sstoots
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July 6 I am having a left TKR. This OS does nothing but MIS procedures.
Using a cement-less Stryker implant (triathalon).
He told me that my right knee was deteriorating, but that it wouldn't need
to be addressed for another 4-5 years. I am 54 and very fit. He said
that biking vigorously at week 4 is very much a likely scenario. I will be in
the hospital 3-4 days. Discharged with an ice pack machine and CPM
machine. The PT will come to me and as I understand it, this will go on for
close to 3 weeks. Stationary biking might be possible after 2 weeks. I
was told to bike like mad between now and the surgery so that the quads
are as strong as they can be; the better to withstand several weeks of
atrophy.
He said that the first week is intense, but that for someone who has had
rotator cuff surgery, this one really won't be as a bad. He said 'we have
the pain mgt part of this figured out'. I wonder about that comparison
though. It was a tough rehab and all told it was six weeks before
I could do a single push up. I lifted weights at 10 weeks after finally
getting to the point of cranking out 50 push-ups in a row.
Anyway, I am excited, yet anxious.
Using a cement-less Stryker implant (triathalon).
He told me that my right knee was deteriorating, but that it wouldn't need
to be addressed for another 4-5 years. I am 54 and very fit. He said
that biking vigorously at week 4 is very much a likely scenario. I will be in
the hospital 3-4 days. Discharged with an ice pack machine and CPM
machine. The PT will come to me and as I understand it, this will go on for
close to 3 weeks. Stationary biking might be possible after 2 weeks. I
was told to bike like mad between now and the surgery so that the quads
are as strong as they can be; the better to withstand several weeks of
atrophy.
He said that the first week is intense, but that for someone who has had
rotator cuff surgery, this one really won't be as a bad. He said 'we have
the pain mgt part of this figured out'. I wonder about that comparison
though. It was a tough rehab and all told it was six weeks before
I could do a single push up. I lifted weights at 10 weeks after finally
getting to the point of cranking out 50 push-ups in a row.
Anyway, I am excited, yet anxious.