2017 December SuperNovas - Are you having knee surgery in December?

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@grandmamk, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova!

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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 December SuperNovas!

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 hip replacement. Here's the link that gives you the instructions you need to do this: Starting a new thread and posting

O2 December 2017 NotKnowing (her second)
04 December 2017 samoca, altrky17, setiah3 (revision), DH56
05 December 2017 Bluejay
06 December 2017 bharmsen, jude2014 (her second)
07 December 2017 bma1980, LadyDama (bilateral), Doupie (bilateral arthroscopy for meniscus tears)
08 December 2017 snorkelergrl (her second)
11 December 2017 nanknee, cannygirl, ebungalow
12 December 2017 nolegirl (her first), Rballman (bilateral), melody7070
13 December 2017 InvisibleT (her second), MtnMaire (her second)
18 December 2017 OotnaBoot
19 December 2017 JoDeNaCaMo
21 December 2017 ertuck
22 December 2017 grandmamk
26 December 2017 RxMay54 (bilateral), Hunter7780, Grammyof2
27 December 2017 Hood1980, Diva68, ScottH
28 December 2017 missyfit13

 

[setiah3]

Just checked in for my surgery. A little nervous. Will keep you posted.

 

[ertuck]

Best of luck to you setiah3..

 

[Hood1980]

Good luck and see you on the other side!

 

[melody7070]

I'm having my first TKR on Dec 12th. Trying to be brave...

 

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@melody7070, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here. If you have not started a thread of your own, please do so. Here's a link to tell you how:Starting a new thread and posting With your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

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[missyfit13]

I'm having total knee replacement on my right leg on Dec 28th this year. I joined this group to get support and information. I'm in the enhanced recovery program and Dr. says I will most likely go home the same day. I'm a bit nervous about that. Anxious to hear others stories. I'm gathering equipment and am wondering about chairs. They say a straight back chair with a stool for foot elevation. I don't own a straight back chair and am wondering about a straight back camp chair with a chair cushion to elevate. This is a standard size chair, not the short ones.

 

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@missyfit13, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here. If you have not started a thread of your own, please do so. Here's a link to tell you how:Starting a new thread and posting With your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

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[diatom]

I have had to postpone my Dec 12th surgery. I found out a few days ago that both of my femurs have osteoporosis (T scores -2.5). My regular dr suggested I have a bone scan since I'm postmenopausal by a few yrs and also have had (treated) hypothyroidism for over a decade. What timing !

I am being referred to an osteoporosis specialist, and my regular dr is developing a battery of blood and urine tests to make sure my thyroid levels are optimal (I've been hypothyroid for over 10 yrs but have had it supplemented well by meds), and also check the parathyroid. The urine test has to do with determining how the bones are being compromised?

My surgeon's office said that osteoporosis was not grounds for stopping surgery....really? In my case it involved the femur bones and once the implants are attached to them, the femurs cannot have density scans done because of the metal. So I would never know if diet, supplements, meds, etc. were stopping it or reversing the disease!

Today I did officially choose to postpone the surgery. Once I see the bone specialist, get the tests done, and maybe take some meds, we'll re-do the scan (in 6 mos?) and hope for positive changes. Then I'll reschedule the BTKR.

 

[Hood1980]

@diatom. So sorry you won't be joining us on this journey at this time, but you are doing the right thing for you. Praying for your complete healing. [emoji1374]. Thank you for enlightening me on not being able to have bone scans (at least of the femur) after knee replacement. My mother has her of the spine so perhaps that is a way I can have it monitored. Please keep in touch. [emoji4]


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@diatom, life often throws us a curve ball when we least expect it. I have removed you from the December surgery list and will look forward to your return to the forum and putting you back on a surgery list.

All the best!

 

[MtnMaire]

Truly feel for you, @diatom, with your surgery delay. We share some health issues: I've been hypothyroid for years, after I had a parathyroid gland w/tumor removed. I never delay bone scans. My TSH dropped last spring but increase in thyroid rx brought it back to normal range in a couple of months. I'm sure it was very disappointing to put off surgery, but I commend you for respecting your body and its chemistry. I'll be holding you up in this next chapter of your healing journey ..... you are surrounded in loving light.

 

[Grammyof2]

I don't see my name & date on the December Supernova list. Seems like it ought to be there--? At any rate, I'll be having a R TKR December 26.

 

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@Grammyof2, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova! You were not already on the list because you did not request to be put on it.

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here. If you have not started a thread of your own, please do so. Here's a link to tell you how:Starting a new thread and posting With your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on Help & Info, then click on How to Use This Forum. Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

[Celle]

Surgery 11th December 2017

LTKR December 11, 2017.

 

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@cannygirl, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here. If you have not started a thread of your own, please do so. Here's a link to tell you how:Starting a new thread and posting With your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

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[Celle]

ebungalow - TKR December 11, 2017.

 

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@ebungalow, you have been officially added to the December surgery list! You are now officially a December SuperNova!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here. If you have not started a thread of your own, please do so. Here's a link to tell you how:Starting a new thread and posting With your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on Help & Info, then click on How to Use This Forum. Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!