Knee You Later

Yes I do know. You can be your Father's nurse while he is going through therapy! I'm sure he would love to be spoiled!

I pray all will go well with your dad. I've had tons of surgeries, but thankfully no joint replacements.

My dad did, and he did slow down a bit, but some people never slow down so it'll be interesting to see what direction your dad goes.

I wish him best and will put him in my prayers that the surgery goes well,

My sister had knee replacement surgery, she's doing excellent.

I wish him luck I have known friends that said their parents had the surgery and have all done very well.

Best of luck to your dad. Knee surgery isn't the horror it once was

I don’t know anybody who has had their knees replaced. My dog was diagnosed with patellar lunatics though and that was when she was pregnant. Fortunately it was just grade 1 and she doesn’t need surgery. She’s running and jumping, and climbing up and down the stairs as if she doesn’t have it now. So i am relieved.

Wish him good luck for knee replacement surgery

I hope he does a lot better when he has those knee replacements.

As long as I can remember my mother used to complain about her knees being bad, sore and whatnot. She always claimed that she needed knee replacement surgery, as it turned out, she actually required hip replacement surgery. She had both done, it was hard on her. Since she was a widow by the time that she had them done, they would not release her to her home to recover, and she knew that before going in, so she had to check into a rest home for 8 weeks to recover. They helped her with the exercises, and she actually fell once, so it was a good thing that she was there. I wish your Dad good luck with his surgery. I am sure that if he could put up with the bad knees for 20 years, then the surgery and recovery should be a snap for him.

I have heard from two myLotters who had knee replaced and everything went well and smoothly. My best wishes to your father.

@just4him had knee replacements and a friend of mine has. My friend is back skiing double black diamonds. I hope your father’s surgery went well. He will be back to himself in no time.

I've had one knee and one hip replaced. The knees are definitely harder to recover from and more painful. Good luck to your dad. I'm glad he's getting it done. He will feel so much better in the end. One thing he needs to do is not cut the rehab short. He will need all the physical therapy that he can get.

I live in a residence with 300 old people--many had knee replacements and all agree that the physical therapy after is the answer to a better recovery!

I've had both knees replaced. Once he's through recovery and physical therapy he shouldn't need to allow down in his activities. My second one hurt so much less that I overdid exercise in the beginning and was yelled at by the surgeon. Later I had issues with it and always wonder if it's because I pushed myself to much in the beginning. Even then the new ones are so much better than the old and I never tore either of mine.

He's going to be so happy with the knee replacement. Will he have both of them done? I had a knee replacement on both of them last year, September and November. I'm so happy I did. I hope he has someone to take him to his therapy appointments. Therapy is so important. My knees are both doing very well after seven and five months. I am in the pool and fitness center almost every day minus weekends.

Goodluck to him!

I hope your dad's knee replacement went well - important to keep up with what they give him for PT. My mom had her hip replaced and is a lot more comfortable now