Knee Replacement Episode 2 right knee

Pre-Op today all set for right knee this time. Hope it turns out as well as the left knee.

January 17th

Good luck Buzz.

Good luck my friend. I need mine done but I'm still making it. They wanted to do them back in 2002.

Good Luck!

Good luck Buzz. Your going to need a good right leg pushing the gas pedal on the new Vette.

Stay the course young man, you can do it. Pain is only temporary.

You’ll do great big fella

Good luck Buzz!

Good luck Buzz! Had my left done about the same time as you had yours - hit a brick wall in rehab and am undergoing manipulation under anesthesia Monday. Was hoping to get my right done in the spring but not looking good now. Probably wait another year.

Can I ask what happened in rehab?

sorry to here. fingers crossed for ya.

thanks for the kind support guys. I'll holler back after

Hope all goes well

Halfdozen, sorry to hear you are having problems. Hope the manipulation gets you back on track to making a full recovery.
Buzzsaw, glad you first one went so well, hoping and praying the second one goes even better.

Hope it goes smooth as silk Buzz You'll need 2 good knees to get back on the podium at the clay shoot!

thanks Dave, i'll be ready

all done and home. now the hard part starts

pain management and rehab

Get after it Buzz. Best wishes.

thank you Jim

X2

You got this.

How ya feeling Buzz?

vroom vroom

hurts a little more than my last one. Therapist just left; rehab, exercises my drain out. Tomorrow, shower and start my first PT

Good stuff. You know the drill. Straight leg lifting as much as possible. Ice Ice baby!

Good luck! Hard work and perseverance got you through round one, it'll get you through round two, just keep in mind that at the end you'll be done!

Thanks, not sure why but this second one seems to hurt more than the first

You're just more in tune with it this time. My second surgery hurt much worse than the first...of course it was on the same knee!

I'm not laughing at you cuz this, stuff hurts. hopefully you are doing good now

Better now that I retired. Seems that sitting behind a desk 8-12 hrs a day slowed my recovery time!

Prayers for a swift recovery and ease of pain, Buzz. I'm sorry this one's worse. It will be worth it!

Thank you !!! It seems to get a little better every day. Looking forward to driving and shooting

I guess I'm part of the "bionic man" club...had a full replacement on the left in 2017 and a partial on the right in 2018. Had them both done in the month of June because you can't do much fishing or hunting in July and August! I know what you are going through...the first 2 weeks are the toughest. Good luck and hang in there. Like the old saying goes -- "This too shall pass".

Thanks Ag , yes, you pretty much nailed it. I'm much better today. Walking good with my walker, started knee bending therapy today. All going according to Doc's orders.

How's it going Buzz?

Should get these staples out tomorrow, the rehab exercises hurt more with this one. The Doc had to smooth out the underside of the kneecap and add a hunk of plastic on it of it. I'm nice and straight when extending my leg but only 90 degrees on my bend.
getting old sucks. my back is still F'ed up, not sure if I will ever be pain free.

Keep with the rehab, a lot of times, an imbalance in the muscles on each side will be felt in the back, with time things should even out in rehab and your back will improve. Good Luck!

It'll feel much better with the staples gone. 90 degrees aint gonna hack it dude! Get to work!

staples out, she said it looks great. I'm on the cane now.

no exercises today

she added a new exercise to start tomorrow, one that increases pressure to bend OUCHIE !!

Good to hear, listen to the PT.

Yes Sir

Buzz get to doing your rehab looking forward to shooting with yall on april 30th @ New hope . you know i did both mine at same time if i can get thru that you can do this !!!!!!!!!!!!! If you dont bend they will just knock your [censored] back out and bend it anyway

Keep going, you’re doing great

At 105* on the bend this morning. She wants me at 110* next week.

YES, it hurts this time. I'm gonna eat my Surgeons azz and ask him why. Can't wait to compare XRAYS

Now I know why everyone cringes when I mention knee replacement, my first one spoiled me.

They did the easy one first so that you would come back for the second one!

You haven't lived until you've had 2 on the same knee within 3 months!

But seriously...hope you get that knee bending better real soon.

Thanks Jimbo, she'll be here Tuesday to check it and give me more exercises. I've been pushing it and yes, it hurts.

no pain no gain, right?

Buzz - I posted earlier about this but will repeat. My knee stuck at 105 (after getting to 115 with very little pain). Had to get a "manipulation under anesthesia". Basically bend your leg and hope the bone doesn't break lol. I am able to get to 120 as long as I keep working it. Everybody is different including knees on sake person my doc says.

