On 07/30/2014 05:58 PM, Harry K wrote:


Since that knee does not bend enough I can't kneel on it at all...
but I can kneel on the other slightly. It's not comfortable but I was
told it won't hurt anything.

I had both knees replaced at the same time...two years ago.
I guess I was one of the fortunate ones as there was virtually no pain
after the first few weeks.

24 hours after the surgery I was able to walk a little bit with a
walker. I was in the hospital 4 days then sent to a rehab unit.

There are a lot of stairs in my house and my wife was not going to let
me come home until she was sure I could get up and down the stairs.
I was scheduled for a ten day stay but after 5 days they kicked me out
of there. They said if I could get up at 2 am and do my own laundry
without help it was time to go home!

I had both hips replaced separately a year apart. Hed no problems with either and was walking the halls the second day on my second hip.

I was religious about following the theripists instructions and did the excercises 2x day but I did increase the number reps a bunch. I was out timber cruising on my cane while still in the home rehab program .

Something went whacko with my left knee a few days ago. Almost puts me on the floor if I stand up to fast. Hoping I don't have to have that done as all the reports I have heard is the knees are much worse than hips to get fixed right.

Harry K




Hope you are OK