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ladyj
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I think we learned not to rely on memories from 15 years ago!
TKR Ladyj has a new knee!
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KathyH
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Wow, Jess, that's brilliant. That's the way to do it - or perhaps not 
But seven miles, hey, you are my hero, or should that be heroine 
It's really good to hear how well you have recovered, especially since your op was a mammoth one. Good on you, Jess, me dear
But seven miles, hey, you are my hero, or should that be heroine It's really good to hear how well you have recovered, especially since your op was a mammoth one. Good on you, Jess, me dear
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ladyj
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It is my one year anniversary this week. My operation was on 30th July 2012. I had a check up at the hospital on Monday, and they have signed me off completely.
They were very complementary about how well I had done, and said it was my positive attitude which had helped to bring about such good results.
(I suspect it was their surgery
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I find it hard to think that it was is a whole year since I was such a snivelling wreck, waiting for surgery. Anyway, what a difference, I have my life back.
I wouldn't say I was a hundred per cent yet, I still have to concentrate coming down stairs, and I still come down on the good leg, unless I think about it and tell myself off, and I tend to walk quite slowly still, being very careful where I put my feet, but I am back hiking on a regular basis, 5-7 miles, and I can shop for England again!
I have no pain in the knee at all, none.
To anyone who is waiting for their op at the moment, I can only say, don't worry, it is more than worth it, and the results can be spectacular.
They were very complementary about how well I had done, and said it was my positive attitude which had helped to bring about such good results.
(I suspect it was their surgery
)I find it hard to think that it was is a whole year since I was such a snivelling wreck, waiting for surgery. Anyway, what a difference, I have my life back.
I wouldn't say I was a hundred per cent yet, I still have to concentrate coming down stairs, and I still come down on the good leg, unless I think about it and tell myself off, and I tend to walk quite slowly still, being very careful where I put my feet, but I am back hiking on a regular basis, 5-7 miles, and I can shop for England again!
I have no pain in the knee at all, none.
To anyone who is waiting for their op at the moment, I can only say, don't worry, it is more than worth it, and the results can be spectacular.
Lori-M
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Congratulations ladyj! 
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Good news, it is amazing to look back at how far we've come......and we thought we'd never get there!
Nanners
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Congratulations LadyJ! You are only one month ahead of me.
Dulcimer Diva
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Happy Birthday to your knee, Lady J! Amazing what a year can do.
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Way to go lady j.
Much appreciated that you sll take time to come back and let us pre- opers know how you are doing a year out.
Gives us promise that there is the rainbow on the other side.
I get scared often. . If a t kr is really what I need. Then the left knee especially left says bad weird to me. And if I want to continue walking and continue to to it live childhood Dr vmWii said I wouldntwslkat 35 and hios faik too, said vi had to birth defect. He had nothing to gain he was not trying to sell me a surgery. Just being bluntly honest. I have v it lives his prediction by almost 10 years !
Like I to keep it thats way. He told me to shoot for 95 lbs cuz neither was ad 450 lbs.
And I have to say got to agree if I want to carry this one bag v of bones around lol.
Again way to goladyj. Keep up good work!!
Take care Sheryl....
Much appreciated that you sll take time to come back and let us pre- opers know how you are doing a year out.
Gives us promise that there is the rainbow on the other side.
I get scared often. . If a t kr is really what I need. Then the left knee especially left says bad weird to me. And if I want to continue walking and continue to to it live childhood Dr vmWii said I wouldntwslkat 35 and hios faik too, said vi had to birth defect. He had nothing to gain he was not trying to sell me a surgery. Just being bluntly honest. I have v it lives his prediction by almost 10 years !
Like I to keep it thats way. He told me to shoot for 95 lbs cuz neither was ad 450 lbs.
And I have to say got to agree if I want to carry this one bag v of bones around lol.
Again way to goladyj. Keep up good work!!
Take care Sheryl....
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ladyj
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Thank you everyone for your good wishes.
For those in the pre op phase, stay encouraged. I think we all persuaded ourselves that we didn't really need anything done, just before our op's, even though it was blindingly obvious that we did!
It is only as you recover that you realise just how disabled you had become, and the freedom of relative normality, knee wise, is just so wonderful.
It is hard, it is difficult, but my goodness it is worth it!
For those in the pre op phase, stay encouraged. I think we all persuaded ourselves that we didn't really need anything done, just before our op's, even though it was blindingly obvious that we did!
It is only as you recover that you realise just how disabled you had become, and the freedom of relative normality, knee wise, is just so wonderful.
It is hard, it is difficult, but my goodness it is worth it!
Dulcimer Diva
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How true, ladyj! On the way into the pre-op holding room for last year's RTKR (as I was leaning on my cane!) I kept expressing my doubts to the nurse, who reassured me. And after I lost 30 lbs (5 more post-op) preparatory to this year's LTKR I messaged my OS' PA that my knee didn't hurt as much as it did before. She replied that my x-ray and MRI didn't lie, my OS has no shortage of surgeries to perform and wouldn't hesitate to decline a TKR he didn't think absolutely necessary. Each time in the weeks post-op I had my "OMG, what have I done?" moments. But the proof is in the pudding: this weekend I walked 1/4 mi. & back to & from my neighborhood street fair with no pain. Before my RTKR, both knees would hurt like crazy at that distance, and so would my hips due to uneven leg lengths. Now I had no problem. Will I be able to run, ski downhill, or play basketball? No. But I couldn't before my surgeries. And I can be sure I can easily walk a mile when my healing is complete (unless I do something stupid like wreck another part of my body).
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ladyj
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I don't suppose either of us will be running any marathons, but why did we even try to kid ourselves that our knees didn't need doing?
It seems a strange psychological trick that we all try to pull.
It seems a strange psychological trick that we all try to pull.
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