Mettleinside
junior member
Hi all! I hope you are all well! Welp, my 2 hip replacements went SO well that I got back into my workout routine (scaled back of course due to hips) buuuut...I should have foreseen this coming....I need new knees now! Work, working out (box jumps...old people should NOT do these!), and life have taken their toll on my knees. Bilateral incoming but my doc does not want to do them both at the same time. I want bilateral so I can just get it over and done with, but I am scared. Going through hip replacements I am thinking knees are easier (less painful) but I am not so sure after watching a Osteo surgeon do a mock up knee replacement surgery and....wow....bone saws scare me....these docs could moonlight as carpenters!
So should I push for bilateral? I am SUPER healthy (I have learned so much from my hips that I am pumped up, literally do a bodyweight workout routine that I still do from my days getting prepared for my 2nd hip), young (for this surgery), and eager. I've read the horror stories about bilateral TKR BUT I have seen posts where the OP said they were really glad to get them done at the same time.
If I do not have bilateral my PA-C said they will be staged 6 weeks apart. Which I think is prolonging the issue - but he would know what's good for me, he's the expert!
Thanks all and I will have to change my name too...to something like Mettle H&K or Mettle legs or something IDK yet as I will have A LOT of hardware installed in my legs in the very near future. Suggestions are welcomed...
Anyway, the surgery is not for 3.5 months! They are extremely bottlenecked at the hospital :(
So should I push for bilateral? I am SUPER healthy (I have learned so much from my hips that I am pumped up, literally do a bodyweight workout routine that I still do from my days getting prepared for my 2nd hip), young (for this surgery), and eager. I've read the horror stories about bilateral TKR BUT I have seen posts where the OP said they were really glad to get them done at the same time.
If I do not have bilateral my PA-C said they will be staged 6 weeks apart. Which I think is prolonging the issue - but he would know what's good for me, he's the expert!
Thanks all and I will have to change my name too...to something like Mettle H&K or Mettle legs or something IDK yet as I will have A LOT of hardware installed in my legs in the very near future. Suggestions are welcomed...
Anyway, the surgery is not for 3.5 months! They are extremely bottlenecked at the hospital :(
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