KElmore
Im a mother of four grown children. Ages 19, 20, 23, 26. I have three beautiful grandchildren. 5mos, 13mos, 2 1/2 years. I am married to the most wonderful loving, caring man, who supports me so much. We both work full time. I work in a trauma 2 hospital on a Medsurg floor as a Telemetry Tech, and he is a tow operator in a very busy city. We are doing well. Thank You Jesus. My Kids are all on their own living very near to me. I am on this blog to seek help and encouragement, and to give encouragement to others going thru the same thing I am which is OA of bilateral knees. As a young girl, I had many falls to the knee since I have thin and weak ankles, as my children were young I also had many falls while holding them. My child was not injured, but my knees were. While they were growing up, I was a very busy Mom, working, cleaning, and cooking, and tending to my children daily. I suffered from chronic inflammation of bilateral knees, water to the knee and had it aspirated twice. Knee issues grew with a diagnosis of Arthritis bilaterally. Range of motion was stiffening.
In 2010, the event that threw me into major debilitating pain and suffering was a fall down some stairs. This changed my whole world. My knee disability has been the focus of my life since. I've had 2 arthroscopic surgeries to clean them up, but I am bone on bone, my range of motion is getting shorter as time passes, and I stand with deformity of both knees at a bend. I look as if I'm about to sit, when I'm at a full stand. I can't sit or stand too long. My self esteem and confidence has been diminished, due to how I look and feel. I'm not a confident young beautiful women, but a disabled, deformed, and limited person. My pain is tolerable since the surgeries, but Im young and would like my life back. To feel and look beautiful. I use to have beautiful legs, wearing high heels throughout my young life, getting whistles and much attention. Now with this ugly and debilitating disability my life has been turned upside down.
- Birthday
- Aug 7, 1969 (Age: 57)
- Location
- California
- Gender
- Female
- Country
United States
- Occupation
- Telemetry Tech
Signature
Bilateral TKR August 13, 2014
