Re: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Two year anniversary

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Sounds like we had a lot of similarities....and a few differences. Each surgeon

and doctor is different and each recovery is different and I respect that. Glad

to hear you did so well also. My hospital wants you to be able to do certain

things before they will release you. That included getting in and out of a

model car passenger seat, walking up and then down a couple of steps and using a

bath tub transfer seat to be able to bathe. They asked which caregivers service

I wanted to use for in home therapy for a few days and they made the

arrangements for that to start right away. ( it was covered by my insurance

plan) From there, I needed to be able to to get in to and out of our big pickup

truck in order to go to town for more therapy. (at the moment we only have the

truck, no car) It was one step at a time and it really made me want to progress

through each step. I was very determined and I think that helped me a lot. I

also was very active before the surgery and used an exercise bike before and

after. I was age 64 when I had my knees replaced.

Pat in Pennsylvania

Bilateral TKR August 2010

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year anniversary

Hi Pat,

I was in the hospital a week: in Thursday morning with the first surgery that

day. Would of been discharged Sunday with one knee done, but I got the second

one done Monday, so got out Thursday afternoon (three days after the second

knee). I had the option of going to in-patient physical rehab, so went straight

from the hospital to rehab (located in a different hospital in town). My OS does

only hips and knees too. He operates two days a week also....Mondays and

Thursdays. He said he could do both knees in one day, but he prefers not to. I

started PT in the hospital the day after the first surgery. I had PT twice a day

and OT once a day in the hospital and twice a day for both in rehab. The length

and quality of both were better at rehab than in the hospital. I went straight

to out-patient PT when I got discharged from rehab. There was no talk of in-home

PT prior to starting out-patient, regardless if I went straight home from the

hospital or when I went from rehab to home. To tell the truth, I am not sure if

it was because my insurance didn't cover it, I didn't qualify for it (I was 49

at time of surgery), or it's not offered in my locale, or what.

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> , How long were you in the hospital? I had both knees done but at the

same surgery. My surgeon did one and said he lets his team close up while he

does another person's knee and then came back in to do the second one. I was in

for 5 days total. He only does knees and hips...nothing else. The nurses in

their special unit of the hospital said he does about 8 or 9 patients in one

day. I think he operates 2 days a week....but am not sure. No machines are used,

they start PT in the hospital the very next day after surgery. Most patients go

directly home and have a few days of PT at home beginning immediately. Once they

think you are ready, you switch to PT out of the home.

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> Pat in Pennsylvania

> Bilateral TKR August 2010

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