Hi- I am playing catch-up again! And just reading the past few days’ posts. Thank you for the wishes for our son. Thankfully, he seems to be doing much better....I have to think he will have to be a little careful about his diet ( he loves meat - lots of pork where he is in Germany, it seems, and, super spicy foods). I have to think he doesn’t want to go through his past experience again, he was in a lot of pain. So! Healthier eating for our 44 year old son. And good news ( that hopefully is not thwarted by the newest Covid surge), he & his girlfriend are booking tickets to visit early February. We last saw him in September, but as she is from Italy, she could not come . We haven’t seen her in over 2 years & love her dearly, so we are doubly excited.
Ouch! I bet your knee Did hurt! I made the mistake of going into our backyard without my cane , thankfully, Before my surgery! I nearly had a nasty fall, as our backyard is not totally even. I was able to recover, but it did scare me, so post surgery, having my cane is indelibly marked on my brain! But, we do manage to not always do what’s best for us , when those we love need us. I’m glad you did no damage at least. As Mamas & wives & often caretakers, we’re gonna be there if we are needed.
@Scaredycat10..... I Totally relate! ( I often wondered about your moniker, you always have sounded so brave to me). If you’ve seen my first post, you’ll see that I was more or less dragged here “ kicking & screaming” as the saying goes ( well, not That bad, but, very resistant). I was regularly reminded, “ you are going to have to get that knee replaced” by friends & family, even told by a therapist that I was looking at a knee replacement before long , not too far down the road. But I had memories of numerous surgeries when I was 19-20 for ulcerative colitis, and several other surgeries through the years. As far as I was concerned, I wasn’t interested in any “ elective” surgery - if it wasn’t a matter of life or death, I wanted no part of it. Then my knee got so bad, I had no choice. There were other “ interruptions “ - the pandemic, I didn’t want to go near a hospital; our grandson would be starting 1st grade, in school, & we’d had Him here 2 days a week while his parents both worked from home - I wasn’t about to miss Any of that time. So, then in august, we saw my surgeon, & it was obvious my knee needed replacing. By the time my surgery was days away, I was in such pain, I couldn’t wait. All was going well until my incision became infected, then 6 days in the hospital & cleanout surgery. I had been thinking all along, “ don’t want to even Think about that!”. Well, my body had other ideas. It Has set me back some, but, I’m progressing daily, & my PTs are both pleased. I feel like I am on the upside now. And looking forward to our Farmers Market here in the spring/ summer. We’ve made some close friends, & love going. Last year was quite painful, so this year, we’ll both enjoy it so much more. And looking forward to more of those grandson visits. And our garden!
I started this last night, pooped out, finishing it this morning. I’m happy to report that my husband and I now take a daily walk of roughly 25 minutes! This was one of my big goals. We even went one day when it was Windy! And cold. We’re planning to extend the walks a bit, at some point, I’ll be ready for going uphill. But I’m just so very happy to be doing our 25 minutes. I read where several on this thread talked about the joy of walking. I heartedly agree!
I’m glad you recovered from your ODIC experience. It’s amazing that something that feels so good, & is actually fun, can be so mean! Doesn’t hit you at the moment, but later......ouch! I guess that has been one of the biggest lessons from this forum..... listen to your body. Don’t overdo. But even seeing other’s experiences, we all seem to do it before we realize..
OK! Signing off for now. Beautiful day here for walking, 60 & sunny!
well done!
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I was rudely awoken by my doxie, who heard a movement in the house, so she decided it was potty time 
and rest as much as you can. When I used my peddler, I set it on zero tolerance and set myself a time starting first couple of days at 5 minutes and then every 3 days adding 1 minute on, my PT told me never to do more than 20 minutes.
jolly hope you are not out walking at this time in the morning, I see you are from Cheshire, My dad was born and raised there and up until last year my Aunty Molly still lived here, she died just before her one hundredth birthday, she lived in Neston on the Wirral.
the two boys would run behind us and hide!
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I could see I had swelled up a good bit so took a painkiller it’s still there but not as bad. I did read on other posts people seemed to be having the same issue.
very big personalities!
