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Hi @cafecortado - glad you enjoyed your breakfast mmmmm..... pancakes, bacon and maple syrup - heaven on a plate!
Yes, not being able to drive is a real killer. I was given the all-clear insurance wise from my OS at 6 weeks and before I had time to 're-possess' my car and make husband use his own, I was back to square one and needing to be chauffeured. It hurt to sit yet again, and my physio thought the discomfort and changing position would affect my concentration when driving, so it was put on hold. I finally went out a few times the other week and will be taking myself off to physio tomorrow. Its so lovely to be independent again.
I have only had a couple of trips to a riverside pub since the TKR. However i have booked a table for a joint celebration of husband and daughters' birthdays (one at the beginning and one at the end of May) in a few weeks time at an amazing restaurant in Richmond upon Thames. We've been once before and the food is sensational. I must be feeling better as I didnt give the access, seating or stairs a second thought.
However .......... daughter and I have plans for a spot of late night shopping on Thursday followed by a trip to Yo! Sushi - it will be worth having a hidden camera to see me tackling either the enclosed banquette seating or the high stools - comedy gold! I'll let you all know how I get on.
Hope you get your meds sorted OK at the GPs tomorrow.
Take care
X
 
Hello @Celle and thank you, I'm so pleased you like my crafting efforts.
Accents are a weird and wonderful thing to be sure ..... in all my travels and living abroad I find that in some cases the accent gets stronger in direct relation to how far you are away from home. When we lived in Indonesia I could hardly understand our Scottish friends that were there too, their accent was so broad.
My daughter was at International School there and acquired the strange accent that is well-known to many parents of children at International Schools in Asia - sort of Brit/Aussie/with a little bit of American thrown in. She got rid of it quite quickly on her return but we still recognise it instantly and nod knowingly when we are at airports.
I confess to hanging my head in shame, that in spite of all those we know, I still find it hard to distinguish Kiwi from Aussie and American from Canadian accents.

Fascinating that you did part of your growing up in Essex - may I ask whereabouts?

ChrisX
 
We lived in Holland-on-Sea, but the high school was in Clacton.

Hubby and I went back there once - found Clacton was a bit of a dump. That doesn't alter the fact that I had a very happy childhood there, with plenty of freedom - beaches, sea, trees to climb.
One of my cousins now lives in Rayleigh.
 
Hi @dogwheels and everyone else. As to accents getting stronger away from home; you should hear my very English sister who has lived in Australia for over 50 years! No-one could mistake her for an Aussie, especially on the telephone!!

How's the healthy eating going? I'm doing fine and losing pounds - yeh!
 
Hello @Celle - busy, busy day today - booking flights back for my husband, physio .. you name it!

Clacton - well I don't think I have been there since long before I got married. We borrowed the in-laws caravan. My only recollections are of wanting to hire one of those contraptions that used to be popular, where you sat side by side under a canopy and could pedal up and down the prom. I sent his lordship off to hire one, and he came back with 2 ordinary cycles. Problem was I'd never ridden a bike. A bit of practice on the prom and we were off - through the town and out into the country side. I have never been so sore or so scared in my life! My other recollection is of not being served in a restaurant in Frinton. Lots of derogatory comments (probably because we were young and I dressed very fashionably) and insinuations that we could not afford it. Its the only time I have known my husband to let rip - he pointed out that we may be young, but I had a very responsible and highly paid job and that he would very shortly be awarded his Doctorate. They couldn't wait to serve us then, but we just swept out. I was so proud of him!
Also as a very little girl we used to visit friends in St Osyth, and travel by coach, with a comfort stop in Chelmsford en route.
I know Rayleigh quite well as I grew up in Ilford and my husband in Romford. Dashing down to Southend on a Saturday was a regular occurrence, plus my friend moved to, and still lives at Leigh on Sea. When I was at school I used to sing in all the Music Festivals around there. Those were the days. Times have changed and so have all of these places.

ChrisX
 
Hello @Judlepip - have to say I do find accents really fascinating.

Goodness girl, you are really on a roll this week! First the walking and now dropping pounds in weight.
Small lapse yesterday as daughter wanted supper with me - so fish and chips it was. It tasted wonderful though!
Back to the Cook meals for me today and I must say they are incredibly tasty and filling - but only suitable if you like spicy Asian flavours. Thai chicken patties in vegetable broth for lunch today - 147 calories - result! Don't have scales so not sure if I am winning, but the Capris went on without problem this morning :).

Enjoy your day
X
 
Pants are always the best guide - scales are rude and often mean!!
 
Hi all - I was thinking so much about Nana moon's consultation today that I wasn't too bothered about my physio session this morning ...... I've had so many they are all blurring into one big mass of bending and massage! But I want to keep my thread updated for my own sake ......

