Re: {Disarmed} Re: Symptoms after TKR

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Six kids. Wow. My four are more than enough to keep me on the run.

Be nicer to yourself,and you¡¯ll heal up fine. In a few months you¡¯ll be

forgetting about the whole thing.

on 5/28/10 6:40 PM, at charmin1350@... wrote:

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> Well my kids are from 16 to 41. Six of them. 18 grandchildren and the 4th and

> 5th great is on the way. Yes I remember saying that after my first one. She

> only lived three months. Then I had six more and a miscarriage. So I have been

> pregnant 8 times. My son had his knee reconstructed at 29 after a motorcycle

> accident. He told me he didn't work for 6 months. He also said Mom your not

> 29. He said once you see how good this can get I think you may change your

> mind about the other knee.

> I'm not to see my ortho doctor until the end of June. I do have a 117 bend. My

> therapist says I am doing very well with motion and the therapy. I did see my

> ortho doc at 2 weeks after discharge to have the staples out. He told me it

> looked very good and he thought I was ahead of the game. I felt good for a

> while and then thought I could jump right back in and be super mother. I

> probably did this to myself.

> I can't tell you all just how much it means to talk to people that have been

> there.

> Thank you all

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> From: Foley <sefoley@...

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> Joint Replacement

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> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 4:06:25 PM

> Subject: Re: Symptoms after TKR

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> Ok, , here we go.

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> First, you©öre 59 years old. Saying that you ©øjust don©öt bounce back like

> you used to©÷ is the beginning of wisdom. You©öre not 20 any more, get it??

> You©öve suffered a serious assault on your body. If you feel crappy, you©öre

> reacting properly.

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> When is your next doctor appointment? Someone needs to check on your

> progress, so far so good. That said, if you feel like there©ös something

> wrong, someone needs to look at this, I don©öt want to disregard your

> feeling, but it©ös only been 4 weeks.

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> Therapy sucks. But is necessary. That said, therapy sucks.

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> As to the other knee, having a knee replacement is like having a baby. For

> the first three months you©öre thinking NO WAY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF

> AGAIN I DON©öT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. Then you forget, and you get the

> benefits, and you see it differently. I remember thinking that exactly,

> after the first baby, and after my knee. I had four children, so I guess I

> re-thought the thing. Also, I©öd have the other knee done if I had to,

> because in the cool light of morning, it©ös more than worth it.

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> Hang in there, keep us posted.

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> on 5/28/10 11:40 AM, at charmin1350@...

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>> > I had TKR on April 27th. The pain has lessened greatly in the past week

>> > although therapy is very painful. I am over 4 weeks post op. I had it done

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>> > the VA hospital. I called this week but only got to talk to the tele-nurse.

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>> > am so terribly weak at times I feel I can't even keep on going. The nurse

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>> > me it is normal and that maybe I am trying to do too much that I should be

>> > resting more. I really feel like there is something wrong. Has anyone else

>> > experienced this? I am 59, maybe I just don't bounce back like I used to.

>> > Supposed to have the other knee done and there is no way I will do this

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>> > Sometimes in the morning I feel like I can't put much weight on it yet.

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>> > town, Pa.

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