Knee Replacement? Please share your experiences.

[csneill]

Driving!!! Yay!!! That's a big milestone too!! Awesome!!

 

[lazy gardener]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/209839663865273106/

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thank you so much for that link, I needed that good laugh. Now I don't feel so alone in my gripes.

 

[donrae]

Look how far you've come! Walking like a big girl

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You know we love you.......it's great you're doing so well. Going all the way around on the bike is a big deal, you should be proud of yourself. Some folks never push themselves enough to get that much back, they just wimp out and decide to be limited the rest of their lives. Not you, you got things to do!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have enough limitations that I can't control, this leg is going to get back to normal function and it's going to stop it's whining because you are correct, I have lots of stuff I want to and have to do. I just wish I didn't need the other done at some point.

Next week's goals are walking my driveway 3 times at one time, it's 600 feet to go up and down once. I also want to go back to taking stairs normally. So go me.

Keep up the encouragement, it really helps me keep going.

 

[lazy gardener]

As does posting your little mile stones, so we can cheer you on.

 

[csneill]

Absolutely!! Keep posting!

 

[donrae]

That's what I'm talking about. You and I have both been through a crapton already with the chemo and all that.......and it's left it's mark, sure enough. So, we've got to keep what we've got. If we were content to set on the sofa all day and let others wait on us, life would be very different. But, I've got birds to care for, and now the cows and horses, let alone Honey and The Locusts......


can you imagine just sitting around all day watching TV? Lord, take me home in that case. I need to be mobile!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have been sitting and watching the tv. I was told to put my leg up for 20 minutes every hour, but I'm afraid I didn't really do that after the first week or two. My low back hurts from sitting around. I never knew how uncomfortable my couch was until now.

I hate being waited on. I also like being in control of my own stuff, I'm sure you can understand. I can't control what happens with my health except to eat right and keep moving so I try to control everything that I can, to get some sense that I have a say in things.

How this knee turns out will be up to me. My husband told me about a co-workers mother who got her hip replaced. She found therapy hard and stopped going, now she can't walk. I might cry, but I keep doing it. Failure isn't an option.

My animals get me up and moving every day. I am necessary and needed, or at least I think so. Cows and horses are too much on me these days. My goats and donkeys are pushy enough. You are brave.

I had a second cup of coffee today and feel very energized. I probably should go back to two cups a day again I think.

 

[donrae]

My cows are actually way less pushy than the goats.


I've started carrying a bat/popper when I'm out with the animals. Just a little bat, to extend my arm. Lets me tap the goats or horses to get them to move. Also lets me tap the dog when he gets a little too over enthusiastic about "helping". I was a little worried about bringing the cows home cause they've never been in close confinement. They've never, ever made a move toward me, they prefer to stay away, but don't get freaked out and panic. I'm liking them

The goats, on the other hand, I'm not sure they're the animal for me...but Honey really likes them. They're great for eating down our blackberries, and pretty much any place we move is going to have poison oak, so they'll be a good asset.

Oh no, no control freak here........

. Can't stand having folks bring me stuff, etc. And it's not that they do it wrong, it's just that I can do that myself, thank you very much. It's just been since I've been sick that I've gotten okay with asking Honey to help me with a fair amount of things. World didn't end or anything when I asked for help.....but no point taking chances, right