Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 In a message dated 1/4/2001 6:56:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, cmontana@... writes: << Hi, all. It's not Sunday, but to those of you who pray, please pray for me as I go in to have my knee replacement surgery tomorrow morning. I'll be off the forum from tomorrow for about 10 days, but I'll be thinking about you. These are days of high anxiety, as you might imagine >> Good luck Carolyn, remember, God will be with you in the O.R. I'll remember you in my prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Best of luck to you Carolyn. I will be praying for you. Please keep us posted. Take care and God Bless. R. ----- Original Message ----- From: <cmontana@...> <egroups> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:55 AM Subject: [] Surgery... etc > Hi, all. It's not Sunday, but to those of you who pray, please pray > for me as I go in to have my knee replacement surgery tomorrow > morning. I'll be off the forum from tomorrow for about 10 days, but > I'll be thinking about you. These are days of high anxiety, as you > might imagine. > > Interestingly, they have taken me off all anti-inflammatory meds pre- > surgery, and the " electrical shocks " are much worse than usual, and > overall pain is worse, but I know that there's a lot of > osteoarthritis all over also. I wonder how many CMTers also have > advanced osteoarth. It would seem to be a rather logical result of > the CMT, all things considered. > > I've been doing some pre-surg physical therapy. The original idea was > for gait training because of recent AFO. Actually it has turned into > some strength building in order to help with the after-surgery pain, > mobility, etc. especially since my gait seems to be okay with the > AFO. The PT is helping a good deal and the therapist is knowledgeable > enough about the CMT so that she is not trying to build muscle where > it's atrophied. Thank goodness! She's concentrating on hips and > thighs and I do think it is helping my walking in general. A couple > of times I have objected to certain exercises because of causing too > much strain on my already strained knees, and she has dropped those. > It's good to have courage to let my voice be heard. At least in this > instance it has helped me not to injure myself by not speaking up! > > I may check the posts once more this evening, but I have a mountain > of things yet to do today! It may be good to be under anesthesia, in > order to get some rest! > > Regards to all. I will look forward to seeing the posts when I return. > > Carolyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Carolyn, My prayers are with you. The reason for stopping certain the anti-inflammatory drugs is that most of them will delay the post op healing, and they can slow down the clotting of blood. It sounds as if they are covering all bases. Good luck and let us hear as soon as you can. You might could even have someone make a post for you from your email or email one of us individually to forward it to the group. ----- Original Message ----- From: cmontana@... egroups Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 06:55 AM Subject: [] Surgery... etc Hi, all. It's not Sunday, but to those of you who pray, please pray for me as I go in to have my knee replacement surgery tomorrow morning. I'll be off the forum from tomorrow for about 10 days, but I'll be thinking about you. These are days of high anxiety, as you might imagine. Interestingly, they have taken me off all anti-inflammatory meds pre- surgery, and the " electrical shocks " are much worse than usual, and overall pain is worse, but I know that there's a lot of osteoarthritis all over also. I wonder how many CMTers also have advanced osteoarth. It would seem to be a rather logical result of the CMT, all things considered. I've been doing some pre-surg physical therapy. The original idea was for gait training because of recent AFO. Actually it has turned into some strength building in order to help with the after-surgery pain, mobility, etc. especially since my gait seems to be okay with the AFO. The PT is helping a good deal and the therapist is knowledgeable enough about the CMT so that she is not trying to build muscle where it's atrophied. Thank goodness! She's concentrating on hips and thighs and I do think it is helping my walking in general. A couple of times I have objected to certain exercises because of causing too much strain on my already strained knees, and she has dropped those. It's good to have courage to let my voice be heard. At least in this instance it has helped me not to injure myself by not speaking up! I may check the posts once more this evening, but I have a mountain of things yet to do today! It may be good to be under anesthesia, in order to get some rest! Regards to all. I will look forward to seeing the posts when I return. Carolyn eGroups Sponsor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Carolyn, Good Luck in your surgery. My Dad had the same (knee replacement) surgery just after Christmas. PT will keep you busy. I hope it does well for you. lol and good vibes Dick S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2001 Report Share Posted January 5, 2001 -----Original Message----- From: <lisarich.com@...> egroups <egroups> Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [] Surgery... etc >Best of luck to you Carolyn. I will be praying for you. Please keep us >posted. Take care and God Bless. > > R. > >>>>Add me to this list, my prayers are with you, ~>Becky M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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