October 27, 2010
1 month post TKR
Today i'm 4 weeks out from my total knee replacement and things are going well! In the past week I've been able to ride the stationary bike without any problems and yesterday I actually went out for a 30 minute ride on my road bike! I can also go up and down stairs like normal people do! Don't get me wrong it's not like it has been a walk in the park so far! I still have trouble sleeping at night as my knee tends to throb during the night. And if I'm up on it for too long or over work my physical therapy it gets sore and swells up a bit. The hard work is paying off though! My range of motion is getting more and more and I'm able to walk faster and farther now. I really feel the pool therapy has helped me a lot in getting my range of motion back! Hopefully I will continue to get stronger and stronger each week! Have a great day all! :-)
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Glad to see you are doing so well Dick. I also have had a TKR, but only one. Am interested to see how running goes with you, now that you have a double. Keep up the hard work, we know it pays off.
Dick, so glad to hear that you are doing so well. Keep up the good work with PT. Will be interested to see how you do with running now that you have a double TKR
I'm delighted to hear of your progress and really admire your determination and hard work. I think your sharing your experience with the TKRs will help me a lot when I get mine and I'm very grateful.
I have been wondering why you stopped tweeting -- and didn't look on Facebook (but I will now). Good luck with the 2nd knee; sounds like you are doing really well. As a former marathoner who is now doing only a bit of running on my almost 2 year old,Zimmer RTKR Ireally appreciate that you've been able to run so much on your first kneww. I hope you'll be able to keep it up with the 2nd TKR--but not too soon!!!
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