As always, I had an interesting chat while physio worked my leg over with her bionic thumbs and fingers. I wanted to know what the little ridge was that I felt just above and to one side of my knee cap. I have got to the stage that I ask her everything. Sometimes because I need to know, and sometimes because I am just plain inquisitive and it whiles away the session. I figured that it couldn't be the edge of the knee cap bit, and it turns out that sometimes, as in my case, if they stitch tightly in a deeper layer, you get a sort of pucker well under the surface that can sometimes be felt. Just thought I would pass that on, as a useless but mildly interesting bit of info.

She still appears to find my knee, its history and its problems mildly fascinating ....... whilst I am rapidly losing interest in it. I don't care that it is a bit puffy one side, it always has been. I am however interested that there is a big ridgey knot in the muscle, inside top back of knee, as that sometimes stiffens and makes walking nicely more difficult. Her best guess is it is caused by excessive over use in achieving and re-achieving a bend. My leg always feels so good once she has massaged it within an inch of its life - a massage every day would help so much - I just wish! Bend is still at 110 degrees, extension is perfect, and its looking good. We are both looking forward to the 'grand reveal' next week when Xray, surgeon and I meet up and I intend to get some more info and answers about what has been happening and the likelihood of further problems. I have booked xray first which will be sent direct to surgeon, surgeon follow-up, brief coffee break for me and then physio session where I can pass on everything he has said and make future plans.

Best news of all today for me, is she said I can start to slowly and gently resume normal life. (I think 'slowly and gently' is my middle name ........ I've lived the last 7+ weeks slowly and gently). There's nothing I am not allowed to do except kneel (which I haven't been able to do, like for ever) or twisting movements. I can do everything I want to, but not all on the same day! Climbing stairs, going out, some housework, shopping ......If it hurts I must stop - and I should expect swelling for some time to come. Trust my knee to tell me what it can and cant do, and start walking and build up the distances daily.
I'm now feeling a bit like the day you pass your driving test - you know you have got to do it, you know you can do it, but it's everso slightly scary. I have got to learn to trust the knee again and am hoping that my OS can tell me next Monday that the worst is now over and that things shouldn't go wrong again.

Hope everyone is OK - sleep well

X
 
@dogwheels

Interesting hearing about your experience in Frinton. We never went into Frinton much. Mum considered the people there "too posh"! Perhaps she was right.

My brother and I used to ride along The Front, from Holland to Clacton, on his little tricycle. He was 3 and I was 7. We would take turns, with one pedalling and one standing at the back. My mother allowed us to go anywhere, as long as we took our dog with us. We even used to swim, with no adults supervising, and would follow the combine harvester, picking up the straw that it missed. It makes my hair stand on end now, to think of the risks we took.
 
Ah @dogwheels I'm glad the PT was ok and I'm really over the moon that you were thinking about me. You are such a good and kind friend. You've, no idea how many times you've pulled me out of a black hole lately, helping me rationalise the irrational and so forth. I will try and stay in touch,although it won't be every night. I have to walk to the next caravan site to poach the wifi! If the weathers awful I don't go out, the rain comes down like stair rods up there. I've said this before, you don't get greenery like that without plenty of water! I shall be back on Sunday night late. We have a funeral to go to on Monday my husbands ex boss and my next hospital appointment is on Tuesday. Weather and cash permitting we may go back up Wednesday, we'll have to see x x x

I totally agree about the daily PT it would create miracles for us all! Utopia!
Love Nana moon 27 xxxx
 
Just thought I would post this pic of my garden visitor today. They live just the other side of my fence and come into my garden for a bit of sunbathing most days!

[Bonesmart.org] Oh Baby feel the (k)need in me - the sequel ..
 
Oh, yes!
Our son and his wife used to have a flat in Balham. They often had a fox in their garden. They could always smell when he had passed through their garden - he must have marked it as he went.
 
Hey @dogwheels just catching up on post. Sounds like you had a good PT session. I know what you mean when you described life resuming as passing your driving test, it's a weird time! I didn't really get to test out my first knee before my second was done. The first is still quite stiff & swollen, I wonder when that will go :( I'm interested in what you said about the tight stitching. I have a bit on my first knee that almost a feels like the implant is wanting to poke through and is sore to touch, maybe it's stitching? Mmmm thanks for that, I think you might have given me an answer :) night! X


Bernie UK
RTKR 22nd January 2014
LTKR 2nd April 2014
 
Hi @dogwheels, I loved the photo of the fox, talk about relax and make yourself at home! I'm sure Gilbert wouldn't be keen though.
That's brilliant news that you can resume normal life, albeit slowly and gently. You must be so pleased, you've had to put up with such a lot. Freedom beckons.
How is the Cook diet going? I have cut out all wheat products for a fortnight now, and haven't lost an ounce!! I need to get exercising more, but it's difficult when you can't walk properly let alone run!
When is your husband due home, it's lovely having some time on your own but I bet you will be glad when he gets home.
I went to the pool again this morning and did a DIY hydro session, it definitely improves things. I really felt the scar stretching and almost a tearing feeling whilst using the arm band on my ankle. I'm seeing the physio for massage tomorrow so hopefully she can build on that stretch.
Have a good day, xx Lyn
 
