up and moving!!!

[cindy88fan]

Here I am! Was out of my bed day after surgery...standing with walker was able to put all my weight on both legs! PT started bright and early Tuesday morning. 1st day right knee bent 45 and went straight to 3 degrees from bed. Left knee...are you sitting down? Bent 55 degrees and 0 degrees from bed. Right now both knees are completely straight!!!!:wahey:Right knees is up to 70 degrees bend and left knee is 75 degrees bend. I have no bruising at all!!!! No drainage!!! My incisions look great! I am able to lift my right knee completely straight up and do a full leg lift with no help. I was able to do that the 2nd day. Left leg...not yet. It's wierd how one leg bends better and the other leg lifts better. Sleeping....wow...I'm getting lots of sleep actually. In the hospital, Thursday night my alarm went off on my oxygen thing. I was sleeping so sound that I stopped breathing for just a second. Scared the nurses. I opened my eyes to see 3 nurses standing over me I didn't have a clue what happened. My pain level....great. I have a pain patch on at all times. They're good for 72 hours and I have 5mg/500mg of hydrocodone/apap that I can take 1 every 4 hours. Which I'm taking 1 about every 8 hours. I'm keeping ice on both knees. I have very little swelling. I found out I have very small bones. That was disappointing. All this time I tell people I'm big because I'm big boned so now I know the truth...I'm just plain fat....:hehe: LOL!!!! He put in the2nd to smallest knee replacements they make. Tired will post later! Love all of you!!!:flwr:

 

[Texas]

Hi Cindy Great to hear you are doing so well. Take it easy though..k.....Wow it took me a while to lift my leg I would stare at it but nothing...lol...You sound amazing and your doing the right things congratulations to you....Keep us posted........

 

[sykeRN]

Hi Cindy----yeah for you for doing so well. Most happy to hear about your hospital experience and how well your knees are doing already. Been thinking of you. Warm regards! Nancy

 

[loggon]

Cindy
You go girl. You are doing a great. And being small bone that will be just us Bonesmarties secret. Just keep telling all you are big
boned.

 

[Dawnie]

Wow, I hope my recovery goes as well as yours is going. WTG, you'll be up and running in no time by the sound of things. Thank you for the encouraging post. XX

 

[Motherofmany]

Oh Cindy, how wonderful! You are doing amazingly well. So glad to hear answers to my prayers so quickly. Been praying for you all week and will continue to do so. Take it easy.

Blessings,

 

[Judles]

Yay Cindy!!! WTG, Girl!!!

 

[brs0660]

Awesome, Cindy. You are dong great. Keep up the good work. :thmb:

 

[cindy88fan]

All the prayers from all of you is what helped me through. Thank-you to all of you for such wonderful support! I love all of you.

Thank-you again!!!
Cindy

Time for PT...gotta go do those leg lifts.

 

[Jamie]

Cindy, you are amazing!! I'm so happy to hear you are doing so well. Girl, you're gonna whiz through recovery if you keep this up!!! Hooray!!!

 

[skigirl]

Hey Cindy, I heard just the opposite---they kept going on and on about how BIG my knees are. I was thoroughly sick of it all long before they were!!! the guy who made my brace (before surgery) also went on and on about how big my knees are. Now, I have a complex!!!

 

[tooyoungforthis]

Hi Cindy, Way to go are!!! you home yet? I am laying here watching the race with my cpm machine going,no ice packs yet they dont like putting them on yet but thats ok my knee didnt get too big, will write later hugs

 

[Jamie]

Hey Cindy, I heard just the opposite---they kept going on and on about how BIG my knees are. I was thoroughly sick of it all long before they were!!! the guy who made my brace (before surgery) also went on and on about how big my knees are. Now, I have a complex!!!

Hey, Skigirl....big knees means big heart! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!! I heard the same thing about my BIG knees....way, way too big for the "Gender" knee prosthesis I had read about and thought would be perfect for me.

 

[cindy88fan]

Peggy,
I got home Friday. Was only in for 5 days!!! doing great!