Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip

Subject: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stewart
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 10:02 PM

Bob went into the hospital last Monday for a long overdue hip replacement - his second, his other hip was replaced a few years ago.

His lovely bride, Judy, reports that he came home today. Apparently everything went well. He's drugged up for pain and crabby as hell (what's new?) - just his usual self! Not able to get on the computer yet, so we won't hear from him for a while. But everything should improve, including his disposition.

He put this off for quite a while, but finally it became too painful, so he had to get it fixed.

We wish him a good and speedy recovery.

Cheers, S. in Seattle
where the rain falls gently,
and we hope to see the sun,
once or twice a year!

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Janie
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 10:10 PM

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Bob.

Janie

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 10:10 PM

Well, he'd damned well be in shape for the interview! And you can tell him that I might perhaps maybe be in Everett in October, maybe.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Padre
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 10:23 PM

Hip, Hip, Hooray!!

Padre

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 10:53 PM

I called very briefly to say hello and get well soon--he sounds good, but tired. I didn't even expect him to be up or near the phone.

Some of you remember he had a hard time with the first hip replacement--I won't go into it, you can search his threads and find his story, but I wanted to be sure it went better, easier this time, and it sounds like it did indeed.

Maggie (SRS)

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: open mike
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 11:16 PM

well, i would have sent good wishes (such as "break a leg") if i had known earlier...

I hope our bionic man will heal quickly and be up and at 'em soon.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 11:41 PM

For a while now, I've been thinking about running off some "Bionic Mudcatters" Tee shirts. Anybody have any feelings about this?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Don Firth
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 11:57 PM

Well, let's see now. Bob has had a heart operation, he's had a couple of eye operations, and two hip replacements.

If he starts muttering things like, "You will be absorbed! Resistance is futile!" I'm gonna freak out!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Alice
Date: 02 Apr 09 - 11:58 PM

Speedy recovery, Bob!

Alice

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Azizi
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 12:31 AM

Spring has sprung and in just a matter of time, you'll be jumping for joy.

Best wishes!

Azizi

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 12:44 AM

Thanks, Stewart for letting us know.

Heal Well, Roope!!

luvyakatrinka

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 12:46 AM

!!!

~S~

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 01:15 AM

Heal fast, Bob. Hope you're real happy with it. Most of the people I know who've had it done wonder why they put it off so long.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 05:21 AM

Someone I know was up and dancing again after 6-7 weeks... it will make a world of difference to you, just take all rest you can now!

Take care and speedy recovery!

LTS

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Emma B
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 05:33 AM

Best wishes for a fast recovery Bob

'Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool.
(Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.")'

From the Hipster Handbook :)

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: gnu
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 06:41 AM

Keep er plumb Bob. Best wishes.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 08:41 AM

Good news - I know it can make a lot of difference. My daughter's mother-in-law had the second hip done this Monday and she was up and walking about the ward by Wednesday afternoon!

All the best Bob.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Will Fly
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 08:49 AM

I had a serious operation on both hands some time ago. When it was done I said to the surgeon, "Will I be able to play the piano?"

He said, "Sure."

I said, "That's amazing, because I've never played one before."

(Gets coat and shambles out...)

Get well soon - hope everything heals up double quick and that you're skipping like a Spring lamb in the very near future.

Will

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 09:05 AM

By George but they're doing wonderful things with wooden legs these days! He's all set for a career in the high-paying, fast-paced world of piracy.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 09:38 AM

Makes me think of Tinker's song - "Bob". Her battery operated boyfriend. One more surgery and you will qualify.
Rest up, my friend.
By the way, what did they do with the old hip? I suspect there is a market for them.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: kendall
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 09:43 AM

It really is amazing what they can do these days. A friend of mine now has a wooden leg. Yes, I know what you are thinking, so what? thats so common and all; but the thing is this one is from the knee up.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: RoyH (Burl)
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 10:18 AM

Best wishes to you and your new hip Bob. Burl

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Genie
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 11:31 AM

Bob, if you haven't heard Tinker's song, I'll send you a video from last year's Getaway (Tinker permitting). That should cheer you up (unless it gets you guffawing so vigorously that you shake your new hip loose).

