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Becky, here's a blast from the past by The Kinks: "So tired,... tired of waiting.....tired of waiting for KNEE!" The only song I could come up with for *Tomorrow," Is from "Annie"....you know, "The sun will come up tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar....yada, yada, yada." However, after about a week, that song really grated, lol.

My body must have some sort of rigid clock when it comes to general anesthesia and intestines. For me, it has always been G/A=5 days of No Go. No matter what I ate, drank, ingested, inhaled or rubbed, it's been pretty much a 5 day rule here. I *think* more walking, olive oil and LOTS of water helps though. Good things happen to those who wait!
 
I must say, my hat's off to all of you who have gone through what I now view as the absolutely dreadful, "Staged Knee," process. I'm already tired of my recovery and it's only 2 days shy of 12 weeks! I really can't conceive of the additional time, additional energy drain (which must be huge) and going back to all the sleep disruption and every other painful and annoying aspect of TKR so very quickly, just after having had a brief taste of *normalcy.*

I wouldn't have thought so initially, but now it seems to me that bilateral or waiting a solid year (or more) is the best way to go. I fully realize we don't always have either choice, but if the choice is there, (and I so hope to wait at least a year) at least one has a shorter recovery. Again, huge kudos to all who have undergone the "Staged Knee!" You guys rock!
 
Hi Becky, I just caught up with your last week. All I can say is - Wow!! Even with my relatively smooth and thus far short recovery, I am getting grumpy and honestly sick of it. You have been such a trooper - brave and positive through thick and thin. It's so normal and understandable that you feel discouraged by the pain, sleeplessness, poop-less-ness (I'm positive that isn't a word!). This too shall pass, my friend. This process is a big ol' up and down roller coaster, and the really thrilling part is yet to come. Keep your eye on the prize, and know that your body will do it's job to heal and return to your natural happy balance. I just know you'll be reporting progress on all fronts in no time. In the meantime, feel our virtual group hug around you with you in the middle, supported by our care and concern. :friends:
 
Sara, thanks for your post. I love this group for what you described. Everyone comes along side of you and helps hold you up when you don't seem to be able to do it on your own. Then we have the opportunity to do the same for someone else.:friends:

This has been a long journey, certainly longer than I ever dreamed @Pheebs52. However a single replacement is a long recovery on its own. You are correct tho cause that little taste of normalcy can really play games with the psyche when it's snatched away again!:gaah: I don't know what I would have done without the support from this group. Wouldn't be wonderful if we could all have a ...reunuion isn't the correct word because we've never actually met to start with!

@KarriB I faithfully take Miralax every day....thanks for the humor @jaschembra!

Here is hoping and praying I sleep tonight. I don't know why I've run into a wall lately with sleep. I'm far enough out I shouldn't having this difficult time sleeping. Maybe it was the worry and stress of the MUA. Ok so that's fine and over...I need sleep :tiredwheel:.

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I hope you get some sleep tonight as well Becky - it makes everything else feel a little less awful when you are rested. Sweet Dreams :mcoffee:
 
Hope you got some good snoozing in last night.
 
The sleep fairy was a little more kind last night. I slept from midnight to 330, up for bathroom and 4-7 so much better than 2 hours the night before!

I haven't been outside for any length of time this spring/summer. I was able to play with my flowers in the yard the last two weeks of May after lefty was doing well and before Beatrice got done but that was the extent of it. I go from the car to PT, the car to church or restaurant etc. Yesterday one of our grandsons had a soccer game. Tara, the one with the new baby and I went to the game complete with little Harper. Mercy, it was so hot. We were under a canopy but still...the baby I I both were completely drained. That wasn't the best choice for my first outdoor adventure. 89 degrees and 60% humidity. Air conditioning never felt so good. I hope everyone has had a good and restful weekend.:roseshwr:
 
Sorry the weather was rough on you. I'm not sure where you live, but we have really lucked out in Michigan this summer - I haven't used the a/c much at all. I keep hearing about how hot it's been elsewhere - which is not helpful when you're already uncomfortable for other reasons! By the way, I absolutely love the name Harper. I imagine her as a friendly, honest, and self-assured young woman. That name will take her places!!

One thing good about a rough night, Becky, is that usually the next night you're so tired out that you'll sleep more. I've been on the every-other night plan for several patches during this recovery. I imagine your worry over the MUA has done a number on your sleep. I highly recommend spoken meditations on YouTube. A dear BoneSmart friend from Great Britain recommended them to me last year - she specifically likes Jason Stephenson and he really does help when your mind won't shut up with the worrying. Sleep tight, my friend.
 
Thanks @Fire wolf, hoping that too! Each day AND night is different...

@Happydale, I'm in Tennessee so we really have the heat and humidity. Harper is my great grandmothers maiden name. It's really cool that is a family name.

Thank you so much for the reminder about meditations on Utube. I actually used them a lot at the beginning of my second knee but somehow got out of the habit. I will try Jason Stephenson tonight. I've listened to Michael Sealey a lot. My DH and I have been playing revolving bedrooms. We start out in the same and usually part way through either he moves or I do. I toss and turn all night and I hate to keep him awake especially since he is working and I'm not right now! I guess eventually we will learn to sleep together again. He is having knee replacement Oct 25 so probably just in time to get messed up again! You did you knees a year apart. That might have been the smarter choice for me...:friends:
 
Ah, icing on the cake that it's a family name. I've been really getting into investigating my family roots on Ancestry. You'll have to tell Harper everything you know about your great grandma.

I think it's perfect that your husband's turn is next. You don't have to feel so bad about all his efforts to help you because you know you'll have a chance to pay him back soon. And he couldn't find a more empathetic nurse!

Thanks for Michael Sealey - I'm going to look him up right now, and see if he can put me out!!
 
hi becky...i was just going to ask you who baby Harper was named after and then i saw your post that she was named after her great grandmother. i had been wondering if she was named after Harper Lee, as that's the only time i've heard the name as a first name. it's very pretty. hope mom and baby are doing well and hope you're having a peaceful sleep tonight.
 
Our yard guy was here Sat to weed my flower garden and it was all I could do to keep from "helping" him.....ok, I pulled just a couple of weeds...but saw quickly that bending over in the sun was not the smartest idea! So, I reluctantly went back my chair and supervising! He's great with mowing and weed eating, but does not know a weed from a flower! :heehee: Oh well......

Harper was my MIL family name in AL. I love the name! So Southern, too. Hope the Sleep Fairy visited last night for you both!
 
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