 times as much as anything you'd get at Bunnings.

Lets imagine you are repairing broken vines on a pergola - You are working through a small opening in the shadecloth where you can only see one side of the job. The timber is covered by vines and all the gaps are filled with moss so you can't see where the vines go. Some of the vines are broken and need to be rejoined. If you cut any more vines the whole pergola might fall down, but you have to reattach the cut ends in a strong but seamless fashion, whilst someone constantly pours red paint onto the area just to make visibility really difficult. Then you have to use your embroidery skills to rejoin all the moss and shadecloth and try to make it look like it did a year ago.
Then it all has to be able to move...

Orthopaedics is an art, a science, and a little bit of magic!

john livingston
WA, 1 posts
16 Feb 2012 11:45AM
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Keith Holt did mine back in the mid 90's. Still in one piece and feels better than the other knee. No complaints.

photosbykarlo
236 posts
16 Feb 2012 8:11PM
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Thanks Dr Mark, when is your next available appointment to get the job done.

Just a few questions

How long before I'm back in the water?

Will I be able to do forwards and backies over the top of Nebbian while he's sailing (I use that term loosely)?

Cheers

Mark _australia
WA, 23476 posts
16 Feb 2012 9:00PM
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photosbykarlo said...

Thanks Dr Mark, when is your next available appointment to get the job done.

Just a few questions

How long before I'm back in the water?

Will I be able to do forwards and backies over the top of Nebbian while he's sailing (I use that term loosely)?

Cheers




Avail anytime

I will practice on Windxtasy's vine first.

You will be back on the water immediately as physio straight up is good (I am also a backyard physiotherapist)

As to busting airs over Nebb's, anyone can do that in the normal course of events so no change...



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