4 More Days & I get My New Knee

[AverageOldGuy]

31. Here's some advice

My wife (age 82) had one knee replaced in 2012, the other in 2014.

My daughter (age 55) had one knee replaced in Jan 2024, the other in April 2024.

You mention that you have been doing your pre-surgery exercises since September -- GOOD FOR YOU!!

The PT folks will drag you out of bed and have you walking within hours of surgery. Daughter came out of surgery around 11:00 AM; at 2:00 PM she walked up and down a flight of stairs (with the help of oxycontin); at 5:00 PM she got in the front seat of the car and we went home. DO IT . . . GET UP WHEN THE PT PEOPLE TELL YOU TO GET UP AND DO WHAT THEY SAY.

They will give you exercises to do at home. Daughter was given an exercise bike that was programmed with certain routines. PT gave her a schedule -- days 1-5, do exercise 1 and 2 four times daily; etc., etc. Plus icing and other exercises. DO IT!!!

My wife did her exercises religiously, had not one problem with her new knees.

We have friends, he had one knee replaced about 10 years ago. He was one of these assholes who knows everything -- "I don't need to to all that exercising!!" He wound up back in surgery six months later to fix the ligaments on the knee that had almost atrophied because he did not exercise them.

DO WHAT THE DOC AND THE PT PEOPLE TELL YOU TO DO.