[Help] Knee replacement advice

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Have you got an actual date for it now?

Yes indeed. April 22.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Yes indeed. April 22.

Leicester City then out.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Well it won't be https://soundcloud.com/blisargon-demogorgon
after what's just happened in North Macedonia

Horrific incident

 

[LamieRobertson]

Leicester City then out.

I don’t think Harry will be worrying about leaving at 85 mins for the drive home to Kent

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I don’t think Harry will be worrying about leaving at 85 mins for the drive home to Kent

Oddly I watched us in the disabled enclosure for a Leicester game last time I had a knee op.
Had to listen to the gromblers singing 'champions of England, You'll never say that' as Vardy got them a win.
I'll be giving this one a miss.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Oddly I watched us in the disabled enclosure for a Leicester game last time I had a knee op.
Had to listen to the gromblers singing 'champions of England, You'll never say that' as Vardy got them a win.
I'll be giving this one a miss.

ESU?

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Make sure you have a solicitor check over any paperwork beforehand. My mate had both his knees ruined in a dual procedure but when he tried to sue afterwards he didn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

It is not normally badly painful (except when I get the sharp pain once every few months and can't put weight on it for a day).
But it is affecting my gait, and I suspect the 'compensatory posture' is contributing to my back pains.
We went for a walk at Winchelsea today (may post a pic later) but the back ache kicked in quickly.
It is almost certainly walking with fear/tension.
Can't be having that.
Plus the walk down stairs first thing in the morning is a tragedy to behold.
And I can't bend it enough to cycle now.
It's a gonner.

I am really looking forward to getting to the end of the tunnel.
Not bothered about pain.
But I am worried about infection.
A work colleague had problems with that.
As long as it heals, I'll be happy

Funnily enough I had more problems with my back than my knee post op, which was down to years of compensating for my bad knee when I walked. It took a couple of years to get over it.
Forgot to mention. ice packs, they are a thing of beauty and will push paracetamol as your new best friend.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another thing to get, those ice packs with the velco straps(temu do them!). You'll want to ice the knee up 4 or five times a day....really helped the missus

Is this it?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

ESU?

South east corner, low.
Dreadful view.
I need to be up high or I may as well not be there....

 

[drew]

South east corner, low.
Dreadful view.
I need to be up high or I may as well not be there....

Had mine done on 13th August and my first game was Ipswich on the 14th Sept in WSU! Took a bit longer to get up the stairs than usual!!!

 

[LamieRobertson]

South east corner, low.
Dreadful view.
I need to be up high or I may as well not be there....

Ah….i agree….only ESU has a section at the south end…..and if u ended up there I could pop along at HT..mind you that could be a reason for you not wanting to be there

 

[LamieRobertson]

Had mine done on 13th August and my first game was Ipswich on the 14th Sept in WSU! Took a bit longer to get up the stairs than usual!!!

Oh that’s good going!

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Is this it?

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This one

 

[Motogull]

When you wait up afterwards, the worst 'injury' will be the surgical wound. If you can get your your head around the 'it's only a cut' position you will have a better outlook.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

I supported a couple of mates that did the GUC 145 mile ultra race back in 1999 - from Gas Street Basin in Birmingham to Little Venice in London. Me and another mate drove up to meet them before the start at 6am. We couldn't find them - and the race organiser (who knew my two mates well) hadn't seen them either. We went to their hotel to discover they were still in bed. They'd gone into Birmingham the night before for some food and a half of shandy ... ended up going to a strip club and got back rather worse for wear in the early hours. So they had their own start some time after everyone else had set off.

Unbelievably they completed the event. There's now a max 45 hours to do it ... not sure what the limit was back then. They ended up doing it in just over 46 hours ... quite incredible considering they were still pissed when they started the race.

Another friend of mine - a German lady who won silver in the mixed coxed four at 2012 Paralympics - was second female when she did the GUC in 2006 (before her disability kicked in) ... in an amazing time of 39 hours and 34 minutes. Crazy!

10-12 miles a day sounds a far better option to me. Best of luck with it.

Yes, retired, and doing this socially and for fun. Great story though, we’ve all done similar, I went straight to the pick up point for the London to Brighton bike ride from a very boozy bbq

 

[Southern Scouse]

Having worked with hundreds of people who have had replacement joints I cannot emphasise how important it is to follow the post surgery physio to the letter. Just because you “Feel” you can do more dont, follow the program and you will have far better end results, good luck.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Two days off three weeks in.

No swelling. Walking without crutches. Very tidy incision line.
Slightly uncomfortable sleeping.
Thanks for the great advice.
I ice packed every day as recommended (top kit).
Used the leg cover for showering (even better kit).
Did all the exercises.
Hardly mixed my meds with wine at all. Hardly at all. Fact.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

When you wait up afterwards, the worst 'injury' will be the surgical wound. If you can get your your head around the 'it's only a cut' position you will have a better outlook.

This was excellent advice.
It is just a flesh wound at the end of the day.
All the ricketty shite, crumbles and athriticatus is in the bin
(Thanks for your support during the events. It meant a lot.)

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Two days off three weeks in.

No swelling. Walking without crutches. Very tidy incision line.
Slightly uncomfortable sleeping.
Been driving for a week.
Thanks for the great advice.
I ice packed every day as recommended (top kit).
Used the leg cover for showering (even better kit).
Did all the exercises.
Hardly mixed my meds with wine at all. Hardly at all. Fact.

Great to hear it went well and that the Limbo is working well for you.

If you find the discomfort sleeping is because you are knocking your knees against each other maybe try buying a knee pillow