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Happy that you are feeling better! Good for you for getting on the pool and hot tub. That must have felt heavenly after feeling so lousy. Cold morning here (38) but this will bring on the beautiful fall colors.
 
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Sometimes I think the Dodgers have a post-season curse. @Rob 68, do you have ties to Brooklyn or Los Angeles? I generally don't associate Tennessee with Dodger fans. The boys in blue could have used you in the stands, rooting them on. That might have made the difference in game 5. LOL. Oh well, at least @cairistiona60's Toronto Blue Jays are still in the running. So at least one Bonesmartie's happy.
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Actually, I had to overcome a family tradition of supporting the St. Louis Cardinals. My entire family was born in Arkansas, but my dad and mom happened to be in Illinois, East St. Louis actually, when I came along. For some reason, I just didn't take to the Cardinals. The first baseball I really paid much attention to was the 1955 World Series, which the Dodgers, of course, won over the Yankees. This was a year after the Supreme Court officially ended school segregation in its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, and my school was one of the first to integrate. Not claiming any advanced political views as a 9-year-old, but I looked at the two teams in that WS and noted that the Dodgers looked a lot more like my class looked. And they had the coolest names - Duke, Pee Wee, Roy, Carl, Sandy, and, of course, Jackie. Later, when I matured a bit, I learned the true significance of that last name and the man behind it. Been a true-Blue baseball fan ever since the '55 Series, and a Dodger organization fan for more than just the baseball since around 1960.

Long-winded story, I know, but there it is.

BTW, bought a tennis ball machine last week and have been on the court several times already with it. My strokes need some work and my hand is blistered, but it sure feels good to be out there again. Not running much yet, but I am bouncing around some with no pain or discomfort. I'm determined to be ready to play when Rafa settles down in his new home. :tennis:
 
:( went swimming too soon. boo. feeling a bit under the weather again. gotta redouble the fluids, take a nap, after, of course, treating myself to a yummy lunch of hot soup.

One of the reasons why I did the pool exercise was I was worried about being too inactive. How have others dealt with keeping the knee flexible while under the weather?
 
Thanks for sharing your story, @Rob 68. Be fascinating to talk to you some time about your experiences in elementary school. I'm a bit younger than you, but I have a couple of memories from the 1950's. I love talking about history with people who've lived through it. I;m not sure how far afield from joint replacements these threads can wander, so I'll leave it at that.

Be gentle on your knee, Rob, as you ease back into tennis. Promise?
 
You won't lose any ROM or flexibility if you're not well and spend most of your time in bed. You may be a little stiff at first, but it will all come back. You don't have to exercise to either increase or maintain ROM.
 
@Celle so when could we give up doing the heel slides and other exercises daily without feeling guilty??
 
Whenever you like. No need to feel guilty.
Just tuck your feet back under your chair when you're sitting at the table. That's a heel slide incorporated into your daily life.

Right from the start, I only did the occasional heel slide to see how my ROM was increasing. I never did them as a daily exercise, but I did tuck my feet under my office chair every now and then, while i was working.
I've never had my ROM measured either, but I estimate it to be somewhere between 125 and 130.
 
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Thank you, Celle. My knee was feeling stiff, as you probably surmised. Good to know I shouldn't worry.

Hot and sour soup, kung pao scallops. tummy full and happy. cold symptoms put on notice: there's a new sheriff in town. plus won ton soup and chicken in curry sauce to go for later. yum. I feel a nap coming on.
 
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Be gentle on your knee, Rob, as you ease back into tennis. Promise?
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Of course I will. I may be on the court with the ball machine for 90 minutes, but almost half of that is picking up balls and returning them to the hopper. And I'm strictly working on stroke mechanics, not on movement at all, except for re-learning how to bounce on my toes while waiting for the machine to feed another ball. I'm already sensing that I can never play the way I did BS (before surgery), which was to run down every shot and eventually wear down the opponent. So I have to learn how to end points more quickly, which means re-learning most of my shots. The machine gives me a dependable opponent so I don't have to depend on other people's schedules.

I'm also working on a routine: one day of bike, two days of hitting, a day off, one day of bike, etc. Schedule is subject to adjustment, depending on weather, other commitments, what Rafa says, etc. I am definitely easing my way back into this thing, but please don't stop reminding me of that. Sometimes I get a bit goofy and bullheaded, as my bride :hi: of 45 years will tell you. :roseshwr:
 
Hi, SJ. Just caught up with your thread. Apart from the horrid cold (which I hope you have recovered from now), it sounds like you are doing ok and continuing to improve. That is very good to hear. Are you enjoying Dr Who?
 
SarahJane said:
This week's weekly update:

No changes since last week. Which is good news.

Isn't it wonderful to have a three and a half month update where there's nothing new to report about my knee?
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Seems the old bromide about a different world after the 3-month mark actually holds up. I, too, haven't posted much recently, for the very same reason you mention above. Still enjoy following the recoveries of our July Sizzlers or whatever they call us. Proud of all of you. :yay:
 
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