Hi
@Lindylee and thanks for your good wishes. My wife is doing fine, and we are fairly sure we have found a permanent solution.
Very happy to hear that your new knee is doing well also. You are roughly 6 weeks behind me, and I can say that during the last 6 weeks,I have experienced greatly accelerated periods of improvement. In fact, it was fairly recently that I commented to my wife, that I wondered if I would ever again be able to get in, and especially out, of the car without struggling. Now, it’s almost like there was never a problem. I can go up and down stairs normally without using the handrail, and I no longer take my cane when walking my dog (or when she’s walking me is more accurate). None of that was true 3 or 4 weeks ago. I have exactly the same scenario with the old one getting worse while the new one is getting better. So, I either get the other one fixed or spend the rest of my life walking in circles because I have one good leg and one bad one. So, June 17 . . . . Which seemed like a long way off when I scheduled it, but all of a sudden it’s looming big.
I’m also wondering if possibly the second recovery might be a bit easier. For the first recovery, those of us with 2 bad knees had one recovering from major surgery, supported by the other one which was probably just as bad. I’ve also noticed that the extreme back pain I had for the first 4 months is almost gone (back to what it was before surgery, mostly constant but mild). Many have experienced back pain during recovery as well, but it will probably diminish with time. A back supported by two wobbly knees is bound to complain a bit.
All in all, while it remains EXTREMELY low on my bucket list, or on my list of fond memories, I’m glad one is done, and am going forward on #2 without (much) hesitation.
Hope you also see accelerated improvements in the immediate future, and yes, you will know when the time is right.