Toot you have my best wishes too.  Have a friend who has just started having both of hers replaced for the 2nd time. 

The pain is worth the gain.  She's getting around extremely well and she's 79.  She said it wasn't as bad this time and is now thinking that she will start working out when she can get the other one replaced.

So hope you improve more each day.

SANDI,   what is TOOT in for?   sounds like a hip,  or knees,      if hip,  my friend had one done ab out a year ago,    she was up and out in no time,    but gets bad arthritis in that hip now,   whether it had anything to do with the op,    is anyones guess,   but she never had it before,    but BEST WISHES   toot,     get well soon,          JUST A NOTE,  WHILE IM HERE,    anyone like movies about animals,    waych,    A DOGS PURPOSE,    but be warned,   its a tear jerker,     keep the tissues handy,  

Yes Cats, she had a full left hip replacement.  Here's her post yesterday.

Hi RnR, I had a full left hip reconstruction on Monday morning (seems so long ago) and just got out of bed now to go for a walk down the corrider on a walker and am now sitting by the window.  I have to sit here for at least one hour so I grabbed a dongle (cost $40) and fired up the laptop because the hospital's 'free wifi' is hopeless.

The nurses tell me I have the best doctor (but everyone says that), although he does come highly recommended and gives all his patients an epidural while still under, which is why yesterday coming out of surgery, I felt like walking on air, but today I feel like crap as it's almost worn off.  

My son-in-law who is in his 50's has terrible gout and his knee was so swolen he asked around and found that a Japanese man was the best for the job but when the doctor saw how swollen the knee was, he refused to touch it and said "I'm sending you to Ali Gursel" - he's the hip and knee guru.

Anyway I hope everyone is well, espeicially Wendy, Shaggy, PB and you too RnR, thanks for asking.

Report

Elle Macpherson's billionaire husband 'plans to do a Jagger and deny that they were ever legally married' following their splits

By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail

Jeff Soffer and Elle Macpherson at the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce 87th Annual Gala

Uh oh. It looks as if supermodel Elle Macpherson faces the ‘Mick Jagger problem’.

She has split from her husband, Jeff Soffer, but now friends of the American billionaire are claiming they were never properly married.

The couple tied the knot in Fiji in 2013 but it remains to be seen if their wedding is legally valid.

‘It’s like Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall all over again,’ remarks a showbusiness source.

After Texan model Jerry filed for divorce from the philandering Rolling Stones singer in 1999, Jagger claimed their Hindu wedding on the Indonesian island of Bali nine years earlier had not been legally valid.

Jagger succeeded in having the Hindu marriage ceremony declared invalid, unlawful, and null and void by the High Court in London.

According to sources in America, hotel heir Soffer, 47, has been ‘bragging’ to friends that he and Macpherson, 53, who was nicknamed ‘The Body’ in her heyday, were never legally married.

The couple were brought together by a tragic accident in 2012, when he was a passenger in a helicopter that crashed attempting a landing at a golf club in the Bahamas. Lawyer Lance Valdez, one of Soffer’s greatest friends, died.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4863670/Elle-Macpherson-s-billionaire-husband-plans-Jagger.html#ixzz4s2fkmMwr
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I come from a land DWON under? Souvenir typo has customers lining up to buy a classic Aussie stitch up

A classic Aussie stitch-up on a Chinese-made jumper is selling like hot cakes thanks to an unfortunate twist on a familiar slogan. The brightly-coloured jumpers are selling well in Sydney.

http://a.msn.com/01/en-au/AArx6jv?ocid=se I remember cruise in the Pacific like this about 12 years ago!Trying to avoid a Cyclone. 

MIAMI — When they first boarded the Norwegian Escape a week ago, passengers knew exactly where they were going. Now they have no idea.

The cruise ship, with about 4,000 guests on board, departed from Miami on Saturday, Sept. 2, and was scheduled to return a week later, after making stops in Honduras, Belize and Mexico.

The boat made it to the Honduran island of Roatan on Monday and Belize the following day. But on Tuesday, passengers were told that their ports of call at Mexico's Cozumel island and the Costa Maya had been canceled.............................

From Miranda Kerr's stunning wedding dress to Nicole Kidman's unforgettable Oscars gown: As exhibition celebrates 70 years of the House of Dior, FEMAIL takes a look behind the scenes

Christian Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture currently showing at the National Gallery Victoria is a comprehensive exhibition that tells the story of Christian Dior Couture from 1947 through to 2017. Showcasing 140 gowns, the retrospective also features garments worn by celebrities including Miranda Kerr and Nicole Kidman.

What do you make of this then?

Australia's most notorious hoarders have filled their $2 million Bondi home with stinking rubbish AGAIN - despite council spending $350k on 15 clean-ups

Bondi's notorious Bobolas family of hoarders back in court" 

Members of Bondi's notorious Bobolas family of hoarders are back in court facing claims including contempt as the rubbish continues to pile up outside their home in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Despite years of council clean-ups and court orders to clear the property of rubbish, the front yard of the home is once again covered in piles of garbage (left and right). When Daily Mail Australia visited on Friday the front of the house once again resembled a rubbish tip with bags of trash stacked above the height of the fence. Owner Mary Bobolas (inset) is accused of contempt of court for not keeping the place clean.

I thought you would be interested in this story I found on MSN:Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in Brazil 

http://a.msn.com/01/en-au/AArJxTe?ocid=se

That additional fat around your middle you find hard to get rid of!   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4876402/Ten-reasons-t-loose-weight-stomach.html?ito=email_share_article-top

Now this is interesting as I suffer from this issue.But I am told my Thyroid problem is the cause of it.However, reading this it states too much sugar and not  Enough sleep can also cause the additional fat. A couple of years ago I asked the physio for an exercise to  Combat this to strengthen the core muscles, as instructed byThe surgeon.  If I do them regularly it works!   But alas I stopped doing them after surgery in January   So I am now back on the exercises again. I also find porridge each morning with stewed fruit  Helps burn the fat.  Strictly no sweet biscuits ever!Drinking water also is a MUST.  I don't drink  Coffee and only have 2 week black teas a day. 

Hip fractures among elderly set to soar

http://a.msn.com/01/en-au/AArXSKz?ocid=se

Thanks for the link Plan B

" there were almost 22,000 hip fractures in Australia in 2016 at an estimated cost of $908 million and The number of hip fractures each year is estimated to rise to more than 30,000 in the next five years at a cost exceeding $1 billion.

The human cost from injury is higher still, with five per cent of hip fracture patients to die in hospital; and a quarter (25 per cent) to die within a year after discharge."

seems unbelievable