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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Very true! You are right about the garden- I have a very big vegetable garden ( we live on an acre) and I enjoy fiddling about in it. But I've always been used to doing what I wanted to and acceptance with grace is not one of my virtues!! I looked at my mortality 22 years ago with cancer but...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Dear Mary, you are so right!! Vulnerable, out of control, useless, helpless - grrrrrr! Annoyance is there too. Feelings I haven't had in most of my adult life. He's looked after me for what seems forever- but the last 25 years have been full of ailments- cancer, foot fusion, general...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Josephine, thank you for your reply and sorry for not answering sooner. In early November, my husband had a 'mild' stroke from which he has recovered very well after multiple tests and appointments in the city. It was discovered by his neuro ophthalmologist who banned him from driving, so to put...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Oh help! I thought I was doing well until today when my knee started creaking! I'm now 5 months into it and then this happens today. A week ago I did a really long drive ( 2 hrs with a short stop, 2 hours lunch, half a hour drive, short walk, then 2 hrs home) ( accelerator on driving knee) and...
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    TKR Am I on the right track?

    What's an ODIC please? Ignorant, Australia !
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Possibly a silly question for an almost 5 monther, but I'm planning to go to the local hot springs tomorrow- they have lots of pools all starting at around 37c. I've been in pools around 34c recently with no problems but am wondering if anyone has any experience of high water temperature...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Leonie, hope your move went well and your spa is working well. We made it to Queensland and its wonderful to be warm. Travelling was not too bad- set all the alarms off at the airport and allowed lots of extra time so I didn't have to rush. Business class space helped too. No problem with the...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    carolinagirl I hope you are recovering from your gastritis, no fun with a sore knee. Come to think if it, no fun anyway.
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    kneepain Leonie, thanks for the web link- I looked it up but couldn't work out which one. I thought I read you had something attached to your knee- I have several of the squooshy rectangular packs you can bend to fit, but not attach. Or maybe I just misread you :-(. I was hoping for something...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Carolina Girl, I have mixed connective tissue auto immune disease: a bit like lupus. A collection including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns. Osteo arthritis, Reynauds and about a trillion other things. Vasculitis is the latest. I think it all stems from heavy chemo I had 22 years ago but I really...
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    TKR Am I on the right track?

    How is yours going? You lucky thing! A swim spa! I'd kill for one. We have an ancient pool that can with the house but is only solar heated and we can only use it from November to April, if we're lucky. I'm sure that will help your recovery. What a great thing to look forward to- never mind...
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    TKR Am I on the right track?

    It doesn't pay to be offline for a few days! Leonie, what is this special ice cuff please and do you have a web site for it. I like the idea of something wearable. I'm lying in bed with my cold ish iPad on my chest ( its a mini, the iPad: unfortunately not the chest) and I can feel the stupid...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    Joyce, sorry I just read your post. I'm on a lot of medication anyway including ant inflammatory and cortisone and while it sounds silly, my maxi dose pill organiser is stuffed full. I'm always racing everywhere and just plain forget. I have an extra pill organiser and will set that up again...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    I'm not sure if I did something silly today... I was changing position on a low sofa and sort of twisted my knee, hip and thigh in an odd position. A pain, loud enough for me to yell ouch loudly shot through my entire leg. I can still walk on it, have iced and elevated for the rest of the day...
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    TKR Should I still feel this pain after 11 weeks?

    YES! signed off with the rehab Physio today and told her about bone smart. Last measured 95 and today, 110 since I've been following the bonesmart mantras, resting, icing, elevating , and putting things off if I wasn't going die. I feel this is a great outcome, especially to my sense of...
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