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Thanks. I just have to get the left knee done in about 3-months then I'll be running marathons!!Get well soon and hope to see you running marathons soon. Or at least taking walks without pain.
You can do it. BTW: I wasn't kidding about my neighbor jogging to the ferry. He is amazing and about 63 years old.Thanks. I just have to get the left knee done in about 3-months then I'll be running marathons!!
Well I certainly hope it is not a hospice (aren't they where you go when you are dying?). The plan is that I'm in for 3-nights and the go home. The key criteria is that I can climb stairs aided by crutches, if I can do that they'll chuck me out. I'm less than 24-hours after the op and I've been into the corridor; I'm getting on/off bed and chairs and the toilet.Will you be staying in hospital or in another place such as a hospice? After his knee replacement my dad was in the hospital for a few days and then moved to a hospice for a couple of weeks. The food was not as good at the hospice. Let us know how the food is.
I'm 20 years younger, so it was either get it done or be in a wheelchair.My husband has been undecided for the last few years, afraid of making matters worse. He is 82 but generally in good health. He use to walk 5 or more miles a day with the dog, one of his greatest pleasures, and for the last couple of years has been unable to.
Oh dear, that's awful.I truly hope all goes well.
My knee replacement did not.
The day after surgery my blood pressure dropped to zero, and the angel of death almost snatched me. I had kidney failure and bone marrow suppression. 11 days in !CU, 31 total in the hospital.
7 months later, the knee became infected, another surgery, another bout of hideous complications, another 35 days in the hospital.
Luckily, 99% of knee replacements go just fine, I was in the sad 1% I will crawl before I will have the other knee done.,
Have fun with the physical therapists, they are all nazi's, for your benefit.
Same age as me.You can do it. BTW: I wasn't kidding about my neighbor jogging to the ferry. He is amazing and about 63 years old.
We will want photos of you crossing the finish line of the marathon, you understand!Same age as me.
There is another option.I'm 20 years younger, so it was either get it done or be in a wheelchair.
If he's fit enough go for it.
A cousin-in-law is an anesthesiologist, & says that preventing pain enhances healing.Today's update.
Had a much better sleep last night, I've managed to have a shower, so feel refreshed.
They are going to reduce my painkilling medication - see how that goes.
Originally I was due to go home tomorrow but with having a very late operation on day one, it could drift back a day.
Cheers
I was going to say something.Today's update.
....I've managed to have a shower.....
If it's legal to quote my own post.....Orthopedic surgery is an area to pay particular attention to avoiding infection.
The little nasties like to hide in/around bone cells, & then they come out later
to party. The risk isn't great, but it's there in a big way.
A guy I once worked with discovered that he had such an infection when he
was unable to crawl from the sofa to the TV. (It was in the days when you had
to actually change the channel right on the idiot box itself.) Back surgery sux.
Glad you survived the near-worst case scenario.
Now for belated....
They were paranoiac at my hospital about MRSA and other infections. I was told that if I cut my leg the operation would be cancelled.If it's legal to quote my own post.....
Infection after orthopedic surgery is in the news....
Reports: Alex Smith dealing with post-op infection in leg