Guest guest Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Dear Marcia and All, From: Marcia Stoyle <marciastoyle@...> > hi, Dodie! how's the knee - did it all go well? > gentle hugs, Marcia Yes, so far, so good. Thank you for asking Marcia. I had them both originally replaced in 1987 when I was 28. The surgeon at that time said they would last around 7 years. Well, thankfully they were okay for 17 years!! Then last fall my left knee began kinda going out on me and it was discovered that the plastic in there had worn out so I had that revision surgery in September, 2003. In January, 2004 I had my right ankle fused. Then, on July 12th of this year I had new plastic in my right knee put in because it was causing me stabbing pain as the plastic was worn out. It was a bit more complicated of an operation though as I had a rod in my right femur from an accident in 1992 that was attached to the artificial prosthetic and that had to be removed as the rod was a bit too long now with the new plastic in there. I have 46 staples and two incisions and they come out on Tuesday. I have physical therapy come into the house via the Visiting Nurses and I mostly just do my exercises on my own (I take one narcotic pain pill prior to doing this). In the hospital it started out bending after a few days at 60 degrees. I'm up to about 90 degrees now and it will slowly gain degrees as time goes on. Can't think of anything else to add, but joint replacement surgery in my humble opinion brings a lot of pain relief and if I have to have more I'll seriously consider it and I'm sure I'm not the only bionic person on this loop. Have an awesome day everyone! LovePrayersHugs, .··-.¸.-··. (`'·.¸(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)¸.·'´) .··-.¸.-··.`·. .·´ D odi e .·´ .·´ `·´ (¸.·'´(¸.·'´ `'·.¸)`'·.¸) `·´Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.- Ambrose Bierce "We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."Don -- Journey To Xtlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 That is good news. Keep us posted and good luck going forward. DOn On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Tara Gandy-Sanford <try2livehealthy@... > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > Well I had my surgery on Friday. I just came home from the hospital today. > The nurses and pt and ot said I was much further along already than normal. > So I hope my recovery continues on this track cause I am on a mission now to > get my life back. I am not in a lot of pain so I expect to be off pain meds > and crutches within 2 weeks. > > I ended up having to call the head executive of the administration team. He > was very upset how things were handled and he is working on making sure it > doesn't happen again to another patient. > > Thanks everyone > > Tara > > -- Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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