Weezy, We Are So Similar In That I Too Have Stenosis, Really Bad In My Cervical Spine, And I Hurt My Shoulder About A Month Before The Surgery On My Knees. Still Having Problems There But Getting Better And I Mean It Better Stay Better As I Have No Intention Of Having Anymore Surgeries For A Good Long While If I Can Help It. My Fear Of Surgery Is What Got Me Through The Bilateral On The Knees. As For Me Taking The Cake, I Do Not Have Older Parents, No Parents At All And My Husband's Parents Speak Little English And Have Littler Use For Their In-laws, I, Also, Have No Grandchildren In The Area And No Second House To Clean, The First Is Enough. As For Dogs, We Are Fond Of Saying We Are All Dogged Up Or If We Lose One To Old Age As Happens Every Few Years Then We Are Fond Of Saying We Have A Vacancy. At One Time About Five Years Ago We Had Eight Dogs, Six Of Whom Were Rotties That Weighed In At Over A Hundred Pounds Each And Were All House Dogs. The Care Of The Dogs Falls To Me And When My Hubby Is Home Him As We Are Overly Protective Of Even The Tone Of Voice Others Who Are Less Patient Sometimes Use When Dealing With Them. In Other Words We Are Crazy When It Comes To The Dogs. Lol I Am Doing Well Though And Did Not Have A Difficult Time Particularly After The First Week. I Never Felt I Didn't Have A Leg To Stand On So I Am Different There I Suppose, Maybe Just Stupid. I Iced It Seemed Almost Constantly And Am Back To That Regime As It Takes The Soreness Out Of My Tendency To Overdo. I Am Thrilled To Be Back To Walking Normally. One Thing I Have Found Is That When I Have Leg Pain, Especially At Night, If I Get Up And Move Around If Only For Just Few Minutes It Eases Up And I Can Go Back To Sleep For A Couple Of Hours. Being Able To Sleep On My Side After Years Of Only Sleeping On My Back Is Really Heavenly. Only Problem Particularly With The Leg That Had The Tibia Fracure Is It Gets To Hurting Much Sooner Than The Other One When I Lay On It. The Body Pillow Is A Real Must And I Thank Whoever Wrote About It First As Is The Cream, Forget The Name, My Os Had Sample Tubes And I Will Be Able To Get Some When I Go To My Primary Care Physician. I Am Finding That I Can Even Cut My Pain Meds Down After Years Of Being On A Really High Dosage And Am Not Now Even Taking Mucsle Relaxers After Decades Of Relying On Them. I Am Really Happy I Had The Surgery And Only Would Encourage Anyone Thinkng Of Ir To Consider In Favor As The Outcome For Me Has Been So Spectacular. Have A Little Dog Or Two In My Face So Must Go, Can't See The Screen. Rowdy
United States
