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Orema · 07-17-2023, 09:31 AM

Very good and I'm so thankful for the professional health team (knee surgeon, GP, and Physical Therapy team) that saw me through the staged bilateral knee replacement surgery. They did a great job.

All have signed off on my recovery because I've met the bending and straightening goals. I wouldn't have met these goals without them.

My surgeon is so pleased with my recovery that he asked if I might be interested in being in any advertisements if he starts advertising again. I told him maybe. I think he sees my recovery as really good, not because of the end result, but because I went from this to this. I don't think he and my GP expected such good results. Neither did I. I knew things would be better, but not this good.

These are some of things I now do that I couldn't do before:

Ride my bike without my right knee bumping into the frame. I can't even force my knee to do that anymore.
Climb up and down stairs without going one step at a time. I move slowly but it's not one step at a time. It will get even better.
Dance, Dance, Dance (granted, I can only do easy line dancing or different versions of the two-step like these women in the video, but it's a start)
Take a shower and get dressed while standing up. Sometimes I sit down but I don't have to, I choose to.
Do chores more easily around the house. Especially vacuuming.
Standing and sitting without having to pop my knee in place (It got to the point that I had to pop it into place each time I stood up and, yes, it's as bad as it sounds).
Standing and sitting without making strategic moves (you'd have to see it to understand it).
I can walk a half mile.

I waited so long to get the surgery because I made other things (work, work, work, and more work, then retirement and the move, then my family) more important. Still, I have no regrets.

Feeling very good. Lucky me.

07-17-2023, 09:31 AM	#7183
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,616 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,449 Thanked 34,704 Times in 8,942 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Very good and I'm so thankful for the professional health team (knee surgeon, GP, and Physical Therapy team) that saw me through the staged bilateral knee replacement surgery. They did a great job. All have signed off on my recovery because I've met the bending and straightening goals. I wouldn't have met these goals without them. My surgeon is so pleased with my recovery that he asked if I might be interested in being in any advertisements if he starts advertising again. I told him maybe. I think he sees my recovery as really good, not because of the end result, but because I went from this to this. I don't think he and my GP expected such good results. Neither did I. I knew things would be better, but not this good. These are some of things I now do that I couldn't do before: Ride my bike without my right knee bumping into the frame. I can't even force my knee to do that anymore. Climb up and down stairs without going one step at a time. I move slowly but it's not one step at a time. It will get even better. Dance, Dance, Dance (granted, I can only do easy line dancing or different versions of the two-step like these women in the video, but it's a start) Take a shower and get dressed while standing up. Sometimes I sit down but I don't have to, I choose to. Do chores more easily around the house. Especially vacuuming. Standing and sitting without having to pop my knee in place (It got to the point that I had to pop it into place each time I stood up and, yes, it's as bad as it sounds). Standing and sitting without making strategic moves (you'd have to see it to understand it). I can walk a half mile. I waited so long to get the surgery because I made other things (work, work, work, and more work, then retirement and the move, then my family) more important. Still, I have no regrets. Feeling very good. Lucky me.