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Posted 4/20/2011 6:12 PM (GMT 0)
Surgery is next Wednesday.  Freezer is stocked with gluten free/dairy free packages for DH to grab and bring to hospital (they don't provide gluten or dairy free choices).  Bath chair ready.  Sitting chair ready.  Walker ready.  Loose clothes ready.  Reading material, netbook, iTouch ready.

Now... I asked the surgeon if he would take care of some face wrinkles and arm flab too but he told me he only had the room for 1 1/2 hours and couldn't perform miracles!

Sheesh...

Posted 4/20/2011 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
LOL, I'm glad to see you going in with good spirits!

You're taking the walker with you right? I was up taking steps with mine the morning after surgery. I always have to get out of bed and move, because lying in one place makes me hurt.

Here's to new knees and being able to get up and down from the floor without a fork lift!
Posted 4/21/2011 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
I love your attitude and positivity.  I want a total body make over but I have been told it still won't make me 21 years old again and they would need the Operating room for several days................what ????

One thing you are is very organized and prepared.  I admire you for moving forward.  Sending you good vibes for a successful surgery.

Gentle Hugs,

Kitt

Posted 4/25/2011 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
I have already been through all the stages... denial, angry, sad and I have finally gotten to resolved.  I have to have this done and I am going to a hospital that has a whole wing for joint replacements.  I know this is a procedure that the doctor and nurses have done over and over. 

I am stressed - that is for sure.  My colitis is slightly flaring and I was informed 2 weeks ago I was in the teacher layoff group in Texas.  Three years before retirement - now what do I do?  Well, whatever I do I will have a shiny new knee to do it with!

Posted 4/25/2011 9:42 PM (GMT 0)
Ouch! Can you claim early retirement? Do you have TRS?

I hope everything goes well in your surgery.
Posted 4/25/2011 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
No, three years short of the magic number of 80.  *sigh* Trying to re-invent my job and morph it so I can work a bit longer. 
Posted 4/26/2011 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
Maybe you could go Montisorri (sp?)?
Posted 4/28/2011 5:46 PM (GMT 0)
Nor, I am looking forward to hearing how you made out!
I had my right hip replaced a year ago, and although I was sure scared, it was the best thing I ever did.
And - I was flaring slightly in the weeks beforehand, too..... but went into a lovely remission after (probably all those pain meds helped slow things down enough... and of course the reason for my stress was in the past once the surgery was over.)

I ended up doing a nurse-training session on Rowasa.... the nurses in the Joint Center I went to were great at their specialty but knew beans about GI.

You sure went in with the right attitude! :-)

Let us know how you're doing!
Posted 5/28/2011 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
Well I had my knee replacement almost 4 weeks ago.  There was much more pain than I expected but magically at the 3 weeks and 1 day mark the pain decreased remarkably.  I am still on Vicodin, Tramadol and a few other meds, but I think the worst is over.  I can walk around the house without a cane most times.  I've walked in front of the house twice - still a little tough on me.  I do my exercises once a day and try to rock or bend my knee as much as I can.  Using Vitamin E oil on the scar.... oh well there goes my bikini wearing days! turn

Now that I have a shiney new knee I figure it makes up for the rest of my old body.  Not sure if or when I will get the other knee done.  I am hoping it is like having a baby - you forget how much it hurt and have another baby, otherwise this would be a nation of single child families!  I'll let you know when the pain of the replacement is less than how painful it was before the surgery.

Posted 5/29/2011 12:21 PM (GMT 0)
Glad to hear you're recuperating nicely. I found that after I had the "bad" right knee replaced, the left one got a lot better because it didn't have to take all the burden. Currently I don't feel like I need to replace it.
Posted 5/29/2011 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
Glad to hear your surgery is over and you on are the recovery side of it all. I need two knee replacements myself but have been holding them off with cortisone shots as I am a bit surgery weary right now as I had a painful kidney surgery last summer. And I also have Crohns, so that made me freak out because I got explosive d after the surgery, and so afraid what would happen if I got that after the knee replacement. Shudder.....at that thought. But maybe all the pain meds will slow me down too.

I am so afraid of the pain too. I had my knee scoped a few years ago, and didn't expect the pain I had after that, so a replacement scares me even more. I too hope that like Judy2 that once I get the first one done, I can hold off for a long time for #2. But my ortho has made comments that he is surprised that the #2 knee doesn't give me more grief than the knee thats to get the replacement first as knee #2 has less space than knee #1. But knee #1 is the one that gives me the most grief.

Please keep us posted on your recovery. Hopefully I will get the courage up soon. Hugs!
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