Hi @Ellejay - yes, my garden is certainly home from home for those foxes. However it is very cold and drizzly here so no signs of them today. As for Gilbert I think he would be most unimpressed.
Yes good news about the knee, it's a bit stiff and achy from the 'going over' yesterday, but that's nothing new. I think I am at the point where resting and taking it gently is making the 'big' muscles a bit stiff - so the gradual return to normality will exercise and strengthen them as a matter of course. Husband and daughter are delighted, but are equally concerned about me overdoing. As if I am likely to do anything to mess things up after the repeat performance I have been through!
I still maintain as I have said to you before, this recovery has been poles apart in terms of sensation and movement. I am hyper aware of anything different and mention it to my PT, but she says it's all quite normal. My OS will earn his money at my follow up next week, I want some more answers and explanations now that I can tell him how the last weeks have panned out.
I think the extensive massage I have had this time round has helped hugely. PT says it is strange that she can still see 'pulling' over the area of my old scar - it may be ancient scar tissue below. But that area has had quite a lot of poking around over the years, so perhaps not surprising. Around the new scar is great though, and I am getting some sensation back in the 'numb' bit. It just all feels so easier. I can now bend the TKR up to the same height as the other, with only about half an inch difference in heel position. I cannot remember how many years it has been since that happened, so I am sure the massage will help your ROM too.
The Cook diet is going remarkably well. Really nice meals if you like spicy and I am not at all hungry. I am combining them with fat free yoghurts, Nakd bars, fresh fruit and my usual cholesterol busting cereal for brekkie. I have no scales but the summer capris went on easily yesterday so I figure it is doing some good!
Husband sailed into their destination yesterday afternoon, L'Orient. He and a fellow crew member have a bit of travelling this afternoon to catch their flight from Rennes to Southampton. He's catching the train back to our other house as it is Club racing tomorrow night, and a regatta on Saturday. Sailing comes first! The uninitiated would think he would want to be on dry land, but no - boaties never tire of the water. He'll be home late Saturday afternoon and it will be good to have him back. However I spent most of my married life with him travelling and coming and going for work, so it is nothing new for either of us.
Well its turned quite chilly so I am off to turn the heating on and see what Cook delight I can have for lunch.
Take care and talk later XX
 
Love you foxy visitor! I live just off of a greenbelt with hills and things - our more likely visitor would be a coyote...well, likely if not for Peter and Chloe standing guard!

Still very interesting to me how your two recoveries were so different - wonder if you'll ever know what actually happened...
 
Hi @dogwheels I love your visitor. He looks well at home x x have to say what a beautiful lawn, no wonder he likes it! It's beautiful.

I have to keep this short because it is freezing and windy and I can feel rain starting. I'm in the next site so I can make contact! A word of advice (if you don't mind?) I would suggest that you write down on a card your two or three biggest concerns and hand it to him. Have a bullet pointed list of your issues with a spare copy for him if he begins to glaze over! That helped me immensely yesterday. The surgeon yesterday was grateful that the visit was well planned and time efficient for us both! That was @Chihuahuan's suggestion and it worked. The bullet point list is what Josephine recommends.

I always think the best way to judge weight loss is by your clothes. I threw my scales away at one stage because I go had got obsessive with them. Just so totally stupid really but it happened. I go by clothes now. I trying to be good but I'm not really committed. I need to be because the excess weight is no good to any of my joints.

@Ellejay I'm glad that you are back safe and ok. I'm glad you did some water based exercises. I'm hoping to go to the over 50's aquafit again here tomorrow. I really do enjoy it. They're such a great crowd.

Please be very careful regarding any tearing sensation. I don't want you to mess up when you have this lovely holiday planned. I've never been to France so I'm really looking forward to hearing all about it as well as @Yorkshiregal54 Inca trail. What an adventure!

Right I'm really going now. The weather is seriously deteriorating. Love Nana moon 27 xxxx
 
Hi @Nana moon 27 - sorry I 'missed' you this evening, and sorry also that your weather isn't great. It hasn't been such a good day here weather wise either. How's your knee doing and your chest? I hope that you are not suffering too much.

Thanks for the advice, I do intend writing down my questions for my OS - but just as an aide memoire for me. Although I would like some answers, it is nowhere near as important as what you had to go through with your consultation. He is a lovely man and we get on very well, plus he has been sorting out my knees for the last 6 years so have got to know each other. (Would you believe it - he sails as well!) He takes a lot of time to explain things and is very empathetic so I have no real worries about the check-up - but I intend to get my money's worth and get those further explanations!

I took myself in the car to our local shops today. Just went to the Post Office (and queued as usual), quick look in a nice gift shop and picked up a couple of yoghurts in Waitrose and then came home. I wasn't out long, but I went solo and all was well - however I was hyper aware of shopping trolleys and badly behaved kids! Tomorrow my daughter is coming after work to take me late night shopping and then we are going to Yo Sushi if I am able to clamber into a booth or climb onto a high stool :rotfl:

Hope you enjoy the rest of your time away - look after yourself!

XX
 
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