Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I just came from my appointment with my orhtopedic surgeon. Sept 15th is all set for the bilateral TKR. I talked with him about me being on the Prednisone and the possible upcoming higher raise in the dosage, and he said doing the knee replacement surgery would be fine........they just need to take extra precautions regarding infections. He said that they do knee replacement surgery on people all the time who are on various doses of Prednisone, as many older people are qute often on Prednisone for various health issues. He agreed that doing both knees at one time makes sense for _my particular_ situation, as I have already had one extensive surgery this year, and that having one less anesthesia (than doing the knees separately) would be easier on my body. He knows from my x-rays that I have needed new knees for several years already, and that waiting any longer would be very difficult. If we would do _each knee separately_, I would be having to rehab for an entire year to get both the knees working well, which would be harder on me in the long run. Doing them at the same time should help me get mobile sooner, but will require hard work on my part. He answered all my questions today. :-) The surgery would be about 2 1/2 - 3 hours long to get both knees finished. (He has 2 assistants that are in there with him) I know both of the assistants, and I have confidence in them. If he feels I need more recovery/rehab time before coming home after the surgery, he would order some time at a nursing facility. He will wait to judge that after the surgery and then see how I am doing. I will go for a special MRI of my knees that will provide the " pattern/size " for the implants to be made just for my own bones. Using this method for the implants saves a lot of surgical time, which is much better for me, and assures a better " fit " . I am glad to be getting on with this...........and also dreading the rehab. But, if it means that I can walk better when I am done, it will be worth it. I have been reading as many of the old posts to this group as I can, and find it all very informative. -- Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Carolyn - Glad you're scheduled and feeling confident about the procedure. I think that may be half the battle. My surgery (only one knee for me) is September 16th - we can compare notes after we're done! LOL! going ahead with surgery I just came from my appointment with my orhtopedic surgeon. Sept 15th is all set for the bilateral TKR. I talked with him about me being on the Prednisone and the possible upcoming higher raise in the dosage, and he said doing the knee replacement surgery would be fine........they just need to take extra precautions regarding infections. He said that they do knee replacement surgery on people all the time who are on various doses of Prednisone, as many older people are qute often on Prednisone for various health issues. He agreed that doing both knees at one time makes sense for _my particular_ situation, as I have already had one extensive surgery this year, and that having one less anesthesia (than doing the knees separately) would be easier on my body. He knows from my x-rays that I have needed new knees for several years already, and that waiting any longer would be very difficult. If we would do _each knee separately_, I would be having to rehab for an entire year to get both the knees working well, which would be harder on me in the long run. Doing them at the same time should help me get mobile sooner, but will require hard work on my part. He answered all my questions today. :-) The surgery would be about 2 1/2 - 3 hours long to get both knees finished. (He has 2 assistants that are in there with him) I know both of the assistants, and I have confidence in them. If he feels I need more recovery/rehab time before coming home after the surgery, he would order some time at a nursing facility. He will wait to judge that after the surgery and then see how I am doing. I will go for a special MRI of my knees that will provide the " pattern/size " for the implants to be made just for my own bones. Using this method for the implants saves a lot of surgical time, which is much better for me, and assures a better " fit " . I am glad to be getting on with this...........and also dreading the rehab. But, if it means that I can walk better when I am done, it will be worth it. I have been reading as many of the old posts to this group as I can, and find it all very informative. -- Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Thanks for this. It¹s good info about the Prednisone. Also I was very interested in the thought process about bilateral TKR for you. Your doc sounds very smart and thoughtful. Looking good!!! Best wishes, Jackie On 8/10/09 1:38 PM, " Carolyn Faulk " <cfaulk@...> wrote: > > > > > I just came from my appointment with my orhtopedic surgeon. Sept 15th > is all set for the bilateral TKR. > > I talked with him about me being on the Prednisone and the possible > upcoming higher raise in the dosage, and he said doing the knee > replacement surgery would be fine........they just need to take extra > precautions regarding infections. He said that they do knee replacement > surgery on people all the time who are on various doses of Prednisone, > as many older people are qute often on Prednisone for various health > issues. > > He agreed that doing both knees at one time makes sense for _my > particular_ situation, as I have already had one extensive surgery this > year, and that having one less anesthesia (than doing the knees > separately) would be easier on my body. > He knows from my x-rays that I have needed new knees for several years > already, and that waiting any longer would be very difficult. > If we would do _each knee separately_, I would be having to rehab for an > entire year to get both the knees working well, which would be harder on > me in the long run. Doing them at the same time should help me get > mobile sooner, but will require hard work on my part. > He answered all my questions today. :-) > > The surgery would be about 2 1/2 - 3 hours long to get both knees > finished. (He has 2 assistants that are in there with him) I know both > of the assistants, and I have confidence in them. > If he feels I need more recovery/rehab time before coming home after the > surgery, he would order some time at a nursing facility. He will wait to > judge that after the surgery and then see how I am doing. > > I will go for a special MRI of my knees that will provide the > " pattern/size " for the implants to be made just for my own bones. Using > this method for the implants saves a lot of surgical time, which is much > better for me, and assures a better " fit " . > I am glad to be getting on with this...........and also dreading the > rehab. But, if it means that I can walk better when I am done, it will > be worth it. > > I have been reading as many of the old posts to this group as I can, and > find it all very informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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