I just found out I have to have knee replacement surgery this December

Hopefully it will be for the better. Prayers

synvisc knee lub, mine lasting like 3yrs now, try it before getting cut on. A female friend at work had just knee surgery and died from blood clot.

Yes, I will do that....heh, your word choice of "thrive" is key for me, right this moment. Thank you.

I was just talking on the phone with a friend, they telling me how strong I am, and that I'm a survivor.

I told them I've never wanted to stop at just being a survivor, that I want to be thriving, and that I am a thriver....despite all the crap that's happened to me in my life, I can still go at it like a champ. And I count my blessings for my strength.

I then asked if they have to cut bone out, they said yes, and I instantly tossed my cookies. My tummy was upset, because I'm upset, and that "visual" I got made me run for the bathroom.


It's just being ONE of THOSE DAYS. I'll calm down overnight.

I know people that have felt great afterwards and those that still have significant pain after the replacement.

Have you done tried all of the natural support like collagen and bone broth? My guess is you have tried it all. Regardless of your choice you make, I hope your pain turns around.

Additional things that help some. A TENS unit, Solonpas patch applied over knee, turmeric and glucosamine.

Stop drinking coffee and drink tea instead will help with the arthritis and take vitamin C supplements to help rebuild cartilage.

Bone on bone. Cortisone shots didn't help much. I've had two. PT didn't help, it just irritated my knee.

I take kickass supplements already, including collagen.

Bone on bone. There's really not a choice, unless I want to be in THIS pain the rest of my life....and I know the Winter cold is going to jack it up, unless something gets done. Just our little blip of a cold front last week had me in fits with my knee. The pain was bad.


And youse guyses, I'm going through all of this JUST so I can do cardio exercise again....because heart attack earlier this year.

If I'm not able to exercise, my chances of dying from another one is real. I have cut waaay back on smoking....well except for today.

My fucking insurance company took almost two fucking months to deny me the gel injections.

I really don't have the fucking time for dickin' around here.


It's going to be almost a full year from the heart attack for me to be able to do cardio exercise.

Fuck my country's medical system.

...and I know we have it better than others, but that's no excuse or "out" for the bullshit one has to go through to get the care needed in this country.

Can y'all tell I'm just very angry right now.....

I would much rather get the gel injections, even if it is twice a year....but nooooooo, let's just put her through a surgery.

It's all I can do not to call the insurance co, and just verbal them to pieces.

$45,000 procedure.....my gawd.

BTW, I do heal very speedily, and my immune system is sturdy....so no worries about that.

My ortho doc, soon to be my surgeon, has a stellar reputation in town. I do trust him, and he in no way pushed this surgery on me. He just said it's the only thing left to do.

The hospital where the surgery is being done is certified or accredited for joint replacements, so that's good news.

I will only have to be in the hospital overnight, and that's really good news. Hospitals are no places to rest and recover.

I had a bowel resection and a heart attack, and I said "get me outta here NOW!"

I was home two days before I was supposed to with those two....10 hrs after the heart attack and stent was put in, I went home.

HA! I may toss my cookies again just thinking about it, the hospital.

Lawdy....I am now appreciating that the other two surgeries were emergencies....I have to wait two months for this one. God help me, because I'm going to need it.


Grrrrrrr.


I'm trying to cut back on the f-bombs, I've dropped so many.

It gets ugly with me when I'm enraged. Fortunately, I rarely get as angry as I am right now. Sorry about them bombs.

My knee is spasming as I type....heh, did someone just say prayer for me?

The spasm isn't painful, but there's something "jumping" around in my knee right now.


I'm serious, did someone say a prayer for my knee?

50/50 chance you wont make it.

I've got a torn meniscus and am waiting for another 4 years til the Medicare kicks in. Not looking forward to it at all. Hurts like hell but only when I bend the knee, walk, sit or touch it in any way. Argh.

No one "has to have" knee surgery.

It is purely elective.

Don't do it.

Well, when I asked the doc what could go wrong with the surgery....he just blurted out, "Death."

We both laughed, and I told him that might be a merciful thing. He didn't laugh about that. He just told me it would not be in my nor his best interest for me to die. I like him, he's not a stuffy doctor, and he has a sense of humor.

He told me all the odds about all the things that can go wrong, and they are small. If I were to die during the surgery, then it would be an easy-peasy exit.

My immune system is very good, so infection shouldn't be an issue. I do know how to take care of a wound.


My knee is so spasming. It's never done this before....

I regrew my cartilage simply by going gluten, corn, soy, and dairy free.

My mom had one and is fabulous. My father in law had one and it’s worse. Good luck and pick a great doc

Oh lovey....I had an orthoscopic surgery done on my knee because my meniscus was torn about 20 years ago.

My gawd, are you really going to be able to make it four years?

That's painful, too. Jeebus....


My poor right knee has just had a time of it this lifetime. I fell down carrying a bleach "bitch" bottle when I was a wee one, and ended up with 19 stitches in it. My meniscus went off the rails, and now this.

I couldn't say bleach at that age, it came out bitch. My poor Southern Baptist mother was horrified, she's told me.

And of course, everyone asked what happened to my knee, and I said, "I fell on a bitch bottle." My poor mother.

Heh, but I took another one of my inner muscle relaxers - I threw the other one up - and it's kicking in.

Shoo-whee, I need this relief. I had to do something, my body is running amuck right now.

Whoops.

If you told you all the things that could go wrong and "they are small," he's lying.

The chances of death or life threatening infection is small. My immune system is not compromised....and if I die, it's not going to matter.

I mean, even I think it's silly to be worried about dying during the surgery. It's not like they're going to be messing with any vital organs.

I do trust this doctor will do a good job. He does have a load of experience and a solid reputation....the rest is up to me.

Details?

You just found out....man, imagine if you had known sooner.

I hope it doesn't keep you down, you are too full of energy to be immobilized!

Idk what kind of advice to give other than do what other people that have gone through advise you do to.

How do you get that user id?

I'll be down, not working, for at least four weeks. I'll be going batshit crazy after the first week.

I drive for a living, and it's my right knee that needs the replacement.

Of course.

i just read the exercise, swimming won't hurt you at all! In fact you don't even have to swim if you aren't a strong swimmer, just tread water in the deep end close to a wall so you can take breaks. You won't even break a sweat because the water will keep you feeling cool but it's a great workout without any impact.

thats what I was thinking too, its going to drive you more crazy than the pain. I can't sit still either. I hope you consider swimming or water aerobics class.

At a public pool? Me?





BUT Chasity, thank you for the suggestion. One of my clients got approved for aqua therapy, and I'm going to talk to my doc about getting that for me. I'll have to go to Cruces to do it....but what else am I going to have to do?

Thank you, lovey!.....

:DumbnDumb:

Strong inner muscle relaxer. Don't know what that means.


But I'm laughing....

I'll see your muscle relaxer and raise you two beers.

I'm just being silly.