Thank you gentlemen for your kind comments and good wishes.
The procedure was textbook, I'm back home in the chair
and at full song. No issues and I have a shiny new high performance device in the left leg. This surgeon utilizes state-of-the-art, cutting edge (pardon the pun) procedures. That means I was up and walking within fifteen minutes of coming out of the general anesthesia. End to end the entire process was about 28 hours from door to door.
That said, the only potential drawback is that I will most likely be using auto rudder in the sim as I feel disproportionate inputs at the pedals for the next couple of weeks. Either that or a lot of turning right. lol
We used a full nerve block, spinal block and Iovera (nitrous oxide) in the knee. That means the leg feels like empty space from the adductor down to about the ankle. The heel still feels the ground but it feels like the leg is levitating. Probably not going to be too efficient in cross wind landings.
Part of the therapy is to use gravity to pull the knee into a
straight leg alignment for the first two weeks. My normal working position while developing is to rest my heel on the desk and let the leg hang, so I'm already dialed in while working. The next procedure is in three months so I'll be doing extended duty at the box here for the foreseeable future. That means major progress on the five data recovery projects that run concurrently. I like balance so I'm keeping the Invaders, the Tigercat and Jetstar at parallel levels of development. The Jetstar is a major project in the VC, so that one is more labor intensive. The good news is that I only need to build one gauge and three copies for each of the dozens on board. The B and C Invaders use common elements, but do have differences in the two military models. Civilian applications are actually numerous, so I may build a generic with a nice Garmin stack. The K or "Kay" are, of course, separate and unique.
All projects will now be receiving my full attention and development time allotments...which more properly translates...a lot of time.
That said, thank you all for your encouragements. It's a challenging year considering the data catastrophe and the knees. The doc said my left knee was "a wreck". Now it's bionic and one more to do. Then I will free to train back up to the level that I am accustomed to, which ain't too shabby for an old biker.
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