happy monday
i've been avoiding this thread. trying not to get depressed but i feel the tough moments.
2.5 months and just starting to "glide" with the walker. it was a nice moment to feel muscles engage and then cramp.
my therapy was modified dec/jan because i was getting high levels of pain. then i sort of dread going to bed because in the morning it is so painful. i have to slowly move to warm myself up. it was hectic last couple of weeks because we had the SoCal fires and one was really close....so I had to be ready to go at a moments notice.
yesterday I changed sink faucets and drain. i'm a novice to household repair. the old parts were so damaged/rusted i couldn't get a hold of the nuts/bolts so I had to "dremel" it off. took a long time. about 10 hours total while taking breaks to eat, stretch, decompress, go to hardware store, watch/rewatch plumbing tutorials. i hope it is a satisfactory job. then getting up and down from the floor was as expected. end of the night(weekend) my flex ROM was less. I really suffer on busy days where I can't focus on my home therapy. But before bed I put in some time and then this morning as well. feeling a bit optimistic.
okay....bye everyone. feel better and have a good day
Sorry it’s a struggle … hope it gets easier soon.
Warning: will be multiple “f***ing“ in post that follows … The TLDR version is NEVER EVER buy a Price Pfister faucet. EVER!!! Maybe this very long DIY rant will make you laugh and forget about knee for a few minutes.
I haven’t had a knee replacement, but have recently cut out a faucet spigot where I could not get a wrench on the f***ing nut. I tried for a couple of unsatisfying hours. I then did something I rarely do with most basic plumbing DIY … I called a pro (plumber). I had decided I was about to do something that would likely do major damage to the kitchen porcelain sink … even a plumber is cheaper than replacing that sink.
Something both excellent and bad happened with plumber. After maybe 30 minutes of his best attempt under the sink (with me helping from above sink), he announces “has to be cut out from the top”. This was the conclusion I had come to … so that was the “excellent” part … my DIY skills don’t suck. The “bad” part was his method of cutting spigot out from top (wouldn’t cut right against porcelain, drilled multiple holes down from there) worked about half the time. The other half ended up in 4-5 hour job taking sink off.
I told him I would think about it and get back with him. I priced an equivalent sink at retailer, estimated a 5 hour plumber bill … and thought “f*** this Price Pfister crap engineered tiny nut faucet … war is on ... I’m cutting you out. btw … plumber said never buy Price Pfister faucet … now he tells me. The added pain is Price Pfister sent me the complete replacement (faucet handle, spigot, sprayer, soap dispenser), and yes … replaced that crap Price Pfister with Price Pfister (yes, I did verify the replacement had large nuts

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I have a cheap Ryobi reciprocating saw … and had a small gap between spigot collar and porcelain. The gap was achieved with my 2 hour attempt under the sink. I’m mad at this point … there will be no cutting and drilling, just cutting. I put painters tape on porcelain around collar, and then slid very thin aluminum sheet in around collar above the painters tape. Safety glasses on … game on biaaatch!!! The aluminum sheet bent and shot out in a few seconds. Painters tape gone in a few minutes. Really mad now … cutting now a go without protection. I went at it for a couple of hours … making progress, blade getting hot, take a break ... rinse and repeat. I got 3/4 through and wasn’t making much progress. I grabbed the plumbers business card, slid it under side still not cut, and gave a violent tug on the spigot. The most beautiful thing happened. … the thread stem snapped, followed by the sound of that that f***ing nut hitting the bottom of the cabinet under the sink. The rest went smoothly … ended with slight porcelain damage behind spigot (tip of blade created small divot) … I call this a win. I bought a small tube of porcelain repair but haven’t bothered yet … behind spigot and you don’t notice it.
I have kept that spigot and nut in the garage ... I might mount it above the work table.
