Bob_notts
new member
Hi folks, I am new to the forum living in the UK in Robin Hood county. I am a left leg below knee amputee of 50 years now and 10 weeks post op with TKR in my right and ONLY leg. I have had 3 surgeries on my left leg ending with my amputation and 6 surgeries on my right leg culminating in my knee being replaced.
My amputation was a result of being knocked off my motorcycle when I was 16 by a 30 ton lorry and as I recovered and got back to being "me" I thought if I have now got back to what I was before is it possible to reach even further? So I did all sorts of crazy stuff which made me become a risk taker and as a result I did not take much care of myself.
Unfortunately this lead to being run over at work by a 7 ton fork lift truck which resulted in 3 surgeries and being in a wheelchair for a year. Arthritis kicked in so the surgeon suggested cycling which was awesome till seven years later when I was knocked off my mountain bike and blew my PCL in my knee again and had 2 more surgeries.
I was in my late 30s then and was told I would be unemployable by my early 50s.
Err they where wrong lol.
I worked till 65 and had my knee eventually replaced last November at 66 years old
Life is now good again, I am reasonably pain free and have 130 degrees knee movement which is more than before my new knee
#amputee
My amputation was a result of being knocked off my motorcycle when I was 16 by a 30 ton lorry and as I recovered and got back to being "me" I thought if I have now got back to what I was before is it possible to reach even further? So I did all sorts of crazy stuff which made me become a risk taker and as a result I did not take much care of myself.
Unfortunately this lead to being run over at work by a 7 ton fork lift truck which resulted in 3 surgeries and being in a wheelchair for a year. Arthritis kicked in so the surgeon suggested cycling which was awesome till seven years later when I was knocked off my mountain bike and blew my PCL in my knee again and had 2 more surgeries.
I was in my late 30s then and was told I would be unemployable by my early 50s.
Err they where wrong lol.
I worked till 65 and had my knee eventually replaced last November at 66 years old
Life is now good again, I am reasonably pain free and have 130 degrees knee movement which is more than before my new knee
#amputee