knee replacement surgury

I have not but my brother plays tennis with an 80 year old man that had both knees replaced . He was back on the court in top form in a few weeks.
I have not met anyone who complained about knee replacement but I understand your concern, our work is very hard on the knees.

One of my mentors, a 73 year old surveyor in Memphis recently had both knees replaced. He is getting around better and is in better shape, than he has been in the last 20 years. He is still active surveying, swimming and shooting hoops.

Kevin,

Who is that? Email me if you don't want to give his name out.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Jimmy

A retired surveyor friend of mine has had both a knee and hips replaced and is an epic long distance walker. Since the knee replacement, he went on to hike the Continental Divide Trail and returned from trekking all over New Zealand not long ago. If you want I can put you in touch with him. He and his wife are two tough hombres. I still have trouble keeping up with him when we go moose hunting. He can walk me into the ground.

I wish this procedure had been around when my grandfather was alive. His knees were shot from bulldogging and operating dozers for a living. This limited him from doing what he loved - hunting.

From what I can tell, the recovery is fairly quick (everything considered) and the joints are better than new. I can't say that I have ever heard of complications.

Be interesting to follow this post ... right knee shot, and now the left hip needs replacing. Sheesh, if I'd a knowd I wuz gunna live this long, I woulda taken better care of myself!!
-JD-

My Dad had both knees replaced years ago. It took him a few months but he was back on the gold course - in a cart though. And he was back subbing for Pharmacist duty. He is long retired but still fills in for others when needed. Might not sound too tough but pharmacists are on their feet all day - except for a short lunch break. He couldn't hang all day but they accommodated him with a tall bar-stool type chair should he need it.
If are you contemplating doing just one as opposed to both, do both. Everyone I know who went through it says if you only do one, you'll never go back for the other.

He just had back surgery a couple weeks ago. It was more like arthroscopy so he was feeling mighty good pretty much the need day. His only complaint was not doing that sooner. I guess he was thinking it was going to more invasive that it was.

All I can say is, considering how things in the health insurance world are changing....if you have insurance that will cover most of it, get it done while the gettn's good.

My Dad had one done a few years back, can't hardly walk from the car to the house now. He was loving it while in the hospital rehabbing. But then he quit the therapy as soon as his butt hit the chair when he got home. I guess you have to do what the doctors tell you to do if you want it to work.

How many years is "a few years ago"?

Ya, I bet the warranty is voided if you don't do the physical therapy. 😉

I was hit by a car when I was young. The front bumper of the car struck my calf muscle and turned it to blood shot jelly.

Well long story short - it took several months to somewhat heal and in that amount of time, my ligaments/muscles shrunk up so much that it was extremely painful to walk in any manner. I was on crutches for a long time, all summer if I remember correctly.

I would have been crippled if my dad hadn't pushed me to do physical therapy. If you don't use it, you lose it (especially if you are older).

that was the deciding factor i guess. get it done before medicare or more oboma-care. got it sceduled week before thanksgiving. i wonder if the locator will find my knee ?

If your only doing one knee...I have heard of people writing on their body parts so the doctors don't get confused. You don't want them cutting the wrong leg off. :-O

Maybe "good knee - stay away!" and "bad knee - fix"?

The fellow that runs the monthly Bullseye Pistol Matches in Pensacola, Florida had double knee surgery about 8 years ago. He had been bowlegged all his life, and is now two inches taller with the new knees. He says he's glad he had both done at the same time; he never would have done the second one if he had only one replaced. He's on his feet 8-10 hrs/day, 6 days a week and is doing just fine. He is in his middle 80's.

It is absolutely crucial that the patient follows through with the physical therapy which HURTS.

We got my mother through a hip and a knee. She had the other hip and knee done about 10 years before. The PT told us the range of motion she has in 6 weeks (or was it two, can't remember) is what she will have, no increasing it after that.

The PT had a good repoire with her. One day my Mom said she didn't want to do it. The PT said, okay, then you'll be a little old lady sitting in a chair all day. Mom said, nope, not me and did the exercises. Now she walks better than ever before.

You nailed it.

I made her do those exercises numerous times.

You should see the look on her face when she has to slide her heel towards her bending the knee. My Mother is tough, not a whiner but those things made her cry.

The payoff is I went to visit and she was able to walk all over the National Mall most of the day. She's slower than she used to be but that is age related, she's 84.

knee replacement surgery

> If your only doing one knee...I have heard of people writing on their body parts so the doctors don't get confused. You don't want them cutting the wrong leg off. :-O
I had some work done on one knee a few years back and the prep nurse had me mark my knees YES and NO with a Sharpee before wheeling me in.

My wife had a knee replacement this year. It isn't totally rehabbed, but it is stronger and better than the other need. You need the rehab (as everyone has said). She did meet someone who has been back maybe 6 times that they had to go back in and strongly regrets having had it done. One of the biggest culprets is the scar tissue. I think the right exercises keep that down.

knee replacement surgery

So "yes" is positive so that's the good knee and "no" is the bad one right?...