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Thanks Jane. You're probably right about the exercising, but like you I struggle to fit it all in.
You walked 2 miles, you should be proud of yourself, that's progress!!
I'm a lucky girl , two holidays in 6 weeks but I just love the sun I'm afraid :) :)
 
I know others will say no "exercise " is necessary at this stage but I have to agree with Jane. I've tried it both ways and I know that if I don't do something more than day to day stuff every few days I get stiff and sore. I don't think you have to go crazy with this - just find something that feels good and you enjoy. My favourite is still the stationary bike followed by water walking and I'm starting to use the elliptical machine. Believe me I'm no jock but at this late stage I am actually starting to recognize the difference in my body, mind and spirit that regular exercise brings.
 
And, Randi, I know I'm right, came home from a late faculty meeting planning to go to the gym to use the stationary bike, and then started working on reports. It's near nine pm now. They gym's open, but I'm ready for bed, and tomorrow is only half planned. I'm supposed to be good at this, experienced, but working in a new division is like working in an entirely new school, and I'm not good at it. Oh the knee and this job--teaching me humility. Maybe it is what I need to learn right now, because it is certainly the lesson I keep being taught every single day.
 
Exercise is always a good idea, especially if it's done in moderation and builds up slowly to increased strength-building activity. Your daily living at this point is fine in terms of functioning for the knee joint itself. BUT....your knee joint does not operate by itself. There are muscles and ligaments that may need significant work to function in the way you want. They may be weak and out of tone from years of knee problems. If YOUR desire is to have more strength and flexibility, then I say it's great to work on additional exercise to strengthen yourself and stay in condition once you get to the level you desire.
 
A cold and frosty day here after lots of rain. An achey , is that a word?, knee. I'm wondering if its the cold as I have got my bare legs.....well they're still tanned :)
 
Oooh get you, Nancy, tanned legs :heehee: Lucky girl. It's a typical November day here too - grey, wet, cold and miserable!
 
I shopped , and walked around Perth , Scotland, for about 3 hours yesterday.
Felt fine last night but today my knee is hotter than the other.
Is this normal even after all this time?
 
Becky, you know what Twinkletoes used to say--"normal is just a setting on your clothes dryer". I think maybe we worry to much about perfectly "normal" things after surgery that we wouldn't have given more than 3 seconds thought to before. We seen to attribute all kinds of aches, pains, swelling, etc. to the surgery when they occur for very "normal" reasons that have nothing to do with the knee being replaced. Unless it stays unusually warm for several days, I wouldn't give it another thought.
 
Aah you're right...and I probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been rubbing it.
It's snowing here tonight.....not looking forward to walking in it tomorrow
 
Exercise is important---but what is equally important is understanding that one must keep it in perspective and do just enough---to strengthen the joint and to keep the joint loose. If one does more and overdoes it, then the recovery slows down, and the patient becomes more frustrated and may do even more.
 
Last night it snowed. Only a few inches but on top of already iced pavements. I had to go out to dentist and my tkr leg slid away from me! I didn't fall but you it hurt!
Tomorrow our town centre is being closed off thanks to the arrival of Karl Lagerfield and Chanel s Fashion Show! To be held in Linlithgow Palace. It means no public transport on the road after 3pm. I have asked if I can leave work at 2 but been told no. I hope he snow and ice has gone by then as I will have to walk a mile and a half home. Look out for our small town in the news/fashion magazines!
 
Ooh sorry to hear your knee hurt, but it's good that you didn't fall. I can't believe that your work won't allow you to leave earlier tomorrow - how mean!! Just be very careful and take it very slowly if there is any ice or snow.
 
Nancy I agree with Kathy, that's mean of your boss not to let you leave early? Does he want to be responsible for you slipping and falling on the ice and snow and damaging your knee? Did you remind him of your condition? How about putting it in an email that you just want to confirm with him that he was not allowing you to leave early to avoid damaging your ($150,000.) knee. You are different than other employees in that a serious fall could be life changing for you. I don't think his boss would appreciate him being so inflexible! Oh I just want to punch him!
Make sure you wear proper boots/shoes and that your cell phone is charged!
 
Wow what a neat story/history!!!
Don’t be surprised to see Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at Chanel’s Linlithgow Palace show celebrating the fashion house’s artisans

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Last year's Paris-Bombay show. Picture: Getty​
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By ALICE WYLLIE
Published on Monday 3 December 2012 18:20

Don’t be surprised to see Brad and Angelina around this week – they’re likely guests at Chanel’s Linlithgow Palace show celebrating the fashion house’s artisans. Alice Wyllie reports