Meanwhile, ain't it great to know that now you'll be able to tap dance? ; )

Speedo recovery, pal!

Genie

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 05:59 PM

good news - I have several friends with new hips & joints & life is wonderful for them!

sandra

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 06:36 PM

Talk about being Hip! Wish you well...bob

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: catspaw49
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 07:41 PM

So did they give you anything on your trade-in?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 08:31 PM

From the knee up to where, Kendall?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 08:40 PM

HMMMMM. is our Deckman a wimp? Severn posts an update from the Burn Unit but not a word here...


Cellar, Mary.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: catspaw49
Date: 03 Apr 09 - 09:53 PM

I thought Bob was more hip than that Sins.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 12:53 AM

Deckman--In just the past month three of my friends have undergone this procedure. They are all doing well, up and about and all that.and minimal pain. May recovery be as good.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Peace
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 01:48 AM

Life after HR is lots better than life before. Welcome to the club, Bob. It'll hurt like hell for a few weeks--maybe upto a month, then watch out. Your 'quality of life' will increase ten-fold.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 11:34 AM

Hope it all heals quickly.....but I'd advise restricting the ski-jumping and trampoline lessons for awhile.

Play some guitar!

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 05:16 PM

Gee, he promised to do the interview while parachuting. Will this change anything?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Peace
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 05:16 PM

Not 'til he hits the ground.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Don Firth
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 06:48 PM

I got an e-mail from Bob. All went well and he's busy recuperating, but at least at this point, he asks that people don't phone him. It keeps Judy hopping and it sometimes wakes him if he's sleeping.

He'll be back, but he needs a little down-time for now.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Peace
Date: 04 Apr 09 - 11:48 PM

I recall that the most difficult thing to accomplish was to 'wipe me arse'. THAT'S when you find out who your REAL friends are.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Apr 09 - 12:07 AM

I can see why Bob doesn't want any more calls for a while--especially if anyone is wanting to confirm Bruce's observation. Sheesh! ;-)

SRS

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: alanabit
Date: 05 Apr 09 - 03:56 AM

Here is another Mudcatter, who is glad to hear you are on the mend.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Leadfingers
Date: 05 Apr 09 - 06:19 AM

Good Luck Bopb

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Genie
Date: 23 Sep 09 - 11:17 PM

Hey, Bob, how goes life with the new hip?

I'm considering following in your footsteps (hip waders?) sometime in the near future. I do hope you are finding your new hip allows you to pretty much get back to your normal routine. (I know, you're retired, but I mean aside from putting in decks.)
Hope you are back to making music and mischief as much as ever.

So, are you able to tap dance yet?

Genie

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: kendall
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 07:31 AM

I see in the future a big store where one can go and tell the clerk, "I need a pancreas for a 1928 folk singer"

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 08:01 AM

He is travelling and performing so I believe the new hip is a good fit.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 09:11 AM

He left here last Sunday, bound for Coeur d'Alene. His wife was driving, Bob was riding the rods as every proper folksinger should. He did two concerts here and had one in CdA. While here he was up into the wee small hours, dancing and carousing, beating up cops, the usual folksinger stuff. He owes me bail money.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 09:17 AM

Forget it, Rap. You'll never see it again.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 09:24 AM

I figured that out, but I couldn't let him rot in durance vile. Besides, ten dollars isn't all THAT much -- they set the bail that low hoping he'd skip town.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Don Firth
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 03:48 PM

Yup! That's my old buddy!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Deckman
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 04:23 PM

GEEZE LOUISE! Ya get outta town for a while and everybody starts talking about you. We just got home from driving 1,724 miles. Much fun and superb people. I'll post to this thread and comment about hip surgeries tomorrow, after some needed rest. CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson ... who is very pleased to be back home.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 04:50 PM

And I didn't even mention that floozy at the Hi-Ho Bar to your wife.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Deckman
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 05:30 PM

"After you've been having steaks for a long time ... beans, they taste fine!"

