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  1. KathyH

    TKR 8 Year Update

    Hi All, my original posts are closed so having to write here Well, it is 8 years this month since my LTKR. I am sorry to see Josephine isn't on here any more. But I do hope she is enjoying her retirement. She certainly deserves it. As for my knee, it has been great. I have learnt to love...
  2. KathyH

    THR From the Other Side

    I had a left TKR eight years ago this August, which is when I became a Bonesmartie. The knee deterioration was due to a car accident several years earlier. Recovery was slow and very hard, with five months off work. But in the end, it was a very successful knee replacement and one of the best...
  3. KathyH

    Where's our lovely Jackie?

    Not seen you post for a while and miss your upbeat comments and humour :ok: Sorry, Josephine, for posting a separate thread, but couldn't find Jackie's.......
  4. KathyH

    Prayers Please

    For our new born grandson, Rayan, born on Wednesday. He is beautiful. He is currently in an incubator in intensive care because he has Meconium aspiration Syndrome - he has inhaled his poop into his lungs. I was with Kelly (my daughter) and Andrew at the birth and it was wonderful - my...
  5. KathyH

    The 'Like' option on threads has disappeared!

    Is this temporary?
  6. KathyH

    Weaning off medication

    I want to start weaning off my medication. I really don't think I need to take so much so often now. I don't have any pain (she says touching lots of wood). This apart from the fact that it's making me feel very nauseaous all the time. My appetite is almost zero and have lost a lot of...
  7. KathyH

    Doctors' Receptionists and the like, grrrr

    I phoned the pharmacy located in my GP's surgery this morning to order more Tramadol as I am going to run out this Monday afternoon and they like 48 working hours notice. I phoned this lunchtime, which means they should be ready Monday lunchtime. The woman on the end of the phone remarked...
  8. KathyH

    TKR KathyH New Knee

    Hello my dear Bonesmartie Friends Sorry not to have reported back before now, but I was in hospital for five days and it didn't have wifi. Had to rely on my iPhone for communication and I did try coming on here but for some reason it wouldn't let me log in. Well, after worrying about being...
  9. KathyH

    Thank You

    A VERY BIG HUGE ENORMOUS GIGANTIC :thankyou: to everyone who has wished me well for my surgery tomorrow. I have to be at the hospital by 7:00 am, but I won't know the time of my surgery until I get there. Have been kept very busy these last two days at work and tonight I have worn myself out...
  10. KathyH

    Recovery Aids

    Is this leg raiser any good? http://www.abilitysuperstore.com/index.php/bedroom/bed-assists/leg-lifters/harley-leg-raiser-spare-cover/6828 And is a leg lift a definite requirement...
  11. KathyH

    Postponed :-(

    There was a letter waiting for me when I got home from work tonight - due to unforeseen circumstances we regret we have to postpone your surgery :umm: My new date is now 22 August, three weeks later than my original appointment. So now I have a five week wait instead of two weeks. I'm...
  12. KathyH

    Doubting Kathy

    I come on here every day and read everyone saying pre-op how they are excited to being pain-free after so many years. Others, post-op, how thankful they are to be arthritic pain-free. The reason I am doubting (and I know it's also nerves) that I warrant TKR at this point is that I can't look...
  13. KathyH

    Pre-op Assessment in the UK

    I have my pre-op assessment this coming Monday 9 July. Just wondered what tests they do. Do we have more x-rays, is our blood pressure and heart checked, etc.? It's just that now and again I have the odd heart palpitation, but probably everybody gets these now and again, but just wanted to be...
  14. KathyH

    Biological Replacements in the Future?

    Which encourages new cartilage and bone growth. Myth or fact? http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1113/132.html Kathy xx
  15. KathyH

    People have no idea!!

    I told the President of our college where I work the date of my TRK and how scared I am. Her reply? "If it was your abdomen, heart or head, that would be different, but it's only your knee". Was she just trying to pacify me?? Knowing her, not so. When I told the Bursar (my line manager) he...
  16. KathyH

    Ooooh....

    ....taking a bit of getting used to, this new layout :spin:
  17. KathyH

    Is this any good for icing?

    After surgery, do you think: http://www.return2fitness.co.uk/Cold_Therapy/Cold_Packs_And_Wraps/coldknee30 With a Cryo-cuff machine, do you need to put iced water in it first, or does it ice the water itself? Sorry for my ignorance :scratch: Kathy xx
  18. KathyH

    My Daughter

    My youngest daughter actually, Katrina, who is just 26 years old. She was born with chronic juvenille arthritis in her right knee. When she was a toddler she was under the hospital with regular check-ups and xrays. In particular they wanted to keep a check on her eyes, as her condition...
  19. KathyH

    Bmj

    I wonder if our medical experts could possibly translate the following in layman's terms. I found it in the BMJ. What is bisphosphonate : Results Of 41 995 patients undergoing primary hip or knee arthroplasty, we identified 1912 bisphosphonate users, who had a lower rate of revision at...
  20. KathyH

    Now I'm confused.com

    After reading vkayan's thread on anaesthetics, I am confused. In my naivety (spelling?) I thought there were just the options of epidural or general anaesthetic. But now I read there is also a 'light' anaesthetic and a spine block :eeew: So that's another thing to worry about. Do we get a...

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