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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    Thank you @NightQuilter. There was some drama after my posts earlier in this thread. And quite discouraging when I tried to post about my successes in recovery and therapy. Feel free to g ok back and read them. Anywho, the jumping jacks were part of the monthly challenge. 16 at a time and if I...
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    It has been a while since I've updated. Mainly because I didn't feel safe with posting about my success in this space. I am almost 2 years out from my 2nd knee replacement. In October I found a gym that I absolutely LOVE!! There's 0 gym machines except weight benches but I've never seen anyone...
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    TKR It's The HoneyB's Knees

    This is AMAZING!! Wishing you so many years of happy family vacations!! Hard work pays off in spades!
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    TKR It's The HoneyB's Knees

    I think IT band pain is the worst!! I thought a friend was just a crybaby when she was going to PT for IT band issues! Massages helped me the most several years ago, unrelated to either of my replacements. It's great to see how all your hard work in therapy has paid off! Such a wonderful...
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    TKR Suzydza's Recovery

    With my first knee, I knew I had a Baker's cyst, but my doctor told me after surgery that judging from the amount of fluid that came out of it during my surgery, he figured it to be about the size of a tennis ball. When his surgical PA came to talk to me in the hospital, she said that it was...
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    So good!! We MAY have gotten a little carried away with the cherries, but I only eat them off the tree!!
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    TKR It's The HoneyB's Knees

    Have your therapist massage it out!! It feels amazing afterwards!!
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    26 1/2 pounds of cherries!! And at one point I was up on a ladder to get to the ones at the top!! No need to stop more than usual but I'm planning to ice my knee as soon as we get unpacked, just in case.
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    Revision TKR Sharkey's Revised Knee

    Sharkey, I am so sorry that you are going through this. We are here for you any time!
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    Thanks! We've been visiting the same orchard for years, so we've found lots of fun places to stop if we need to. They're sooooo yummy and even more so when they're fresh!
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    We have rest areas that we stop at normally, and there's plenty more just in case! I would be 1 of 4 potential drivers, so if it gets too bad, I'll tap out. I carry my tylenol with me always and my mom has ibuprofen, so I should be ok. Thankfully mom has a van, so if I need to climb in the...
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    TKR It's The HoneyB's Knees

    I was using the machines before my surgery, so I know where to set the parts. Even before the surgery, I did the same machines you are on with low weights, so I'm not too worried there. Checking with my therapist as I have a tendency to try to push myself without him to reign me in...
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    TKR Second time lucky for LTKR

    I started driving at 3 weeks post OP (it was my driving knee). My therapist told me that he was ok with it because I was walking well and had good quad strength. BUT, he told me to try it in a parking lot first. I actually tried it in a residential area and drove the last couple miles home. I...
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    TKR Why did I wait?

    @MSgirl, Super happy you are doing so well!!! I completely agree about good therapy places. My therapist is amazing. He did my first one 6 years ago. On the gardening front, there's been so many studies that putting your hands in the dirt has the same effects as antidepressants!! Enjoy your...
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    TKR 2nd TKR May 22, 2018

    We're going to pick cherries tomorrow in Michigan, about a 3 hour trip from my house. This will be my longest road trip since surgery, although I've run errands. Thankfully I'm not the only driver!! There could be ladders involved once we get to the orchard!! Stay tuned!!
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