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 06:08 PM

Bob, Bob, Bob, we just can't let you out of our sight.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 06:50 PM

Welcome home, Roope! Glad everything turned out all right!

kat

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Amergin
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 06:57 PM

You all know what happened to his hip in the first place, right? I understand he would get up on stage and start jumping around like a rock star....and one night he was trying to swing his arm around like Pete Townsend...and out goes his hip....who knew that folk musicians were so excitable?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 07:47 PM

Folksingers swing, you know.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Amergin
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 10:12 PM

both ways?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 10:22 PM

snort!

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 09 - 10:23 PM

They swing to the left, Nellie, swing to the right...and up and down, too.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: gnu
Date: 25 Sep 09 - 04:19 AM

Just an excitable Bob?

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Genie
Date: 25 Sep 09 - 08:15 AM

Amergin, I thought Bob's hip went out when he did a stage dive into the mosh pit just as the crowd dispersed ...



Anyhoo, I'm delighted to hear you're out there raising hell, etc., again Deckman!


And, Kendall, I like the way you think!

"I see in the future a big store where one can go and tell the clerk, 'I need a pancreas for a 1928 folk singer'." LOL

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Deckman
Date: 25 Sep 09 - 09:22 AM

Merry Morning everyone. Let's end this silly thread! Genie ... my hips are doing just fine. One total hip replacement was done about 6 years ago, the other was done last Spring. My only serious advice would be to research your doctor's history. Perhap's talk to several of his past patients and ask their opinion of his work.

My first hip surgery went very wrong, and the fault was mine in NOT looking at the doctor's record. My surgery last spring went well, even if I tore my stitches loose two weeks after surgery ... totally my fault. (I was up on stage too soon and moved wrong).

One final thought ... don't wait TOO LONG. Once the doctor's say it's time ... do it. If you need a new hip, you're living with a LOT OF PAIN! Best wishes ... bob nelson

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Sep 09 - 06:15 PM

Maybe end the silly part of the thread, but that's good advice, Bob.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Genie
Date: 28 Sep 09 - 08:50 PM

Glad to know you were up to a 1000+ mi car trip in less than 6 mo after your surgery, Bob.
How long did you have to basically have Judy waiting on you? (And how much longer before you told her you really didn't need that any more?) *g*

Also how long did you have to avoid driving? How long before you could comfortably drive an hour or more at a stretch?

And just what WERE you doing onstage that messed up your hip in the first place?

Genie

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Deckman
Date: 29 Sep 09 - 06:27 PM

I was driving in two weeks! I told that to the doctor one month after my surgery. He raised his eyebrows and said that he will give me permission to drive in another month. bad bad bob

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Art Thieme
Date: 29 Sep 09 - 11:27 PM

see first post:

What the hell does Bob Hope have to do with this topic??? ;-)

Art

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Art Thieme
Date: 29 Sep 09 - 11:36 PM

Bob, Hope you ar totally happy with your results!

Art

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Art Thieme
Date: 29 Sep 09 - 11:41 PM

Well, it wasn't the first post. It was Ebbie's post that had Bob Hope in it that I was deluding to.

Never mind.

Art again

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: GUEST,Rapaire
Date: 30 Sep 09 - 10:25 PM

I think we must ask ourselves some deep and penetrating questions about Art. For example, is Art Post-Modern Deconstructionist or Expressionist or Baroque or What? Knowing folkies, I'll bet Art is Baroque, flat Baroque.

Subject: RE: Deckman is out of hospital w/ new hip
From: Deckman
Date: 30 Sep 09 - 10:33 PM

Perhaps "Art Noveou" ... you never know ... exactally what is Art ... "Nouveau" ... or something else! (bad bad bob)