I have a new knee!

[kevin37b]

RSKY you are on drugs again ! Watch those rude posts . I am referring to an incident earlier this year when wife was not happy .Funniest thing I ever read . Good luck . Kevin

 

[Turbys_1700]

Good luck RSKY. Keep us updated. I am looking at a hip replacement in January 2017 followed by knee in April if all goes well.

 

[oldballs]

I wish RSKY well in his new knee. I read these old gezzer posts and would add something informative if possible. But my little knees and a hip are holding up fine with just an occasional knee brace when doing certain jobs. Spending some time on my knees pulling weeds and saying my prayers apparently helps keep them loosed up.....so far.

 

[milkman]

Speaking of kneeling, friends that have had knee replacements have told me that I wouldn't be able to kneel, took me a year, but it works ok as long as the kneeler has padding.

 

[Bird]

Took me more than a year . . . or maybe I was just leery of kneeling for more than a year. I'm still reluctant to kneel on my right knee although it doesn't hurt on carpet in the house or grass in the yard.

 

[dickfoster]

I wish you a speedy recovery RSKY. Do what the PT folks tell you but don't get too rambunctious or you'll have a setback, easy does it till you recover fully. My wife has had both of her knees replaced.

 

[chuck172]

Took my about a year, but I can kneel on my new knee. Takes practice.
To anyone thinking about getting a new knee, start re-hab months before. Strengthen the knee muscles. Strengthen your upper body while your at it too. Really helps with the outcome.

 

[RSKY]

Got to stay another night. Apparently I am having problems with the OxyContin they are giving me for pain. I fell asleep twice yesterday while PT lady walking me. Fall asleep for ten/twenty seconds, then wake up. Doing this every few minutes. Also NO short term memory. So,....another night. Or until medicine wears off.

You just have to forget your dignity in here. The nineteen year old aide offered to hold the urinal last night while I peed in it. Said I could use the hand to hold on. We both laughed. Good kid. Hard working, concerned. Great sense of humor

Also good looking.

 

[RSKY]

My doctor does not go for aggressive physical therapy. He wants patients to proceed at their own pace and will stop therapy if they push it. So my therapy will be at home.

 

[ovrszd]

My doctor does not go for aggressive physical therapy. He wants patients to proceed at their own pace and will stop therapy if they push it. So my therapy will be at home.

Terry's Doctor feels the same way. I pushed Terry to do her own exercise regiment.

She started walking a mile a day on the 4th day after surgery. Her time was 45 minutes. By the second week she was doing 2 miles in 45 minutes.

What got her in trouble was not fully extending/retracting her knee joint.

At 6 weeks she couldn't fully extend it without serious pain. We went back to Dr for followup. His arrogance shined like a beacon. Told us in short terms there was nothing wrong with her knee and she just needed to get used to it, limp and all. I explained my feelings for his arrogance in great detail and we left. Went to our MD and after a few seconds examining her he wrote a scrip for Therapy. She now has full extension and they are correcting a bit of "duck walking", right foot turned out.

In her case she should have been in therapy within the first month.

If doing it on your own it'll require a high level of maturity and diligence.