Weezy
graduate
This is a bit of good news/bad news...my RTKR recovery is going fabulously and I'm very quickly getting back to "normal" life. I can't believe that at 4 weeks I rode my bike a mile (could have gone further but it was too cold!), drove, can walk well without crutches, and am going up stairs leg-over-leg.
This recovery has been miles ahead of my LTKR, and I'm grateful. I'm more stable with less pain at 4 weeks than I was at 8 weeks last year. Just goes to show how different recoveries can be--even with one person!
Like Jo said in a couple of other posts...some who recover quickly move on and don't keep posting...and I'm most likely going to be one of those.
And for me, that's the bad news! The last few days I've found myself too busy to have the time to post, and I've realized that I'm reaching that point of life resuming to the point where computer time means work (my business is booming too!) and I'm ready to start getting out and about now, especially after discovering yesterday that I can drive just fine.
I'll probably keep popping in occasionally for a while, but I know that I'll most likely just fade away...so I wanted to be sure that I said a big THANK YOU to everyone here. You all were so important in my first TKR, talking sense into me and helping me understand what was happening. And I really think my second TKR went much better, in part, because of what I had learned here (and finding a different surgeon!).
One of the biggest things everyone did for me the first time was to help me to understand the need for pain pills and to not be afraid to take them when I needed them--or to think I was weak for needing them. If I ever have the chance to pass on information about TKRs, that is it--TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS. Pain control has been one of the biggest differences in this TKR, and life is so much better when one is not screaming in pain because of fear of addiction and thinking that pain meds shouldn't be necessary after two or three weeks.
This time around, you all have helped me stay grounded in reality about the time necessary to recover, and have boosted my spirits when they started to sag or I started to feel sorry for myself. There are so many beautiful, loving and giving souls here, and your loving spirits carry through cyberspace to bring comfort. Your willingness to share your strength and love is incredible, and I am blessed for having known you.
Even though I may not post as often in the future, I know I will continue to think of all of you and will try to pop in occasionally to see what everyone is doing. This is a fabulous forum that does more good than anyone will ever realize.
If anyone wants to keep in touch off-line (I DO love to receive and quickly answer e-mails even though I may not be reading the forum), please feel free to send me an e-mail! I tend to live on my computer many hours a day while working.
Blessings and good wishes to you all--you are the most amazing and wonderful group of people I have ever had the honor to meet.
And here's the "formal" signature line now...somehow it makes it more real that I'm moving on.... (both crying and smiling right now).
Louise Lien Lahore, Ed.D
Doc Weezy's Academic Services
[email protected]
"When you need dissertation or thesis relief!"
This recovery has been miles ahead of my LTKR, and I'm grateful. I'm more stable with less pain at 4 weeks than I was at 8 weeks last year. Just goes to show how different recoveries can be--even with one person!
Like Jo said in a couple of other posts...some who recover quickly move on and don't keep posting...and I'm most likely going to be one of those.
And for me, that's the bad news! The last few days I've found myself too busy to have the time to post, and I've realized that I'm reaching that point of life resuming to the point where computer time means work (my business is booming too!) and I'm ready to start getting out and about now, especially after discovering yesterday that I can drive just fine.
I'll probably keep popping in occasionally for a while, but I know that I'll most likely just fade away...so I wanted to be sure that I said a big THANK YOU to everyone here. You all were so important in my first TKR, talking sense into me and helping me understand what was happening. And I really think my second TKR went much better, in part, because of what I had learned here (and finding a different surgeon!).
One of the biggest things everyone did for me the first time was to help me to understand the need for pain pills and to not be afraid to take them when I needed them--or to think I was weak for needing them. If I ever have the chance to pass on information about TKRs, that is it--TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS. Pain control has been one of the biggest differences in this TKR, and life is so much better when one is not screaming in pain because of fear of addiction and thinking that pain meds shouldn't be necessary after two or three weeks.
This time around, you all have helped me stay grounded in reality about the time necessary to recover, and have boosted my spirits when they started to sag or I started to feel sorry for myself. There are so many beautiful, loving and giving souls here, and your loving spirits carry through cyberspace to bring comfort. Your willingness to share your strength and love is incredible, and I am blessed for having known you.
Even though I may not post as often in the future, I know I will continue to think of all of you and will try to pop in occasionally to see what everyone is doing. This is a fabulous forum that does more good than anyone will ever realize.
If anyone wants to keep in touch off-line (I DO love to receive and quickly answer e-mails even though I may not be reading the forum), please feel free to send me an e-mail! I tend to live on my computer many hours a day while working.
Blessings and good wishes to you all--you are the most amazing and wonderful group of people I have ever had the honor to meet.
And here's the "formal" signature line now...somehow it makes it more real that I'm moving on.... (both crying and smiling right now).
Louise Lien Lahore, Ed.D
Doc Weezy's Academic Services
[email protected]
"When you need dissertation or thesis relief!"
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