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    TKR Well, hello

    Hi all. Sorry for the extended absence.I've had a very busy summer, but I'm happy to report I got everything done including my right TKR this past Monday. I'll be back in the next day or two to fill you all in. I'm at home waiting for the ice pack to freeze with my feet up. I'm sore but pleased...
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    TKR No Kneecap and a TKR Experience

    Best wishes :-) Dave
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    TKR Well, hello

    @kneeper I can't wait.
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    TKR Well, hello

    Hi all back with another sporadic up date. Now's a good time to mention my walking plans went awry.The walking I did,combined with PT put my right knee out of the game,so to speak.I was a little taken aback at first.But I do all the walking around the house I can handle and trips to...
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    High Tibial Osteotomy It’s Done! From Revision to Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy

    @bibi Welcome and best wishes to you. I'm sorry you've had so many problems but thank goodness you found the Smarties. You will receive what I believe to be sound advice from the staff here.They are wonderful. We all have some sort of joint surgery in common. I myself was lucky in my recovery...
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    TKR Dawni has a knew knee

    @Dawni Home is the best,isn't it?I can't complain one bit about my treatment in hospital but nothing like those familiar 4 walls. I'm just now about 130 days from my LTKR and about 114 from having a dislocated patella repaired on same. I know without reading you've gotten wonderful advice...
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    TKR Well, hello

    @Lovestoread As I mentioned,I've got a few things to do that will occupy me,all medical but not related to the surgery.I've hardly thought of anything but the surgery since yesterday,lol. I can't imagine not thinking about one or both of these knees and the pain that's been my constant...
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    TKR Well, hello

    @Celle @referee54 Thanks and celle I'm counting on the smarties being here.Sometimes I just come here and read.It all helps. Funny I was so apprehensive in January,and now can't wait for the summer to go by.:yay:
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    TKR Well, hello

    Wait is that a right TKR scheduled in my signature? It is! Saw the OS today and after a little chit chat started discussing the right knee. That it needs to be done is not in question.But I have some other stuff going and we finally settled on Monday Aug 29th. So yeah it was a good day :) Dave
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    PKR Did you miss me??

    @MsPhyne Great pics.Thanks for sharing. Dave
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    PKR Did you miss me??

    @MsPhyne Hello Welcome back and nice to meet you.This is indeed a great place and I too intend to refer folks here. Congrats on earning your degree and good luck with the Masters. Sorry about your Mother.I lost mine too,lo those many years ago,to cancer as well. Keeping busy is a key to recovery...
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    TKR Well, hello

    @Celle thanks it really just makes sense and falls in line with what I've learned from the Smarties and experience. I hope to get the right knee done sometime in the next few months and I'd really like a matched set :-) @kneeper yep the pred is doing it's job.not my favorite,but effective...
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    TKR Well, hello

    Well,here I am with another sporadic update:) I'm now down to my last 3 PT sessions,tomorrow then Tues.and Thurs. of next week as well. My plans right this minute are to start a walking regimen around 10 days from now.As discussed earlier I plan to use time as the limiter in sessions,not...
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    TKR Five days post-op<

    @jakk As for the sneezing problem,I do know that the least little tweak or bump (especially unexpected ones) caused high number pain.Here's hoping the spring cleaning does the trick. Hopefully the Tylenol will see you through. I'm certainly no medico,so all I can do is give you best wishes for...
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    TKR Saying hi and 2 weeks out<

    @Eyesnlegs My recovery is going well thank you and I feel blessed. I'll be really thrilled when I am able to post a surgery date for the right knee.Won't be real soon,but won't be too far away either. I see the advisers here have addressed your med questions. Hope to keep track of your progress...
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