TKR My Journey

[sistersinhim]

Some women loose some hair after menopause. Some don't. I have some thinning in the front, but my back is still nice and thick! It probably depends on your genes.

 

[Jockette]

Those genes again! They can be drama queens, also!

 

[Beckadeez]

@Jockette I’m all for slow growing leg hair. Bring it on!

@MyTest I will look that up right now. Trust me, I have PLENTY of stress!

 

[Beckadeez]

@sistersinhim I’m thin all over my head but more so in the front. I can see my scalp.

 

[Beckadeez]

@MyTest That’s my hair problem exactly. Thank you! I

 

[ChrissiG]

I’m 67 and all the hair on my legs and arms has disappeared entirely! (And I was brunette so quite hairy!) Some compensations to getting older!

 

[Beckadeez]

@ChrissiG Ooh, I hope that happens to me. I’m so tired of shaving.

 

[nuttybrunette]

Don't worry about the hair loss, might just make it worse It will come back!!!

 

[Mutti3]

@ChrissiG same here! But I still have a lot of hair on my head.

 

[Beckadeez]

@nuttybrunette Oh yes. Must think positively. I WILL have my thick, luxurious hair back.

 

[Eeek]

I‘m 63. had chemo in 2011 and lost all my hair. Leg hair never came back. I am on estrogen supressing drugs, too. The hair on my head is ok, so I guess it really does depend on each person.

 

[Beckadeez]

@Eeek It does. My mom had chemo in 2009 and her hair didn’t completely grow back. I should be grateful for what I do have. I’m glad your chemo was successful, btw. You’ve been through the wringer.

 

[Eeek]

It‘s ok though. I mean i‘m happy, pretty ok despite this and that. Better than the alternative of having no options, right?

 

[Beckadeez]

@Eeek For sure

 

[Beckadeez]

Well, now my left knee is starting to hurt worse. I’m dreading what I know is coming.

 

[HoneyB]

Anesthesia can cause hair loss. I've noticed having lots more hair in my hair brush after having both knees done so close together. Hair loss due to anesthesia is usually temporary.

 

[MyTest]

@Beckadeez Hi. Do you already have arthritis in the left knee?

 

[Jockette]

Well, now my left knee is starting to hurt worse. I’m dreading what I know is coming.

When my other knee starts complaining I just tell it to stop, and that it’s fine. So far it’s listening.

 

[SusieShoes]

Sorry to hear your left knee is acting up. Often if one knee is bad enough for TKR, the other either gets angry at the extra work load it had to provide for those post-surgical months -- in which case it might settle down -- or it has problems of its own that get noticed more once the first knee feels much better.

Hope your knee settles down and you can enjoy the summer in your beautiful part of the country.

 

[HoneyB]

@Beckadeez - Even though my RTKR rehab probably isn't any easier physically than my LTKR rehab was, I'm finding it to be easier mentally. For one thing, when I have trouble doing an ADL activity or a PT activity, I know that activity will probably be easier next week....or even tomorrow. I just feel better prepared this time and a lot of that is probably mental preparation. I did dread the second one going into it, but the time seems to be going by faster with it than it did with the first one.