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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    So today, 20 ish (maybe 21 or 23? don't know anymore) weeks after LTKR, I returned to racing in my first relay triathlon of the year! My team won first place out of all of the Co-Ed, Male, and Female divisions, and I averaged 21 mph on the bike. It can be done! I feel better than I did before I...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    I walked a 5K this weekend! :) Knee feels fine!
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    So, today I am 16 weeks post L knee TKA. I am doing great. I have been riding my bike 3x a week, up to 47 miles at a time. Walking is a bit tougher due to the fact I've developed some plantar fasciitis issues in my R foot, but the *knee* feels fine. Am back to wearing cute shoes/heels and...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Why not? I can, and I'm trying to take off a little of the weight I put on with 5ish months of relative inactivity. :)
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    I am 12 weeks tomorrow. Back at work for a week. Still doing PT 2x a week, however I'm finding that my return to work has irritated my knee, which was doing fairly well up until this point. I still have some STIFFNESS (feels like I'm always wearing a brace or a cuff on my knee) and I don't...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Now almost 7 weeks out from surgery and I'm feeling pretty good! I still have a feeling of stiffness in my knee, like I'm wearing a neoprene sleeve all the time, but other than that I'm feeling pretty good. I also still have some reduced stamina and endurance... but that will come back. Flexion...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Sat for a mani/pedi appt on Friday after a hardish PT session, and then went out to dinner with friends. (All sitting!) My knee was stiff! Felt creaky and just kind of angry. I rested all day yesterday, icing and elevating. Watched 12 episodes of SONS OF ANARCHY. Rested most of the day today...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    I'm a good couple of weeks ahead of you! :) No worries!
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Walked a mile today! Woot! :walking:
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    I'm almost 5 weeks along now, and doing pretty well! Thanks for asking! I still have PT 3x a week. We're adding more stuff each time, so that I wind up having therapy for almost an hour and a half! Lots of step-up stuff on a step, up and down these practice stairs they have, lots of balance...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    I am 4 weeks out today! Still doing PT 3x a week and everything else "as tolerated". My mobility is about the same as it was before the surgery, meaning I get into and out of the car about the same, I get up off the floor about the same, I get out of bed about the same as I did before. I was...
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    Knee replacement but very little OA

    Wow. No.... I had no issues at all. I was super happy with everything @ Rush. My scripts were all pre-paid by me a week or so before the surgery. My husband picked them up from the pharmacy @ the hospital and they were all there, and I had specific instructions regarding what to take and when...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Went to lunch and to the mall with my 88 year old mother. We walked around the stores a bit and after about an hour and a half of walking and browsing I had to get off my leg. My 88 year old mother still wanted to go upstairs to "look for her bra" so I took a seat and waited for her to come...
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    TKR Whizzzzz's recovery thread

    Ahhhhh I long for the bend twist and jump as well... and I doubt I will be able to actually "run" again the way I used to... but if I'm able to cobble together some sort of run/walk combo without doing too much damage, that can be a goal as well. I don't know what the future will hold, I have...
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    Knee replacement but very little OA

    OK... I saw Dr. DellaValle @ MOR. Prior to that I had my last scope with Dr. Bush-Joseph also @ MOR. Bush-Joseph does meniscus, ACL, all the other jazz, while DellaValle does the replacements... of both hip and knee... along with a couple of other docs in that practice. He specializes in both...
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