Muscleflex79 Member

It was a tough and long recovery - especially having them both done at once. I'm now about 15 months out and while my right knee is good, my left never got better. I was actually scheduled to have a revision done this past January, but it got delayed due to covid (and now delayed again due to other health issues I'm…

Thank you, Ann.

right - but if someone is willing to show a negative test that shows that they do not have covid as of that time - should that not be as good (if not better?) than someone who is vaccinated, but could be carrying the virus?

I think the problem that a lot of people have now is more with the vaccine passport than the vaccine itself. Here in Ontario you can not dine indoors, watch your kid play hockey, go to a wedding, funeral or go to the gym, etc. without showing your papers. Since the vaccine is not stopping transmission (but certainly…

Again, I can only speak for here in Ontario, but here they are definitely counting anyone who dies WITH covid in the official death counts in all of the major health units: “Toronto Public Health continues to follow the provincial definition for how COVID-19 deaths are categorized,” said Dr. Vinita Dubey, Toronto’s…

But, in their defense, this is how covid deaths are counted (at least here in Ontario). Public health units have publicly confirmed that if someone dies from any cause but has tested positive for covid in the last 30 days it counts as a covid death - which is kinda messed up if you ask me! Not sure if that is how things…

any idea why they aren't letting Canadians in under the same rules? Canada has less COVID and higher vaccination rates than the US, so it's a bit of a head scratcher. only thing I can think it may be related to is our willy-nilly vaccination rules - using expired doses, "mix and match" different types of vaccines, longer…

Just a word of advice - I wouldn't swear off all weight lifting because of your arm issue. There is still a ton of weight lifting you could do without using your arm (i.e. lower body stuff, modified versions of upper body stuff, etc). If you are lifting for work as much as you say, lifting weights will also help you in…

amen!

exactly this! there are 4000+ variants out there - we cannot continue to lockdown for each one or we will literally spend the rest of our lives rotating in and out of lockdowns!

you can say that again! while mix and match may be the least of our problems, don't forget about us spreading the doses 4 months apart instead of the recommended 21 days and using expired vaccines! Oh Canada!

This has been my main concern and I'm not sure enough people have considered it (or maybe they don't care about travel like us?) There are definitely countries that are not accepting mix and match as proof of vaccine - Barbados is one. I haven't looked into every country's requirements though and they may change as time…

Yeah, I wasn't sure about that either - if it was just the mask situation or numbers restriction. Either way it is a very frustrating time to be an Ontarian right now!

here in Ontario (where I think 33gail33 is from) we have not been able to meet with people from outside our household for months. we have been on lockdown since last November and could literally not meet with anyone we don't live with - in or outside. And yes, police have been called on people who have others over - it is…

33gail33 - if I remember correctly you are in Ontario? if so, I can totally relate to your frustration. not sure people outside Ontario/Canada know just how bad we have had it here. the rest of the world has been opening up around us for MONTHS and here we can't go to the gym/get a haircut/go to a restaurant/play outdoor…

that is not how it works here. my last family doctor I could not get an appointment for at least 3-4 weeks so I'd have to go to a walk-in clinic and that could easily be a multi-hour wait - not exactly what someone would want to spend their time when they are already sick. as others have stated, the States is similar and…

Wow, this seems like it would be a huge waste of medical resources to have to go to a doctor for a single day off. not to mention, if someone is off feeling like **** the last thing they probably feel like doing is sitting around a doctor's office for half a day trying to get a note. I'm in Canada and at my employer and…

unfortunately our prime minister has been fighting hard against this (for reasons I can't get into here as I don't think we are allowed to talk politics here!) there were proposals like this in a few different provinces that I heard about and although the US side was ready to go, PM refused to allow it. which is really…

this is VERY interesting! do you have any good links that explain this (going to look myself, but thought I'd ask in case you have anything)? here in Ontario they just cancelled all public events through September (we are currently not allowed to leave our houses - a stay at home order that they extend every two weeks and…

we've been locked out of gyms since November - while normally I appreciate a quieter, spaced out gym as well, right now I would return to the gym under any condition if only the government would allow it again!

where are you that no one is wearing masks?? I'm in Ontario, Canada and we are under the strictest conditions since this thing began with no end in sight!

In Canada (Toronto area), got my first shot today - Pfizer. So far, so good (no side effects or anything yet)!

um, you do realize that just because you know 2 people with infertility that happened to have the vaccine that does not mean the vaccine caused their infertility?? that isn't even close to "proof" of what you are claiming.

kinda funny you claim that you are "not here to do the research" for us - no one is asking you to do that. but when you are making wild claims that are just not true, you should be able to back them up with something that is more than just a flyer. everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but you are presenting yours as…

I'm far from an antivaxer, but a woman would have to be crazy to volunteer to have the vaccine when it has never been tested on pregnant women/the effects on babies. would you jump up and volunteer to be the first test case and then wait and see what happens when the baby comes out???

this is complete BS. the key point you said there was "when they stop tracking" - so you are saying if someone stops tracking, but continues to eat the same over time their weight changes because of "set point"??

thanks for the update! what a crazy situation!

I agree that your answer was a good one....you have to keep us posted now on what he says and how it goes!

thanks for that! when you say recovery took awhile, do you remember approximately how long? I mean, was she out of commission 4 months? 6 months? a year? thanks!

thanks for that - I fortunately did find a group on Facebook of younger people with TKR and it is a whole different experience compared to the other website forum that I went on. will check youtube out for the rower stories too. thanks!