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    Revised PKR to TKR On the other side - AGAIN!

    All sounds very positive. Glad rhe appointment went well.
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Fortunately I was sitting at a table in a restaurant and I just slumped forward. It was a bit embarrassing but I was OK. I do worry about falling and I can really sympathise with you feeling vulnerable after surgery. I don't seem to be triggered by anaesthesia or opiates thankfully, although I...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    That all sounds really positive. You are doing great!
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    THR My New Left Hip

    That is so so scary. I am really glad this surgery has been a bit easier. Thankfully I haven't had an actual blackout now since 2019. We were travelling and I had missed lunch. I ate a largish meal and all the blood must have pooled in those lax abdominal vessels- I had virtually no warning and...
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    TKR It’s done - let the healing begin

    Mine stayed slightly warmer for more like 6-9 months. I worried about it- but it gradually cooled down. I read a research paper that said that new joints were metabolically more active ( and hence a bit warmer) for over a year whilst they fully healed
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    THR My New Left Hip

    I don’t take special electrolyte solution packs every day -as I am OK generally these days so long as I drink lots of fluid and take some salt with my food. That is so long as I sleep plenty, avoid high carb heavy meals, exercise carefully ( pilates- nothing too vigorous) and largely avoid...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    That all sounds amazing! Enjoy! What makes a Basque cheesecake different? I much prefer easy entertaining with appetisers/ nibbles to formal dinner parties these days. It's more about the company than the stress of cooking.
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    THR My New Left Hip

    I had some brain fog around the menopause but my HRT patches seemed to solve that. I can still get dizzy and a bit faint if I don't manage my POTs properly with lots of fluids/ electrolytes. But generally I know how to handle it. The biggest change as I have got older is that I am much more...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    A really helpful report. I too hate opiates- although for me it is that my guts just seize up for days and days and POTs makes me more sensitive to medications. Amazing that you could drive so early. This really does sound encouraging and easier than knees. Don't know if you have Apple TV but I...
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    Revised PKR to TKR On the other side - AGAIN!

    So pleased for you! Glad all is coming out well.
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    TKR It’s done - let the healing begin

    Agree with @Legseleven I had to have a stair test with crutches before I was discharged. I was taught " Good leg goes to heaven and bad leg goes to hell" as the trick for remembering which leg to use for going up or down. Meaning you use your good leg first for going up and your bad leg first...
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    Revised PKR to TKR On the other side - AGAIN!

    Agree with this. I can sit to stand from higher chairs quite easily- but would need to push up still from a very low one.
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    TKR My RTKR Done: I Kneed You Now

    Agree with others above that fixing one joint may produce improvement elsewhere. I had a PKR 4 years ago.My other knee is fairly good ( moderate arthritis only) but I have bad arthritis ( according to Xray and MRI) in the operated side hip and I had signficant bone pain there prior to my PKR...
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    Revised PKR to TKR On the other side - AGAIN!

    Great report. Glad to hear that thus recovery is so much better.
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    Revised PKR to TKR Tosh's PKR to TKR Recovery.

    I wouldn't attempt full child's pose, with my weight on the fully bent knee, after my PKR. I have 150 degree bend but I just think that would be too much of a risk.
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