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    TKR Second Knee Done

    Everything's going great! Left knee is still really sensitive, so sleep is still a bit of a struggle, but other than that I'm pretty much back to normal. I saw the surgeon at 6 weeks, he said I was in the top 5% of his knee replacement patients! He'll see me one last time at 6 months. But...
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    TKR Second Knee Done

    It went great! PT said it was half a memory test, to see if I remembered what I needed to show her from when I had my other knee done. :) Stood up from the chair all three ways (feet parallel, operated foot in front, operated foot behind), stood on just the operated leg, walked up and down...
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    TKR Second Knee Done

    Freezer arrived, and the ice packs went in even before any of the food did. :) Staples came out yesterday, so I got on my bike today (on a stand in the kitchen!) and I can pedal all the way around without moving the seat, which is great! My first knee took much longer to get to that point...
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    TKR Second Knee Done

    I went into this with A Plan: no sitting. I wanted to maximize both resting and exercising time, and sitting in a chair only seemed to add swelling for no benefit. So my goal for the first week was to spend literally every minute either elevating or moving. It actually went really well...
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    TKR Second Knee Done

    Second knee done yesterday! Just waiting on prescriptions before I can go home.
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    Just waiting on a date for my other knee! I'm generally happy and back to everything I was doing before. Still having the occasional bad day, but generally I'm not thinking about it all the time anymore. The current hurdle - convincing my brain to relax a bit. It's automatic to think "It'll...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    Last night was a night of wins. I slept ALL NIGHT, without getting up for ice even once!!!! And when I was drying off after my shower, the stitch that's been hanging around since my surgery came off! Good timing, because I got a ticket for a sea-swim for charity this Sunday, and I know the...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    Of course! I am the epitome of grace and dignity! ....well, okay, I am just about as dignified as I was before the surgery. Which is to say, not very. In the beginning, PT said "oh, you won't be able to get on the floor!", but not being on the floor was never going to be an option for me - I...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    Yoga's going fine! I've been sticking to slower, lower difficulty poses just because I'm a bit worried about falling out of harder ones. But that's not really rational, because I'm actually feeling more stable. Spring is solidly on the way now, so it's been lots of biking to the beach, and...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    This was a pretty easy airport trip! It's two flights and a couple-hour train ride, so we didn't do it all in one day even before I was broken. :) We split the flights into two days, with an overnight in the airport hotel in between. Bonus: The airport hotel reservation included security...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    I have simply accepted that I am never going to be a "less is more" person. :) Week 6: I went off to Spain for a week, averaging 4 miles a day of walking. Week 7: Physical Therapy signed me off and said I didn't need to come back unless I have problems. They don't seem to measure here, but I...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    LOL, I just keep careening in and out of the ODIC. I realized why the other day - my "old" knees got worse over time. So I could tell by how much they hurt, and how quickly the pain was increasing with each step, where my limit was going to be. But my "new" knee is achy (and sometimes actually...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    Fine! I could do all the things I needed to - go up and down the steps one foot on each step, stand up from a chair without using my arms, stand on one foot on my right leg. She didn't measure the bend, but it's past 90 degrees just looking at it visually. She said the pain/swelling just...
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    TKR Sharp, stabby pain behind knee?

    It was my right knee! Hopefully I’ll get the left one done next year. Thanks!
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