I have heard this. I'm doing my rehab and really pushing it. My therapist couldn't make it until Monday, so I didn't get it measured but it "feels" like its making progress. We'll see.

Hope you feel better soon sir

10-4 on that. Hang in there Buzz. Life's too short to go through it hurting.

At 112 degree bend this morning. Post Op tomorrow, Xray's, new exercises, etc. hopefully I'll be cleared to drive

Progress - you might mention the manipulation and see what your doc says. Good luck!

What's the verdict Buzz?

She came for the last time this morning. Knee bend was at 117 degrees. I have 10 exercises to do twice a day till my next post op on March 18th, my 70th birthday.

I will start going to the fitness center here where I will and walk, do my exercises and ride stationary bike, no resistance for 5 minutes adding a minute every time.

about to go out, uncover the Vette, see if I can still get in and out

You might benefit from from more PT, but at at an actual facility. Much more intense. They got me to 140 before I stopped going.

Keep at it. Good luck.

we'll see what the next 4 weeks of these exercises brings. The facility thing is good, but my surgeon is one of those who likes to control everything, leaves it to the patient to do the work without going to a facility.

Time will tell.

How's the knee coming along Buzz?

Getting better every day. Had my 8-week postop Friday. Doc was happy. he cut back a lot of my knee exercises and gave me some back strengthening exercises and has me hanging on my inversion table twice a day for 4 minutes. Helps with my stenosis.

I had a scare while stepping up into my truck, felt like I tore my Quad but it has calmed down now.

I go next week to meet my Colorectal Doc to go over my recent colonoscopy

Pulled half a filling out last week on soft sugar free licorice. Had it refilled today.

DAMM, its always something !!!!!

Hope you're doing good Jimbo !

Good report. Glad you're making progress. Get my butt scoped in another year.

Been a tough couple of months here. Wife in and out of the hospital twice but is good now. I also had a recent filing break and had it fixed yesterday. I think my knee is as good as it's going to get. Going to the gym almost every day helps though.

It really is always something!

My left knee has been barking for quite some time so I went to the Orthopedic Doc 3 months ago.

Told the doc upfront that I have nothing against doctors and respect them for what they do, but I rarely ever go to one and tell it like it is in a hopefully light hearted funny way.

They X-rayed and he said I had Arthritis and my cartilage was gone and that there were several ways to treat this.
He started off by saying there is the "easy way", I stopped him right there and said lets do it. He chuckled and said okay, will give you a Cortisone shot and a script for an anti-inflammatory come back in 3 months, me cool.

Told the wife about the great visit, she said did you ask him what the other options were or anything else, me nope

She said I am going with you on the next visit, okay.

So 9:30 am today was the second appt. with the wife.
Doc went over explained everything and talked about choices, I decided to do the replacement but not until after the first of the year.
The doc drained the fluid off of the knee and gave me another squirt of Cortisone.
He asked how the anti inflammatory pills (he said their medical name???) were working? told him I took them for a couple of days and stopped, I am not a pill popper.

Doc goes over info on the operation and what to do before it and after.
He said I needed to go to my GP no more than a month out or no less than a week in to have certain test done to make sure I was in good enough condition for the surgery.
Doc looks at me and ask if I have a GP? Me nope, him really, me yep told him if it ain't broke why try and fix it?
Doc then looks at my wife and says really? she says yep no doc, he is a cave man


Going to have the Left knee replaced Jan 12. 2023

Left one is the easy one. You can drive after a couple of weeks. Lose weight now if you need too. Best of luck with the surgery.

Thanks Jimbo ,he did mention something in general about losing weight if needed, I grinned because about 25 lbs needs to and will be gone by that time.

Not starting diet tonight for we are having fried Catfish from Big Shucks

Good luck!

Thanks!

According to my doc they can only give you a shot of Cortisone every 3 months, my 2nd shot end time was Dec 7th and the first available surgery after that was Jan 12th.
Our son is coming home on leave from Bahrain Dec 15th through Jan 12th and I do not want to be a gimpy old fart while he was here, so I decided to put off my surgery until March 9th
in order to get another drain and squirt of Cortisone.

Do Not be a knuckle head like me and wait until the pain/discomfort gets so bad before you go see a doc.
Probably/maybe had I gone in when my knee first started barking they might have been able to do an alternative procedure like squirting a gel inside the knee that replaces/supports the worn out cartilage before it is to far gone, doc said mine is bone on bone and no other option.

Yesterday was my third and last squirt. Got a pretty cool doc who let his asst take a pic of the fluid drained.