2015 July Sparklers - Are you having knee surgery in July?

[MsBlue]

OK, I just "followed" a bunch of you. I got my pre-surgical clearance today. On the one hand, I was almost hoping there would be a reason to cancel or postpone, but I knew it wasn't likely. And, on the other hand, I want to put this behind me, so it would be agonizing to have to wait and rethink it again. As I suspected, I am disgustingly healthy (aside from not being able to walk), so it's on for July 15th.

 

[jbrooklyn]

Wow, we have a brave group of Sparklers . . . looks like @LHop and @iivesfam5 get a few more folks in the BTKR club with us this month. Welcome, @MsBlue BTKR July 15! Welcome @cowgal BTKR July 7! Cowgal, I'm 52 -- and you're 51, so we are almost twinsies.

@LHop, how you feeling? We are on deck . . . it's Tuesday (just past midnight) as I type! I'm staying positive and calm as possible. Wishing like the dickens there were a way easier than this to get rid of chronic knee pain. We can do this. We can tough this out. Short-term loss, long-term gain. Best wishes if we don't connect beforehand!

@iivesfam5, @Rob 68, and all our other Sparkler comrades--we will come back and check on you from "the other side as soon as we can. Please send good wishes to LHop and me for successful surgery, pain management, and recovery! Thanks

 

[cpd599]

@cowgal, You and me both ! The July List keeps growing

 

[Rob 68]

Wow, we have a brave group of Sparklers . . . looks like @LHop and @iivesfam5 get a few more folks in the BTKR club with us this month. Welcome, @MsBlue BTKR July 15! Welcome @cowgal BTKR July 7! Cowgal, I'm 52 -- and you're 51, so we are almost twinsies.

@LHop, how you feeling? We are on deck . . . it's Tuesday (just past midnight) as I type! I'm staying positive and calm as possible. Wishing like the dickens there were a way easier than this to get rid of chronic knee pain. We can do this. We can tough this out. Short-term loss, long-term gain. Best wishes if we don't connect beforehand!

@iivesfam5, @Rob 68, and all our other Sparkler comrades--we will come back and check on you from "the other side as soon as we can. Please send good wishes to LHop and me for successful surgery, pain management, and recovery! Thanks

Good wishes you got, Brooklyn. We appreciate you and LHop leading off; we cleanup hitters will try to drive you in and set up the rest of the lineup. Love the baseball lingo; you're likely too young to remember, but that 1955 Brooklyn team turned me into a lifelong Dodgers fan. Stay strong and remember recovery is a full baseball season of games, not a weekend series.

 

[Lacy21]

@jbrooklyn, here is to a successful procedure tomorrow.

 

[iivesfam5]

@LHop and @jbrooklyn 24 and now two more BTKR for July - @cowgal and @MsBlue I think that makes 5 of us for BTKR in July!!! OK lots of support there for us crazy doublers!!!

 

[Lacy21]

@jbrooklyn and Rob68 my TKR is scheduled for July 14.

 

[bottomshollow]

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 July Sparklers!

Feel free post your surgery date in this thread, and I will add you to the list. Start a thread of your own in the Pre-Op Knee 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

01 July 15 jbrooklyn (bilateral)
06 July 15 PamelaColorado, Rob 68, boditty
07 July 15 cowgal
09 July 15 Slainte
10 July 15 Deeann, mennalou
13 July6 15 mfb, Braunzie
14 July 15 Lacy21
16 July 15 iivesfam5
20 July 15 CBH, Ella61
21 July 15 cpd599
23 July 15 Majic (her second)
27 July 15 Cindy knits

 

[bottomshollow]

@Lacy21, you have been officially added to the July surgery list!

 

[Rob 68]

@jbrooklyn and Rob68 my TKR is scheduled for July 14.

Welcome aboard, but I'm not the official gatekeeper. That would be Bottomshollow, I believe. My original date was July 13, but the OS office called and asked if I wanted to go a week earlier. Heck, yeah. So I'm on next Monday. Last time anyone cut on my bones was 1986, when I had bunions repaired/removed from both feet. That was no fun, but don't think it matches this ordeal. But it's gotta get done. We'll holler at ya from the other side when we get there. Or maybe whisper would be a better choice.

 

[cowgal]

Bottomshollow - please add me to the list. I'm set for bilateral on July 7. Thank you!

 

[Ella61]

My surgery is scheduled for July 20th. Scared to death.

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[Ella61]

I probably have asked too many times slready, but how do I get added for July 20th surgery? ella61

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[cowgal]

I think bottomshollow (moderator) checks through the thread every so often and gets new surgery dates added. I understand your fear. This is major surgery but think about being pain free and able to do things we currently are unable to do.

 

[bottomshollow]

@cowgal, you have been officially added to the July surgery list!

 

[bottomshollow]

@Ella61, you have been officially added to the July surgery list!

We want to share your journey with you. Please start a thread of your own in the proper forum. To start a new thread about your recovery, hover your mouse over "Knee Replacement" on the white line below the blue line at the top of the page. Click on "Knee Replacement Pre Op Area". On the upper right hand side under the white line under the blue line, you will see a black rectangle with the words "Post New Thread" in white. Click on this, enter whatever title you want for your thread, tab down to the dialogue box and start typing your post.

Also, here is the Library 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.

 

[Rob 68]

My surgery is scheduled for July 20th. Scared to death.

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We're all scared, Ella. Would be fibbing if we said we weren't. This is new territory for most of us, but the one fact that won't change is our knees will never get better on their own. Fortunately, this community of like souls can help all of us through this, and the good doctors we've selected will do the rest. Welcome to the Internet Cabaret, old chum.

 

[LHop]

Well yeehaw, here we go @jbrooklyn , it's down to hours. I'm feeling okay. Of course, anxious and nervous, but as ready as I'm going to be. I probably won't be posting anything until Friday when it's planned for me to come home since I won't be taking my computer. Wishing you all luck!

 

[SarahJane]

Hi all,

I'm scheduled for a right total knee replacement on July 14. That's Bastille Day. Wonder whether the surgical team will be playing La Marseillaise and using a guillotine during the procedure?

I live alone and am anxious and worried about being directly discharged from the hospital back home. There are some logistical details in my home which I'm going to bring to the attention of the MD and discharge planner. But mostly I am really worried about being alone, in pain, doped up, and depressed about being alone, in pain, doped up, etc. Depression runs in my family.

I'm also diabetic, controlled with glucophage (sp?) right now. At the HMO's pre-surgery class, the instructor mentioned the possibility that a diabetic's blood sugar levels could be affected by the surgery, and that they might have to be on insulin -- hopefully just for a while. Have any of you had that happen?

Good luck to my fellow sparklers. Wow, July 1st is just minutes away! Hope it's star-spangled for all of us, here and across the pond and oceans.

Sarah Jane

 

[cpd599]

@jbrooklyn and LHop. I'll be thinking of you guys all day. Good Luck ! You got this !