2008 Joint Replacement Reunion

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2008 Joint Replacement Reunion

Joint replacement patients and Ambassadors of the joint replacement program at Johnson City Medical Center celebrate annually their successful and life changing surgical outcomes at the joint replacement center reunion. The event features a program of the past years statistics, photos of activities of enjoyment after the replacement that patients send in, delicious gourmet food, bluegrass band entertainment, and door prizes.
The pictures below are some of the success stories that patients have sent in.


  Inez Burton
(Now enjoys road biking 50 miles/week)
09/03: Rt Knee Replacement
02/08: Lt Knee Replacement


 Gaylon Williams
(has been able to walk the hills pain free throughout DollyWood where he works at the Gristmill) 10/06: Rt Knee Replacement
 

  
Fran McLaughlin 
(enjoyed playing miniature golf at Old McDonald's in Pigeon Forge, TN)
07/08: Rt Hip Replacement

 
Faye Perry
(is back working and bowling without pain)
09/07: Lt Hip Replacement
03/06: Rt Hip Replacement

Erma Burgess
(continues to be adventurous by shopping and walking pain free on the world's fastest 1/2 mile track at the Sharpie 500)
01/05:Rt Hip Replacement

 Debra Hill
(is actively serving in Iraq. In this photo she has 75 lbs of pack without pain in her hip)
11/06: Rt Hip Replacement

 Michael Nowicki
(enjoys cooking over an open fire without pain)
09/07:Rt Knee Replacement

Madge Lewis
(enjoys walking daily,  DollyWood, flea markets, shopping, enteraining friends & playing with her great-grandson)
09/04: Lt Hip Replacement
12/04: Rt Hip Replacement

Judy Clyburn
(enjoyed a trip to Las Vegas without pain.)
10/07:Rt. Knee Replacement

Judith Violet
(now walks 2 miles daily, dances 1-2 timeas/week and ridea a bike)
07/06: Bilateral Knee Replacements

Joyce Penland
(loves to hike,
hiked Linville Falls)
10/07: Rt Knee Replacement

Jackie Smith
(is now enjoying playing tennis)
11/07: Bilateral Knee Replacements


Larry Lewis
(enjoys traveling without pain while driving)
03/07: Rt knee Replacement


Connie Hayes
(enjoys bowling in her Morning Coffee League weekly without pain)
07/08:Lt Knee Replacement

Judy Sandidge
(has been able to travel long distances in a car and shop without pain in her knees)
06/06: Rt Knee Replacement
02/07: Lt Knee Replacement

Carl Denton
(enjoys walking his grand dog "Katie" pain free)
09/05: Rt Knee Replacement

Diane Eschrich
(enjoys going to the Senior Center)
02/08:Lt Hip Replacement

R. Brian Patteson
(hiked 5 hours through Echo
canyon to Observation Point in
zion National Park, Utah)
01/08: Lt Hip Revision

Ross Dampier
(says his wife has gotten her "yard boy" back)
02/08: Rt Knee Replacement

Norma Bailey
(was able to enjoy a vacation to Lancater, PA where she stayed at the Fulton Steamboat Inn)
09/07: Rt Knee Replacement
12/07: Lt: Knee Replacement

Betty Rollins
(is enjoying cooking & baking)
08/08: Rt Knee Replacement

R.A. Phillips
(at 7 1/2 weeks after hip replacement, was hoeing his beloved strawberries)
06/08: Rt Hip Replacement

Charlotte Woody
(enjoys exercising without pain)
11/05: Lt Knee Replacement

Charlene Ehrett
(is now enjoying road biking pain free)
04/08: Bilateral Knee Replacement

Doris Autrey
(is able to sit now without pain which allows her to paint and write poetry and gospel songs)
02/08: Rt Knee Replacement

Barbara Lake
(enjoyed walking "Blackie" in the ocean in York, Maine)
07/08: Lt Total Knee Replacement

Nancy Laws
(has been able to have mroe fun with her husband and is now able to get in & out of their dune buggy & ride without pain)
02/08; Rt Knee Replacement
05/08: Lt Knee Replacement

Claudia Roberts
(is enjoying playing with her granddaughters on the playground)
08/08: Lt Knee Replacement

Kayleen Martin
(can sit on the floor & work on projects, play with grandchildren, and get up and walk without pain)
07/07: Rt Hip Replacement

Alma Sue Little
(has enjoyed going to church and speding time swith her great neice and nephew)
10/05: Lt Knee Replacement

Paul Jarrett
(enjoyed his "new legs" on vacation.  he hiked throughout the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park)
10/07: Rt Knee Replacement

 
Mary Dearstone
(is able to sit in the floor and play marbles with her grandson comfortably)
03/08: Rt Knee Replacement

 
Linda Gouge
(at 304 months after surgery enjoyed walking pain free with her dogs on the Creeper Trail and walking in the mall.)
01/08: Rt Knee Replacement




Annual Joint Replacement Reunion