I’d be interested in whatever progress reports you care to provide. Post-procedure reports from others I have known who had hip or knee replacements have varied quite a bit as to after-the-fact quality of life.

My own leg joints are not in the best of shape either, but the hips are worse than the knees. I did visit an orthopod about the hips awhile back. Didn’t like his attitude, so if I ever have any procedures, he won’t be doing them.

I’m hoping some genuinely restorative therapies are forthcoming as I’ve never liked the idea of synthetic replacements because of the seriously invasive nature of the procedures required to install them. Perhaps I will luck out in that respect before things get bad enough to make me reconsider.

I’ve already had personal experience with what a couple of decades of medical advance can do to improve outcomes. I had my first cataract lens replacement procedure in the mid-90s and it was a mess. I had the second such procedure using an entirely different technology a bit over 20 years later and things went swimmingly.

Two years ago I was in hospital with embolism filled lungs. They said I needed a heart valve, had a cancer spot on a kidney. I won’t go on Medicaid…too proud

I never grew up a hell-raiser…or a drinker…but I am in increasing pain and it is either vodka or a bullet.

My anger at the medical community—what they did to my parents–is part of why I stay upright.

No one should hurt like my Dad did.

Get well quick!

Best wishes, good luck, speedy and full recovery!

So, I guess you are flying to Cuba or Canada tonight for your surgery?

You always want the best for your healthcare.

You will be up and walking the same day.

No more Pickle Ball!

Recovery needs to go at your own pace. Don’t worry about posting. We’ll see you again when we see you.

Hoping for a speedy recovery. My wife just had a knee replacement and it went well but her mobility was down for several weeks. Rest up.

Listen to your physical therapist(s), and follow their instructions. They’ve helped lots of people through the strength and range-of-motion recovery. At first it seems like “PT” stands for “pure torture”, or maybe “physical tyranny” but they’re really got your best interests at heart. And they usually start you doing that stuff the day after surgery. Hang in there.

My wife had her knee done about a decade ago after years of “bone-on-bone” that limited her to walking no more than a couple of hundred yards at a time. Now she can routinely walk a hike with me in the mountains and hills. Of course, she was a fanatic about doing her exercises and stretching post-surgery, and still rides her stationary recumbent bike a few times a week. If you haven’t got one of those, think about buying a used one since it’s a great non-impact way to move the legs.

Heck, one of the things they have you do is partial rotations back and forth on a stationary bike, and I remember the yelp she let out when she accidentally spun the pedals all the way around. Her biggest complaint about that was that once she had done it the first time, the therapist told her to just keep on doing it!

Here’s wishing you the best.

Highly interested in knowing if they are using Fentanyl with Midazolam to knock you out?
–The fentanyl is a very potent painkiller, but they bring you out of it with Narcan, an opiate antagonist.
–The midazolam (known as “dazzle” to recreational users) is a benzodiazepine which essentially erases your memory for 30 minutes, they bring you out of that with flumazenil, which is the benzo antagonist.
–You will feel amazingly clear when they wake you up, but your knee will feel “sore.” Both antagonists work instantly. They’ll ask you to count backwards from 10 and the next thing you know you’ll be wide awake with new hardware in your knee.)

And… how many days of painkillers are they going to send you home with? (10 years ago, they would have given you a 60-count bottle full of OxyContin or Vicodin, and a refill if you asked nicely.) I’m guessing you’ll get 3 days worth of something, hopefully not just Tylenol!

Take care!