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    Starting to Train for a 5K Walk

    Okay, you guys, it's about time for me to say goodbye. I'm a little over six months post-op and the only time I've had any real problems lately was when I went to an exercise class that was too hard for me because it involved too much time on my hands and knees. Now that I've recovered from...
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    return to work

    Hi Rileysmom, I guess how much you'll be able to work from home and how soon depends on the specifics of what you do. I also work at home. I work part-time for a university law library, editing a weekly bibliography of the latest law review articles, which we publish and sell to law...
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    Tillamook Cheese

    Hey Summer, where do you live? I'm in Edmonds. Sue
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    Tillamook Cheese

    Back when I used to do the grocery shopping (before hubby retired), it was about $12. I'm not sure what it costs now. I asked him, but he doesn't remember...his mind ain't what it used to be.
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    Tillamook Cheese

    That is precisely what we say about the smell of salmon here in Seattle!
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    What kind of exercise is good to do before surgery?

    My sister rode her stationery bike every day for a long time before her knee surgery, and I think she had a lot less pain after surgery than I did. She was also able to get back on the bike and pedal all the way around a lot sooner than I could post-surgery. Since the bike is one of the main...
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    Tillamook Cheese

    Tillamook Cheddar is the only cheddar cheese I cook with! We get the big 5 lb blocks at Costco. My daughter will not eat any other sort of grilled cheese sandwich. Well, in fact, one time, we were at a restaurant on the Oregon Coast and she couldn't bring herself to eat a grilled cheese...
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    Guess what I did last night!

    I love this expression. I am so glad you have been using it and brought it back into my vocabulary. I hadn't heard or used it since I was a kid, but lately I have been using it a lot and it's such a great expression! I just used it in an eBay auction description. I have an item for sale...
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    Roll Call

    Sue, six months post right TKR yesterday. 52, overweight but have lost 45 lbs in the past 18 months, including about 15 lbs since surgery. I am doing great most of the time. I sell on eBay and now I can haul boxes around! I've reorganized my eBay inventory, have sold lots of stuff, can...
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    A Couple of Disappointments

    Thanks for the kind words, you guys! It was just what I needed. It is so great to have a place to go where I know I will be understood and nobody will get on my case for feeling sorry for myself once in a while. Thanks for kissing my booboo! Sue
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    A Couple of Disappointments

    I am usually "Ms. Positive" around here, but I was a little sad over a setback and figured I'd boo-hoo here and get some hugs. I'm almost six months post right TKR. I went to a "Painfree Gardening" class on Saturday morning and dang it screwed up my knee! I had just gotten to the point...
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    Ten Miles on the Bike Today!

    Tim, you are an inspiration. I am almost 6 months post TKR, and this is my year to get back on my bike for the first time in years! I mean the real bike, the one that actually goes places, like yours. Not the one in front of the TV that I've ridden very hard over the last few months, but it's...
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    What were your private milestones

    Jamie, this is such an awesome idea. I actually have a bunch of women friends who have decided to do the same thing (I'm not part of the group--they are in the town where I went to college.) They've been meeting monthly for almost 20 years, since they were in their 40s, and they plan to...
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    What were your private milestones

    I had a milestone today. I am one week short of six months post TKR. Today I was in my garden, weeding the peas that are up, and all of a sudden I noticed I was fully in a squat position for the first time in many years. I went into it without thinking, and I was able to rise back up out of...
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    What were your private milestones

    Doug, I'm glad to hear that you are beginning to talk about assisted living. I hope your parents will be amenable to the idea. My own parents fought it tooth and nail, and the last few years they were on their own were very detrimental to their health. My dad had congestive heart disease...

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