LateRainNYC
junior member
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2021
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- 54
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- United States
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- Female
Greetings from the Boogie Down Bronx! I am preparing for my left TKR on May 4 and am grateful for this forum.
I have been back in NYC for five years now after living in the Midwest for 15+ years. I wish I had an x-ray of my knees from before I moved back, as I'm certain the subway stairs have gotten me to where I am today (bone-on-bone with both knees).
I have had both of my ankles fused due to arthritis and repeated sprains. The right one was done in 1990, at the age of 20, and the left one was done in 2009. All of my ankle fusion people say that knee replacement is a breeze compared to the fusion! I hope they're right.
I am working on prepping my house and getting everything together (including my new second job of dealing with paperwork for my job...)
My biggest issue is trying to figure out how soon I can get back to work. Even though I get paid, I lose out on my normal overnight differential pay, as well as overtime. I can work from home, but have to sit at a desk and talk on the phone for eight hours a day. My surgeon literally told me a week, but that doesn't seem possible. A friend who had a knee replacement was able to go back in about two weeks, but everyone on this forum seems to think it will be much longer?
I need to not use up all of my FMLA because I want to get the other knee done this year still.
I am mostly looking forward to this (that's weird, right?) Trying to fathom the surgery pain, but my daily pain is pretty bad, so I can't imagine that it can be any worse...
I worked a double shift today so I realize I might not be making sense. Maybe I'll edit later. But thanks for having me!
I have been back in NYC for five years now after living in the Midwest for 15+ years. I wish I had an x-ray of my knees from before I moved back, as I'm certain the subway stairs have gotten me to where I am today (bone-on-bone with both knees).
I have had both of my ankles fused due to arthritis and repeated sprains. The right one was done in 1990, at the age of 20, and the left one was done in 2009. All of my ankle fusion people say that knee replacement is a breeze compared to the fusion! I hope they're right.
I am working on prepping my house and getting everything together (including my new second job of dealing with paperwork for my job...)
My biggest issue is trying to figure out how soon I can get back to work. Even though I get paid, I lose out on my normal overnight differential pay, as well as overtime. I can work from home, but have to sit at a desk and talk on the phone for eight hours a day. My surgeon literally told me a week, but that doesn't seem possible. A friend who had a knee replacement was able to go back in about two weeks, but everyone on this forum seems to think it will be much longer?
I need to not use up all of my FMLA because I want to get the other knee done this year still.
I am mostly looking forward to this (that's weird, right?) Trying to fathom the surgery pain, but my daily pain is pretty bad, so I can't imagine that it can be any worse...
I worked a double shift today so I realize I might not be making sense. Maybe I'll edit later. But thanks for having me!