New Knee for Christmas

[danh600]

I have no personal experience with joint replacements, but here is what I seem to hear from people.

Back operations are 50/50. Not everyone is happy after.

To a person everyone I have ever talked to about a new knee or hip are glad they did it. Most say they should have done it years earlier.

Some do better then others. That seems to be largely because of their Doctor, general health and degree of rehab.

Good Luck John. The fact you already have things planned for your new knee tells me you will do fine!!!

 

[Fontanaman]

Best wishes John. Manufacturing a new knee - well I can't wait until the technology is available to manufacturing a new brain - then I'd quit screwing up when I am working on my bike.

 

[FJRay]

Best wishes John. Manufacturing a new knee - well I can't wait until the technology is available to manufacturing a new brain - then I'd quit screwing up when I am working on my bike.

If they could do that then we really could fix "STUPID" Although I may be to far gone

 

[juniorfjr]

Best wishes John. Manufacturing a new knee - well I can't wait until the technology is available to manufacturing a new brain - then I'd quit screwing up when I am working on my bike.

If they could do that then we really could fix "STUPID" Although I may be to far gone

If we had known we'd need them later, we probably shouldn't have killed all of those brain cells. I haven't learned yet.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Good luck, John! I hope it all goes well for ya.

A friend of mine had a hip replaced in early 2016. Unfortunately, there were complications - he wound up with a MRSA infection. They took the new hip out, put in a spacer, and, well, let's just say that early 2016 was not a good time for my friend, but now the MRSA is gone, he has the replacement joint back in there now, he's up and about (with a walker) and he continues to regain his strength.

My dad had his right knee replaced a couple of years ago. He actually listened to the doctor and did well during his rehab. He's been pain-free in the that knee for quite a while now.

He had his left knee replaced on Monday. He just went home today and is doing well.

 

[GinaMcD]

Yes, good luck and wishes for a speedy recovery!

My other half has two new knees done by the same surgeon as Ionbeam's wife. He came highly recommended by a New England Baptist OR nurse and we didn't hesitate recommending him to the 'beams when Helen needed surgery. One of his specialties is fixing joint replacements done by other surgeons, which says a lot!

As others have said, follow doctor's orders and do whatever exercises they prescribe as often as they prescribe, and tell your wife to be ready to help you with the stretches they recommended.

Also, don't skimp on the pain meds. If you let the pain get ahead of the meds, you (and your wife) will be in for almost a day of total misery while waiting for the meds to catch up with the pain again.

The only complaint my husband has is that he waited so long to have them done. His former orthopedic surgeon kept telling him he was too young and that he had to wait until he was closer to 60 (about 15 years away at the time). When we saw the NE Baptist surgeon a couple of years later, he looked at the x-rays, examined him, then simply asked, "Which knee do you want to do first?"

He's now pain free and has excellent range of motion. As a plus, he was able to off load his Harley and buy the FJR knowing his knees could handle it!

Prior to the surgeries my husband could only kneel on his right knee. The doctor or warned him he would possibly not be able to kneel again on either knee. To his surprise, he can now kneel on both knees as long as he uses a kneeling pad. This is important as he is an HVAC tech who spends a fair amount of time kneeling in front of heating equipment.