Revision TKR Story of My Knees by RestAssured: Pt 3

[KneeAware]

Hi @Hopper , how are you doing?

 

[RestAssured]

Thanks @Hopper! We like to tease each other but I still promise to be there snapping photos when @JustmeT decides to bungee jump!

I am working out 5 days a week w Abby my trainer! Hard work and massages are helping after 3 years! ;0)

 

[KneeAware]

Ok, Ok, I will bungee jump no problem, you demonstrate how's it done @RestAssured and I will do it!! Make sure your batteries are charged in that camera of yours because I won't be going the second time!!!! I will be off skydiving....lol! !!!!

@Hopper after three years I have to have a revision of the left knee, been putting it off ten months now but will be getting it done in October. The right knee is fine though, don't even remember its a pkr in there most of the time.

 

[RestAssured]

Hello Everyone!

I would like to share some things I am FINALLY learning as a result of being a "hard core member" of the ODIC club!

1. If you push your body beyond what is reasonable, it WILL shove you back to the voice of reason!
2. Always listen to what your body is telling you. If it is ignored, bad things can happen!
3. You know your body better than a fill in trainer. If you know something needs to change, speak up before you end up regretting it.
4. Get adequate sleep, the body will run out of fuel, putting you at risk for more significant injuries!
5. Follow a healthy eater no plan and your exercise regime will be easier.
6. Drink at least 1/2 of your body's weight worth in water. Even if you swim you still need hydration. Example; If I weigh 250, that would mean I would need 125 ounces of water a day. Around a gallon a day. If I exercise heavily, I will need to up the water depending on the activity.

I work out a lot though, so depending on your activity level, try to get in a few glasses a day. It doesn't have to be as much as I said, whatever is comfortable for each individual will do.

Why am I giving advice? Well, I wish I would have followed these steps! My foot is broken, my ankle is caving inward, but the worst part is that I have damaged my heart by not stopping when I knew I was in A Fib.

Be kind to your body, it's the only place you have to live!

 

[Campervan]

OUCH Sonja @RestAssured
You have been enjoying so much the life you now have but I think you know that life sometimes sends a curve ball which means you need to change director or pace.

Does the heart problem mean you can't continue with all your fitness?

God bless you my friend.

 

[Celle]

Sweet Sonja, @RestAssured
Please look after yourself. Have you had that broken foot fixed yet?

And do get your A-Fib sorted out.
My husband developed heart failure and an enlarged heart because of A-Fib. Now that he has stopped fibrillating and is controlled by medication, he is no longer in heart failure and the size of his heart has decreased again.

 

[Roy Gardiner]

1. If you push your body beyond what is reasonable, it WILL shove you back to the voice of reason!
2. Always listen to what your body is telling you. If it is ignored, bad things can happen!
3. You know your body better than a fill in trainer. If you know something needs to change, speak up before you end up regretting it.
4. Get adequate sleep, the body will run out of fuel, putting you at risk for more significant injuries!
5. Follow a healthy eater no plan and your exercise regime will be easier.
6. Drink at least 1/2 of your body's weight worth in water. Even if you swim you still need hydration.

This is top advice IMO, thanks.

The only bit I'd question is the drinking bit; over what period of time are we speaking? Half my body weight is 40kg or 10 gallons.

 

[Celle]

I agree that you need to drink if you are swimming, because you lose fluid without realizing it.

I'm dubious about drinking gallons of water, though. The idea that you need to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day was seized on by the companies that sell bottled water as a superb marketing tool, and it has become an urban myth.

However, it is not supported by kidney specialists.
They say that, yes, you do need a total fluid intake of about that amount, but that much of that necessary fluid intake is provided in the food you eat.
You have an efficient means of knowing when you need to drink - the thirst mechanism.

You will need to consciously drink extra fluid if you are exercising, and in very hot weather.

 

[Pumpkin]

I agree with Celle, #6 has a math error about how much water to drink. Drink when you are thirsty, and be sure you are staying hydrated when exercising.

