Hi Marci, How are you doing? Has your sleep improved? What is it like being past 120 days? I am doing great and have been for the past 4 weeks. I am 10 weeks post-op and on the bike or elliptical for 30-40 minutes each day and also walking my 110 pound dog for 30-40 minutes tromping up and down our ...

Hi Marci, Good to hear you are doing well and yes I would agree that there were a number of things it would have been good to know before surgery. For me it would have helped with moderating my expectations. The sleeping on my back was a big challenge since I have not really done that for 2 years du...

Hi Marci, I hope this finds thing going well for you as your recovery continues. I am 3 weeks out and overall things are going quite well. The first week was rough due to significant swellling in both knees after being discharged om the 4th post-op day. It took about 4 days of elevation and icing to...

Hi Marci, Good to hear from and how you are doing. I was wondering about sleep position and it was helpful to hear what it was like for you. I am a side sleeper, more so since my spine surgery two years ago so I am not looking forward to sleeping on my back. Glad to hear things are easier. I am curi...

Hi Marci-Good to hear from you and get an update on your progress. It sounds like it has been a bit of a rough go although it does sound like your pain control has been worked out. I am curious if you given a recommendation for sleep position as a friend of mine who had bilateral TKR found that one ...

Hi Marci,
I hope your surgery went well and your recovery is progressing as planned. I am interested in hearing how things are going when you are up to it. I have a friend who had his bilateral TKR in April and by 5 weeks he was doing quite well. Take good car and don't overdo it.
Jim

I have been away for a while as my knees have been doing great, sort of. In between 20 months ago I had a 4 level lumbar XLIF (extreme lateral interbody fusion) with PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fixation)and had a great recovery. I refereed my first post op soccer match 11 months later and worke...

Jayhawk.......Thanks for the reply. I am curious what activities you do sports-wise. If you cycle, do you use Speedplay pedals? I spoke with my OS and that is what he uses ( has a bad knee from a soccer injury) as I have had problems sine my March scope when I get out of the saddle (unfortunately I ...

Glad to hear you are sleeping in your bed again, hopefully you will get some restorative sleep. Electrical stim can be used in many different ways. On many occasions I have had pain patients who found reasonable benefit from using a TENS unit at night to enable them to get better quality sleep. Thes...

This is a difficult situation and it is clear that your parents have little understanding of the individual differences in post-operative recovery. if you have a hydrotherapy facility you may wish to discuss this with your physical therapist. It may also be worth discussing the use of a TENS unit, p...

How did your HTO hardware removal go. Mine was 4 years ago and it was quite easy. I hope yours went well.

Those are impressive recoveries. I am putting off at TKR as I am just not ready to give up running which I do primarily when refereeing youth, adult , high school and collegiate soccer. I have had great recoveries from my knee procedures and it was the post-op rehab and really sticking to it, with t...

Hi All, My peroneal nerve injury was a long time ago and recovery was a slow process. I resumed refereeing soccer while using the afo. I am fairly certain the gait alteration put some significant loads on my left knee which in retrospect I should have paid a bit more attention to. The various martia...

Striker, Your recovery sounds great so far. I understand living for futbol as a long time referee and have had great success for the last 6 years after a high tibial osteotomy, closing wedge. I'v got a bum lateral meniscus now, probably from the last couple weeks refereeing so tomorrow they will sco...

Robbie, What a great result so far. I am a soccer ref in the states, high level and have had great results from a closing wedge high tibial osteotomy 6 years ago. I have been able to ski virtually everything at Whistler BC and referee as much as I want. Unfortunately I have a tear in the lateral men...