Well, I'm back from the UK, London and Winchester. We had a great time and boy was there a lot of walking!! Also, I only needed the rain jacket once, it was HOT! Not really that hot (upper 70s to mid-80s) but maybe more humid than I'm used to but mostly the lack of efficient air conditioning. I've never sweated so much in my life and so many times a day. We rode tubes most of the time and some of them are NOT air conditioned. We took the bus once (took too long in traffic, tubes were much more efficient), several trains and a cab 3 times when we had our luggage to get to the train. Suffice it to say, my knees did great! I could never have done that much walking prior to my second knee surgery. My hips got a bit sore after 10K + steps but then Tylenol would help a lot. One day we walked almost 15,000 steps. That is a LOT for tall, overweight me.
When we checked into our Airbnb in Winchester, I did trip over the lip/threshold at the bottom of the door. It was a step up to the landing and then the one inch frame around the door just threw me off and I went WHAM right down on my left knee. It was a hard landing, indoor/outdoor carpet and no pad. My knee was fine, no pain in the joint, just superficial soft tissue pain. It's still a little painful to kneel on that knee but I know it will resolve in time. Just a testimonial that these joints are really tough!!
I wanted to ask you Bonesmarties a question about hips. I realize this is in the knee forum but it's in my recovery thread so
. Since I've gotten back, I'm still walking my dog and doing the usual chores/yard work. The past 4-5 days, after walking the dog when I get back and start cleaning the kitchen or cooking, I'm somehow tweaking my right hip out of place to where it hurts to walk. It eventually works itself out, especially after sitting down for a bit. Maybe that's putting it back in place? I'm not sure if it's a joint or muscle problem. It almost always happens AFTER a big walk and while pivoting around the kitchen. One day it was after a bunch of yard work. It works itself out and the pain goes away after 10 min or so. Any ideas?
Forgot to mention, going up stairs is quite painful when the hip is hurting. Thankfully I only have 2-3 steps into the garage and 2 steps out to my patio.
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I don't have time to discuss it now but I do think I have a dusting of this. I have several symptoms listed in the paper but certainly not all. My Beighton Score is only a 3. Then there are times I think I'm imagining it and it's just coincidences. More later, Happy Independence Day to everyone who celebrates!
) Does Righty just have that much more experience kneeling and therefore it doesn't bother it as much? It really is weird because the implants are the same in both but the feeling is so very different. For years I would roll over to my left side to get up from a sitting position on the floor but now I need to relearn and go to my right side, since Righty doesn't mind it as much. 
Everybody is bringing something so I only have to worry about the turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes and cranberry sauce. Planning on making everything ahead of time except the turkey and gravy.
