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well, doing both knees at once would require help. no way i could that! I also

think it depends on your pain threshold and mine is pretty high.

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> I agree 100% with that. I found my family and also a good friend of mine were

actually insistent that I let them help me. Having had two knees done at the

same time, I quickly learned that after years of being the giver it was actually

nice to be on the receiving end for a change. That was just my situation. I

realize it is not the same for everyone though.

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> Pat in Pennsylvania

> Bilateral TKR August 2010

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> I don't have any family other than a brother on the other side of the

> country, bu tI do have friends. But sheesh, I'd hate to think someone feels

> that she can't exepct a spouse or grown children to lift a finger to help

> her...my take would be if that is truly the case, she failed as a parent in

> raising such selfish kids.

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> In a message dated 9/10/2011 10:32:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> rainbowsendminis@... writes:

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> Wow...I can hardly believe that woman thought that way! Glad everything

> worked out for you so well. My family members were the first to offer me

> help. That is what family is supposed to do. Apparently that woman didn't

> have a clue. (of course if you no longer have family or are estranged from

> them it would be a different story I guess)

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