2014 March Musketeers - Are you having knee surgery in March?

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@kymammovanner and @Chiledog, you have both been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

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I have brought forward this month's list so that you can easily see who your surgical buddies are.

Welcome to our latest and all March Musketeers!

Feel free post your surgery date in this thread, and I will add you to the list. However, please start a thread of your own in the Pre-Op Hip Section to post comments and share your journey toward knee replacement. Here's the link that gives you the instructions you need to do this: Starting a new thread and posting

03 March 14 @Snowysmom (bilateral), @Leebee, @Islandbound
04 March 14 @jemimaj, @kymammovanner (her second)
05 March 14 @Derby
06 March 14 @McMimi, @Tiger Fan
07 March 14 @Mrs B
10 March 14 @suzzee2000 (bilateral), @Taylor2
11 March 14 @mick820
12 March 14 @Brylee'sDad (partial), @chandler (bilateral)
13 March 14 @NewMoM
17 March 14 @Jude2 (her second), @Phil75070
18 March 14 @knagrrrl (bilateral), @sewhat, @Chiledog, @Dawgster
19 March 14 @kzjay, @rene499, @cjf1222, @26morgan (her second), @Tomel
20 March 14 @VancouverUSAgal, @Mai5ie
25 March 14 @ParamedicGirl, @tschrade (his/her first), @benbro87, @BoneyBaloney, @sierrasmom
26 March 14 @Racewalker45
28 March 14 @Beachwalker, @waitingtogarden
31 March 14 @Mbone, @msleen

 

[mick820]

I'm having total knee with cadaver bone to fill in holes and possible rod stabilizer on March 11. Just saw the surgeon for the first time Friday, so not any planning time scared stiff.

 

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@mick820, you have been officially added to the March surgery list!

If you haven't done so already, please start a thread of your own in the proper forum. Here is the link that gives you the instructions you need to do this: Starting a new thread and posting

By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve. I look forward to seeing your first post.

 

[waitingtogarden]

I will have a left TKR on March 28!

 

[mick820]

I'm having trouble posting new thread I think I put one out but can't find it now

 

[Jamie]

@mick820 Here is a link to your first thread. You actually have two out there.

Check out the "How To" section on the forum and you'll find instructions for locating your threads. You can find it by mouse hovering over the HELP & INFO tab at the top of the page, then clicking on the "How to Use This Forum" link. Lots of great information there!!!

 

[Islandbound]

Too bad I just found this site yesterday. I'm leaving in the morning (3/3) to have a RTKR. I wish I had found this community a bit earlier in my journey! I had a LTKR 8 years ago, 2000 miles away and with a different doctor. I hope this experience is as positive as my last one. Good luck to you all

 

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@Islandbound and @waitingtogarden, you have both been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

[Tomel]

Still on track for BTKR 19th March.

 

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@Tomel, you have been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

[Mrs B]

Hello. TKR scheduled for 7th March. Just turned 49 so relatively young for this procedure and rather apprehensive!

 

[Mai5ie]

My surgeon thinks I may be a candidate for RPKR, but can't make a definite decision till he gets me in theatre on 20th March. If he finds arthritis in more than one part of my knee, he'll do a total.

 

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@Mrs B, you have been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

[Phil75070]

March 17, 7:30 AM CST RTKR!

 

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@Phil75070, you have been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

[Dawgster]

I have a LTKR on 3/18 and my primary caregiver (my father) is already starting to back out of even visiting me in the hospital - which is why I have been arranging for a SNF. I have been on the surgeon's list for five months after switching clinics, more worried about my golden retriever's care than my own for some strange reason. I have nothing left to do on my list except get two witnesses on my medical-legal forms. After I get through this I will get a RTKR (my surgeon does not do BTKR). Pretty jazzed about a SNF - PT twice a day, rehab boot camp (I'm still in my 50s).

 

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@Dawgster, you have been officially added to the March surgery list!

 

[Lori1124]

March 17th, total left knee, and I'm scared

 

[referee54]

March 17th, total left knee, and I'm scared

Oh, St Patrick's Day will be a great day for you!

Do not worry about being scared---I would say that almost all of us were nervous about the upcoming surgery---there is an amalgam of emotions that run through your body! I was also excited to be losing the painful lifestyle, the restrictions, and the pills and shots---and I bet, after it is all over, you will wonder what you were so scare about!

We will be here to help you out through everything!

Why don't you begin your own thread in the Pre-Op area and tell us more about yourself!