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I've just spent a couple of hours rereading all of my posts from both of my surgeries. On the almost one year anniversary of my second knee's surgery, I just had to come here to post my sincere appreciation to all of you that helped me through that tough chapter in my life. I knew I was so...

Whooohoooo.....absolutely awesome! You sure have more courage than I do.......How fun that must have been for you! It just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it? I am really happy for you! So good to hear from you again!

Hello!!! So good to hear from you! Sure sounds like things are going well for you! I, too, am doing well. Knee#1 has had it's first birthday, and #2 will follow in a few weeks. Hard to believe it's been a whole year! I keep trying to get back here to encourage others like they encouraged me...

Hello! I was just thinking of you all today, and I thought I'd come back with a little update. Hope this finds all my Bonesmart friends doing well! Well, it's 7 months on Knee #2, and 9 months on Knee #1 now. I am just amazed by the fact that I just keep getting better and better everyday...

Hello! Hello! So sorry I've been away for so long......I've been back to the real world, I guess! It's hard to believe, but I've done it! I survived TWO new knees, and two full days back in the classroom! And, I can't wait to say this...... IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO TEACH WITHOUT KNEE PAIN...

Oh, Becca......I haven't been on for a while, but just read your last post. I had to tell you how well I understand your last sentence! I have such mixed feelings about going back to school.....I'm excited to see my friends and feel normal, but, Oh, I am so nervous about it! I don't feel like...

Oh....thank goodness! I said to myself as I read your post.....She's NOT waterskiing already, is she???? Haha! Thanks so much for telling me about this tool. It sounds more like the one you have at your chiropractor. He said it was not electrical. So......now that my incision is healed...

OOPPS.....thick, clear plastic.

Hi, Ready! Thanks so much for commenting on my post. I think you're the only one reading it now! I'm just wondering if you could please tell me a bit about E-Stim? When I asked the therapist about it, he said it wasn't electrodes but rather think clear plastic (he showed me the tools) that...

Hello! Guess I have been "missing in ACTION" lately! So sorry, Ready, I didn't mean to worry you! We returned home from vacation last week, and I've been immersed in doing all the things I need to do around here before school starts. I can't believe I've been home since the end of January...

Hello! Thanks for the well wishes, Leejaa! Today marks 3 MONTHS since my second knee was done. It's so hard to believe it's been that long......and sometimes it seems like it's been so much longer than that! I guess I'm doing pretty well now, just not as well as I had hoped to be. Pain...

So glad to see your positive post.....I know it wasn't easy!! Please be sure to tell your PT today that you are going to go easy for this session! I needed to do that more than once......of course with the worry that it would set me back! It didn't, and it won't! When your knee is swollen...

Yep, all normal! That was about the time that my scar was super sensitive, too. I mentioned it to my physical therapist, and she told me to try to gently touch/rub the scar whenever I could with my clothes, a towel after the shower, and just rubbing it with my fingers whenever I thought about...

Hi Becca...... How well I know that "w" word! I spent so many days and nights in fear of a knee that would never bend! I'm now 5 months with knee #1 and almost 3 months with #2, and I'm here to tell you that it gets better even when you think it won't!! I finished my official PT at about 8...

Sounds like things are progressing well for you now! Believe me, I know about meshing the two recoveries together. After a little while, it will just seem like they are both at the same stage! When I ice, I ice both! I overdid it much, much more after surgery #2.....I think we just want to...

Hello to anyone who is still following my posts!! Thought I'd come and give my 11 week update... Things are moving along at a snails pace, but I do think I'm continuing to get better. There are some really good days when I think I've finally made it, and then there are those bad days when I...

Just thinking of you, Ready. How are you doing today?

Oh, Becca......You sound JUST LIKE ME! I so know exactly how you are feeling, and how you want this to just "hurry up and get over with"! I have had both knees done since the end of January (10 weeks apart), and I can tell you that IT DOES GET BETTER. There are many, many days, though, that...

Wow, Ready! Going around on the bike at only two weeks! Good for you! Just take it easy and don't push it too much, especially with that pain behind your knee. Are you getting a little more sleep now? I never really felt like I slept soundly with the narcotic meds, but it did help me relax...

OH my, I'm so sorry to hear this happened to you. Just wanted to tell you that you've come to the right place! Please keep coming back to your post....there will be tons of great, informed people willing to help you along with this recovery. I can't tell you how valuable Bonesmart has been...