Previous :: Next Topic |
Author |
Message |
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:04 pm
|
|
|
I'm scheduled for total knee arthoplasty (TKA) surgery next Tuesday, July 10. My surgeon assures me I'll be skiing next season.
I'd appreciate hearing from TKA surgery survivors re recovery, recovery timing and post-surgery hiking. Pep talks welcome too
|
Back to top |
|
|
huron Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 1035 | TRs | Pics
|
|
huron
Member
|
Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:31 pm
|
|
|
Have known people with knee and hip replacements who said it was a life-changing procedure with little complication. Not sure how long they last now but it used to be something like 10-15 years so the folks I knew who got them were told to go absolutely as long as possible grinding the original down. Get's taken out anyway. One on this forum might respond.
|
Back to top |
|
|
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:36 pm
|
|
|
The consensus now is 20+ years due to improved plastic material technology.
|
Back to top |
|
|
I'm Pysht Member
Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 517 | TRs | Pics Location: Pacific NW |
Good luck and heal quickly!
|
Back to top |
|
|
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:59 pm
|
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Ski ><((((°>
Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 12830 | TRs | Pics Location: tacoma |
|
Ski
><((((°>
|
Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:02 pm
|
|
|
hope it all goes well and recovery is quick, Steve.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
|
Back to top |
|
|
tmatlack Member
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2854 | TRs | Pics
|
|
tmatlack
Member
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:27 am
|
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
RichP Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 5634 | TRs | Pics Location: here |
|
RichP
Member
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:30 am
|
|
|
Best of luck, Steve. My neighbor has both a knee and hip replacement. While he no longer hikes other than some mushrooming in the fall, I often see him bouncing around like a spry young lad working in his large garden.
Are you having the procedure done on this side of the crest?
|
Back to top |
|
|
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:24 am
|
|
|
Thanks, ski and Rich
Tom, thanks for the info. I'm not worried about getting hooked in opoids. I hate the side effects, have always had no problem getting off them ASAP. I hope I don't need them after the first couple days. Yeah, the doc said I'll be taking a mini-course of antibiotics before each future visit to the dentist.
RichP wrote: | Are you having the procedure done on this side of the crest? |
Yes, Dr. Richard Roux in YakiVegas. He was highly recommended by all HC providers with whom I communicated. I've communicated with 10+ of his patients, all of whom praised him and were doing well with their TKAs.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17851 | TRs | Pics
|
|
Tom
Admin
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:33 am
|
|
|
Best of luck with your surgery and recovery. As you probably know knee replacement (and recovery) is more complex than hip replacement but I'm sure you'll have the mental / physical determination to make it a success.
|
Back to top |
|
|
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:54 am
|
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
DigitalJanitor Dirt hippie
Joined: 20 May 2012 Posts: 792 | TRs | Pics
|
My FIL had a knee replaced nearly 10 years ago in his 70s. In addition to the PT he drug out an exercise bike and started with rocking his leg back & forth for a minute or so as far as his range of motion would allow, then wandered back to the TV. He kept at it multiple times a day until he was able to get a full turn then just kept going.
When he told the PT people about it... They kicked him out, lol. He trucked on with life from there.
|
Back to top |
|
|
DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
|
DIYSteve
seeking hygge
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:03 am
|
|
|
DigitalJanitor wrote: | he drug out an exercise bike and started with rocking his leg back & forth for a minute or so as far as his range of motion would allow |
My PT recommends that, although for more than a minute a pop
|
Back to top |
|
|
Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
You have obviously worn out your body Steve...remember the old saying, "Don't have too much fun"? You are finished and should give it up and begin your new hobby of couch potato and very frequent internet poster...O' and awesome advice giver.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
|
Bedivere
Why Do Witches Burn?
|
Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:13 pm
|
|
|
Best 'o luck Steve. I know you'll come through this and be back out skiing and hiking again in no time.
|
Back to top |
|
|
|