AT Paris Fashion Week, when a designer takes a bow at the end of a fashion house’s couture show to the rapturous applause of the world’s press, that designer does so on behalf of a team of specialist artisans who help make the couture dream a reality. These artisans are the best of their kind in the world and often focus on a very specific area of couture; buttons, perhaps, or feathers.
They operate behind the scenes but they’re at the very heart of hautecouture (that’s French for “high dressmaking”), so much so that when Dior found itself without a creative director after John Galliano was dismissed in 2011 for an anti-semitic rant, the dozens of artisans responsible for making the clothes took a collective bow at the end of the 2011 show in his place.
Couture houses understand that they are nothing without the seamstresses and craftsmen who turn their designers’ sketches into wearable creations, and no house goes out of its way to celebrate that work more than Chanel.
Since 2002, the legendary French label has exhibited its Metier d’Arts collection each year in December, a collection which celebrates the skills of the “petites mains” (“little hands”) behind the scenes. Each year, that collection looks to a different city (and is often held in that city) for inspiration. There was the Paris-Monte Carlo collection in 2007, Paris-Moscow in 2008, Paris-Shanghai in 2009, Paris-Byzance in 2010 and Paris-Bombay in 2011. And for 2012, we have Paris-Edinburgh. Or, to be more specific, Linlithgow. This very special collection will be shown on Tuesday evening in the spectacular setting of Linlithgow Palace, and if previous Metier d’Arts shows are anything to go by, it will be a celebration of a very Scottish aesthetic. While Chanel are keeping mum when it comes to revealing any details about the collection, rumours abound of sporrans inspired by the iconic 2:55 handbag, tartans, tweeds and cashmere. The latter seems a certainty since Chanel acquired the Hawick cashmere mill Barrie last month, following the collapse of its owner, Dawson International.
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Chanel has worked with Barrie for more than 25 years, and the purchase was designed to safeguard the mill’s future. It will continue to operate independently and supply both Chanel and other top fashion houses. Barrie is the latest of a series of small artisan suppliers Chanel has purchased with the specific goal of keeping their specialist skills alive, and it is the work of these suppliers that will be exhibited on the catwalk come Tuesday.
These ten small companies are owned by Paraffection (which translates as “for the love of”), a subsidiary company of Chanel established in 1997 to preserve and promote their heritage. Take Lemarie, for instance. In 1900 there were more than 300 feather workers operating in Paris. By 1960 there were around 50. Today, Lemarie is practically the only one left in all of France, and in an effort to preserve this unique art form, Chanel purchased the 130-year-old company in 1997.
Then there’s milliner Michel, 
button-maker Desrues, boot-
maker Massaro and goldsmith Goossens. Lesage and Montex deal with embroidery, while Causse makes gloves. Guillet manufactures delicate, hand-made fabric flowers – a couture coat can feature as many as 5,000 of them.
All these tiny companies have been bought by Chanel to safeguard their future and all spend thousands of hours making their contributions to pieces of clothing which sell for tens of thousands of pounds. Significantly, all still supply to Chanel’s rivals, fron Dior to Yves Saint Laurent.
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So what can we expect from the 2012 Metier d’Arts show? It always uses a key destination in the history of the company, a place held, for whatever reason, in the affections of Coco Chanel. In 2008, the Paris-Moscow collection paid tribute to the costumes she created for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes; in 2009 it went to Shanghai, a nod to her fondness for Chinese artisanship; while in 2010 the Byzance collection referenced her early work with Byzantine-influenced jewellery.
A spokesperson for Chanel said that creative director Karl Lagerfeld chose Linlithgow Palace for his latest show because he is “inspired by the rich heritage of Chanel in Scotland, and the skilled craftsmanship of Scottish tweed and cashmere, that are an integral and iconic part of Chanel’s collections today”.
Coco Chanel had an affair with the Duke of Westminster in the 1920s and the couple spent a lot of time at Rosehall, the Duke’s Highland retreat. She borrowed his tweeds and cashmere jumpers, and loved riding and fishing. Her experiences in Scotland are sure to be heavily referenced, and there is some speculation that Lagerfeld will also take inspiration from Mary Queen of Scots, who was born at Linlithgow Palace. The large white ruffs she wore were a source of inspiration for Coco Chanel.
The show is rumoured to be taking place in the Palace’s imposing courtyard, with a bespoke glass roof to keep the weather out. The guest list is top secret but will include the international fashion press, buyers and celebrity friends of the brand. Whether these will include Brad Pitt – the current face of Chanel No 5 – and his partner Angelina Jolie remains to be seen.
Regardless of who’s sitting in the front row, however, it’s not celebrities who will be the star of this particularly starry show. Karl Lagerfeld will bow and wave at the end, but he does so on behalf of the hundreds of 
“little hands” who sew and weave and create their very fashionable brand of magic which keeps the world of haute couture alive.​
 
Thanks for that information. I wish they would leave the marquees etc in situ to allow the locals to have a wee nosy but there's been security guards all round the place for the last week. They even have one stationed on a small island in the Loch to keep long lenses away
 
Just back from a few days away on my own..Bristol to stay with my son and new daughter in law. A day shopping in Bath, another day in Briatol, and today......Cardiff. A lot of walking! And it's freezing! Tiring but knee no more painful than usual. Flew home to Edinburgh airport tonight, looking forward to my own bed tonight!
 
Saturday 15th meant work Christmas party night! Danced most of the night, albeit in flat shoes! No ill effects other than a bit stiff.
Maybe the small sherbets helped!
 
I have a family funeral tomorrow, an uncle. And today a work colleague, age 55, was found dead in her bed when her husband took her a cup of tea before he left for work this morning. Sure puts things in perspective.... :sad:
 
Lots and lots and lots of rain for the past couple of days. We're not going to see a whte Christmas here!
Knee feeling pretty good today :)
 
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