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  1. Macknit

    Revision TKR Sondrals’ Revision

    @sondrals I missed your big event! My life has been a tad crazy and I haven't even visited for awhile! I'm so pleased to hear how well you're doing!! It sounds like you had quite an eventful time at the hospital with your fellow patients :happydance:Luckily you returned home quickly and seem...
  2. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Thank you, everyone for your condolences. @marieltha I love the kitty couch!! Knees are moving with less pain, but the human L knee is ramping up it's pain...due to COVID-19 I had to postpone injections, but i now have my injections set for June 223, 30 & Jul 7. Hopefully, hyaluronic acid...
  3. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Well, my sweet momma is on the other side now... walking with Jesus and the angels :angel: She passed last Wednesday and we had her tiny service on Monday. She was such an extrovert with a passion for food and people, sadly Covid interfered with our party, but her children and their spouses...
  4. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Good Friday and Easter is sooo different this year. My mother is now at home with hospice, the cancer is in multiple organs and her brain, now. I'm venturing onto an airplane later this afternoon and heading to one of the nations hot spots.... Seattle! :sad::sad: Yet, the good news is that...
  5. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Thanks @Jockette, we are taking it one day at a time....both the knee and my mom! I hope all is safe in your neck of the woods. Take care!
  6. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Just popping to say hi. The knee is less pain, but my leg overall is more stiff. Not sure why, but it is liveable at this point. I haven't been checking in as much since my dear momma is struggling with some difficult health issues right now. She is 86 and my poor dad, 88, is unable to...
  7. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    @Sara61... I love the virtual lunch idea!! Unfortunately, we lonely state employees are still working behind the scenes. No public contact, but we do reality lunch at our desks every day because we are just at 6 feet from each other and separated by the cubby walls. :wink: @marieltha ...
  8. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Time for another update, I'd say the knee finally is close to where it was a month ago, before all the flare up! @Jockette was right, it took almost a month to recover from an ODIC event! Unbelievable. I am noticing knee improvements, though some days are goofy and sore for no real reason...
  9. Macknit

    Revision TKR Sondrals’ Revision

    You're right @sondrals, it is a scary time and it is sad to see the hoarding, as this "lock down" continues, I hope more people will start to understand how to be kind and supportive of others, even if we must stand 6 feet away from each other. This time has been quite an eye-opener to see human...
  10. Macknit

    TKR luvcats recovery box

    Yes! Thank goodness for the knitting, it has made me soooo happy and content! You inspired me with your shawl so I decided on a shawl for my alpaca socks that I unraveled! It is a pretty basic lace design, but I haven't done lace for quite some time, so it's a good starting point. Your personal...
  11. Macknit

    PKR Ligament Sprain in GoodLeg

    Yay!! I'm so glad to hear that....it just goes to show you all the misinformation out there right now. However, my hands are the cleanest they have ever been....and I'm still working everyday. So, of course DH always asks if I washed my hands when I came home....I tell him yes, but then I pet...
  12. Macknit

    Revision TKR Sondrals’ Revision

    Hello @sondrals, I've been following around BS, keeping track of you and others, I have to agree this is a surreal time for most of us. I keep trying to relate it to some other "unknown" that I've experienced in life so that I have something I can relate it to, which will help me process this...
  13. Macknit

    TKR Now post-op, surgery on Feb 25, 2020 USA

    Oh so many, many blessings! 6 + months and still recovering, but so much progress! I can walk so well that I tend to over do it, but with each little flare up I learn my limits, (another blessing) This forum has truly kept me sane and engaged and distracted...(A blessing!) I could whine...
  14. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    The pool at the clinic is about 86 degrees of salt water. It is so lovely on these cold days to get in. They even have a treadmill in the pool. So, we warm up with the walking then move through stretches, upper body and back strengthening, and a hard balancing in the deep end (standing in 5 ft...
  15. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    Thanks for the update on the NYT article! I agree any of the hand-eye, even writing in a journal with a pen (if there wasn't too much to think about) has been extremely helpful! Generally, I was better at slow increases in reps and weight, all of my issues started in the same week when I...
  16. Macknit

    PKR Ligament Sprain in GoodLeg

    Oh I get it!!! My husband was upset when I pet a neighbor's dog!!! I even had gloves on....then he promptly came home and found an article that was in Hong Kong, where a dog tested positive for COVID-19 and they are doing further tests to see if he got it from a human or vice versa!? Now we...
  17. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    @marieltha, oh yes the graphic...I have it on my laptop, especially for those early days...I need to look at it for the mid-year recovery too. The Leg presses I was doing, (have been since January) was #1 that you listed. I didn't have any problems before, but we upped the weight this time 2...
  18. Macknit

    TKR luvcats recovery box

    How is the scarf coming along? And is your knee pulling out of its stall? I've decided our knee recovery is analogous to what I've learned about airplanes....(certainly not as a pilot :heehee: ).There's turbulence and gliding, nose dives and stalls, takeoffs and crash landings...all of which...
  19. Macknit

    TKR Macknit's recovery thread

    @luvcats My thoughts exactly! In fact, remember the lovely alpaca socks I knit that were different sizes? :heehee: I've unraveled them and I'm trying to decide what to create....I really thought they were good for socks, but now I'm thinking a scarf instead???? Still debating while I rest...
  20. Macknit

    Revised PKR to TKR Makoplasty: ongoing pain<

    @PkrJune15... It does sound like you're making good progress. I'm being reminded how I need to slow way down with a bit of an ODIC response over the last 2 weeks. I hope all is going well for you!? I used gabapentin for about 6 months a few years ago with my back issues, and though it helped...

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