 

[Jamie]

I agree about the water. It is actually possible to drink too much water if one is trying to consume gallons of it each day. However, it is important to adequately hydrate depending on your activity level and the environment you're in.

I find this is especially important for me as an a-fib patient. My a-fib is basically controlled by an ablation I had in 2011, but when I'm outside in a humid environment...even if I'm not doing anything strenuous... perspiration can do me in if I don't drink liquids with some regularity. That puts me in a-fib later in the day. @Poppet gave me the excellent suggestion recently to sip, not gulp. And to drink fluids like Gatorade that replenish other body requirements than just the water. This has made a huge difference for me.

 

[LaPaz]

Sonja sorry to hear about your foot and FIB problems. Hope you can get back to your normal routine soon. I think we all know to listen to our bodies but at times we do tend to cross the line. As for water, it is my favorite drink but at times I even need more than just water for dehydration when it is hot I try to drink at least one glass of electrolytes a day.

 

[kneeper]

I don't have a-fib or anything, but I like to drink OJ when I come in on a hot day from working in the yard or something and have sweat a lot. I think it has a fair amount of potassium.

 

[Lovestoread]

So sorry to read this! You make some very good points, however. Take care of yourself and give yourself time to heal.


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[Hoppy Nanny]

Sorry you are having a tough time but great pointers to remember & mist of all, act upon. X


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[RestAssured]

This is top advice IMO, thanks.

The only bit I'd question is the drinking bit; over what period of time are we speaking? Half my body weight is 40kg or 10 gallons.

Well, when I don't make myself clear this is what happens! Of course I still had that horrible drug in my body, so maybe.... Oh well let me clarify:

Every Day you should drink half of water in the US it would be ounces. So for me, say I weighed 260, I would need 130 ounces of water a day. If I exercise heavily, I need to add more. Than is a little over a gallon which is 128 ounces.
In the UK;
1 ounce [US, liquid] = 0.00018070186299366266 barrel [UK]

Hope this helps!

 

[Pumpkin]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[RestAssured]

OUCH Sonja @RestAssured
You have been enjoying so much the life you now have but I think you know that life sometimes sends a curve ball which means you need to change director or pace.

Does the heart problem mean you can't continue with all your fitness?

God bless you my friend.

No, it means that I am going to be more careful until after the ablation, and listen to my body. Abby is out on maternity leave, so I had Kim. I needed to speak up but I ended up in the ER instead! I will be doing my own workouts until Abby returns. I have saved a lot of them that Abby and I have done together; if I need to modify them for awhile I will! Atrial Fib is nothing to mess with. The new med they gave me had horrible side effects and the heart doc wanted me to stay on it through the weekend. I chose instead to stay home, realx and monitor my heart rate. I am still on Digoxin so everything should be fine until I call on Monday. If I start feeling worse I will call the on-call doc for a change in prescription!

 

[skigirl]

Sonja, Sonja---not taking care of number one---that is you, by the way, is just one more way to deny our own importance. I have done it, so I know all about it. Even now, it is hard for me to cook, just for myself. I will cook for a family---but somehow, I am not important enough to rate good food. Poor old Kelly has to eat peanut butter or a energy bar.

It is amazing how we spend so much time on kids, spouses, dogs or friends but never seem to have any time for the self!!! Remember the Help---You is important, you is smart, You is beautiful.

I try to befriend myself and make sure i am eating well---but it is a struggle--everything else seems to interfere!!

 

[Dhare63]

Oh Sonja, never a dull moment when it comes to you! So sorry to hear this news. I wish you calm and relaxation until this is all sorted. Take care of yourself and listen to you from now on...but you already know this!

Pumpkln, you are so right, we all suffer from a similar problem. It's hard to take care of ourselves when there are so many others to care for.

Be well my friends,

Dawn

 

[KneeAware]

Sonja....there is nothing I can say! You left me speechless! Don't do that again...!!!!!!!!!!!