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Anyone have or know about knee replacement surgery?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 358129" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>I have a number of friends (some older than me so quite elderly) who have total knee replacements, with artificial knees.</p><p></p><p>The protocol these days is to have you back on your feet as soon as possible after the surgery. The shortest I know of was 48 hours! This sounds like brutal torture but it has a rationale which is stop it all freezing up due to inaction. The idea is use it or lose it.</p><p></p><p>One, a 65+ lady of small stature but heavy build said that she went from excruciating pain (before) to pain free the day after. Okay the surgical site was sore, you don't go chop-chop without it hurting but the joint itself was painless. Six (?) weeks later after the scars in the surrounding tissue were nearly fully healed she was good, still a bit stiff but moving freer than I had seen her move in months. She had her other knee done about six months later and almost bounced in the door the next time I saw her in the canteen she manages for my train club.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 358129, member: 4085"] I have a number of friends (some older than me so quite elderly) who have total knee replacements, with artificial knees. The protocol these days is to have you back on your feet as soon as possible after the surgery. The shortest I know of was 48 hours! This sounds like brutal torture but it has a rationale which is stop it all freezing up due to inaction. The idea is use it or lose it. One, a 65+ lady of small stature but heavy build said that she went from excruciating pain (before) to pain free the day after. Okay the surgical site was sore, you don't go chop-chop without it hurting but the joint itself was painless. Six (?) weeks later after the scars in the surrounding tissue were nearly fully healed she was good, still a bit stiff but moving freer than I had seen her move in months. She had her other knee done about six months later and almost bounced in the door the next time I saw her in the canteen she manages for my train club. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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