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Hi guys sorry I have been AWOL had a lovely weekend away but boy did I pay for it afterwards :cry:

I have a crappy cold now too so totally feeling sorry for myself!:hehe:

How are you all?

I am still fuming about my appointment and feel silly for being so patient and not speaking up sooner about why we had waited so long!
 
Hi Natalie, I was just looking for your thread and there you bumped it up to the front! Tell us about your lovely weekend away!


I am doing great at 5 months post-op this week. I have many days where I don't think about my knee at all, I forget to ice or take tylenol. I know I have things to work on such as quad strengthening. Stairs would be easier if I got that muscle stronger.

I hope things are improving for you, Nat!
 
Hey - there you are! I was wondering what you were up to. Glad you were off having fun.

You know the regime - ice, elevate and most important let us know on BoneSmart how you are doing.

Great to hear from you Natalie. Please keep in touch!
 
Hey Susie you sound like you are doing so well I am so pleased for you :) xxx

Hi Jaycey lovely to see you :thmb:I did lots of icing and elevating and now I am trying to avoid the terrible ice we have no snow here but treacherous conditions for people with walking sticks!:shk:

My weekend consisted of wonderful relaxing trips to the spa where we swam and went in the sauna steam rooms and jacuzzi and had massages :) Then we had lovely meals and went shopping which is where I really suffered,we went to a huge indoor shopping centre,The Trafford Centre,for all in the UK and OMG I was in so much pain after just a small amount of walking we reckon I had to sit 20 times the day we went there we arrived at 1pm and left at 8pm and had lunch and dinner in that time so had a good 2 hour resting aswell as all the little rests!That night I got up to go to the bathroom and I couldn't even put my foot down onto the floor because I had shooting pains through my knee :(

It took about 4 days for it to feel right again I just suppose it is something I need to put up with for now!
 
Well, silly you! Why didn't you get an electric scooter to do your shopping? All centres have them now. Hope you're soon feeling better. And you have some lovely memories to dream on!

As for that incident at the hospital, put it behind you and move on. No point in dwelling on it.
 
Major retail therapy there. That's alot of walking for anyone! Good that you got out and about though.

You make a very good point about the ice and walking sticks. We all need to go slow in this weather. I just got my Yaktraks (ice cleats for shoes) as I have the same fear of falling.

Stay warm!
 
Oh Natalie, the massages, jacuzzi and saunas sound wonderful!!!!! :wub:

I'm glad you were able to get away and do that. I agree with Jo, I'd have taken advantage of the scooter! No sense in walking around too much if you don't have to. Yes, it's an amazing thing when you start to forget you have a new knee. It's not every day yet but it is often. Now I really need to lose some weight so the rest of me will feel just as good.

It's good to hear from you, Nat! :wink:
 
Natalie, I am so glad you were able to get away. The spa stuff sounds so nice! But that much walking is way more than I could even imagine doing at this point. I hope you recover from it soon. Going on a trip sounds like such a good idea. I wish we could do that at some point, but right now all our trips involve family obligations and money is tight. Maybe this summer . . .
 
Thanks guys it did really help to chill despite the pain from the walking we had a lovely time :) We still haven't had results from hubbys scans so it helped him too.

Regarding the scooter we couldn't get one they were all on loan already :skep:

Susie I am healthy eating too in hope losing a bit of weight will make me feel good :)

Rebecca lovely to see you how are you?We actually got a fab deal through a local supermarket reward scheme we have here,you collect all the points all year round then you can exchange points for various things including holidays and hotels so we got a 2 night stay including £60 of vouchers to spend in the hotel for nothing :) Well not nothing as we do our weekly shop there!

Had a bit of an odd day yesterday I was at PT and he has decided he doesn't want to see me anymore,I am managing 90 degrees at the best now and he doesn't think he can do anything else for me :( I managed to persuade him to review me every month as I would hate to go backwards and have no one to see.

I think there is loads more he can help me with but I am willing to do them alone if I can,I still need to get off crutches I am using one,I want to be able to manage the stairs properly eventually and I have so much muscle strengthening to do but hey I can do all that alone :)
 
Well, I suppose it's a step forward. Do you have an exercise cycle, btw? There's nothing like a cycle for the ROM!
 
Natalie....how great to have a special holiday AND have it as a bonus just for buying things you would purchase anyway!!! Good for you. Take things easy and your pain will get better....but, then...you KNOW that! I am glad you and hubby had some special time....it sounds wonderful.
 
Hi Guys how are you all?

Jo I don't have an exercise bike but I have pedals so I use them but I would love to advance to an exercise bike now so if anyone has any reccomendations that would be great :)

I'm doing ok not really been far because of the weather so just been keeping up with physio and getting myself ready for Christmas I have done all my shopping online this year and it is great to just recieve it at the door and then wrap it :)

I have changed my meds from MST back to Tramadol so another step in the right direction :)
 
well, hello there! Good to hear you are progressing little by little.

Did you hear from that Daily Mirror guy yet? I've not heard from him.
 
Hi, Natalie!!! How nice to hear from you! Merry Christmas.

I did the online shopping thing too. This is my second year and I adore the bargains I can get and the convenience of shopping in my jammies. I'm hooked!!! This year my favorite stores had pre-Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day (a holiday here in the US) and I got great prices without the hoards of rowdy people who shopped on Black Friday. I can't believe it can be that easy!!!

So how are you feeling?
 
Natalie,

It sounds like you are doing better! I am so glad. I think of you often. I am feeling good and being careful not to do too much. It's challenging with the holidays. We have lots of people coming to our house for Christmas dinner, but we're going to make most of the food ahead of time and we're using paper plates this year. I do not have the energy to deal with the china and the silver. If anyone has a problem with it, they can find somewhere else to eat that day! The food will be good, and everyone should have a good time, and maybe I won't be too worn out.
 
I don't think anyone every looked back on a Christmas dinner celebration and remembered the good china!!! Besides, paper plates can be gorgeous these days!!! Good plan!

Now if they could just invent paper pots and pans.....:ee:
 
Paper plates sounds like a great idea Rebecca :)Glad you are doing ok huni xxx

It's just me and the hunny this year as we take it in turns with the kids dad to have them over christmas I hate it and we miss them like mad but it is only fair.

Jamie I'm ok how you have you had the op on your tongue?xx
 
Yep, tongue whacked and healing nicely now. No cancer (didn't really think that was an issue anyway), but the surgeon said there was a lot of inflammation under the growth and some "irregular" cells on the perimeter. So it was definitely a good thing to have it done. The actual laser surgery was really no big deal. I needed some pain meds at night for a few days to sleep, but mostly it didn't hurt all that much.

So...as you guys say...done and dusted!! Thanks for asking!
 
Hi Natalie, great to hear you are progressing well. Hope you aren't too stranded with all the snow!

Internet shopping was my method this year as well - except the deliveries aren't happening due to weather!

Keep in touch!
 
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