I had both knees done at the same time, took no pain killers except
Excedrin, and was hiking up mountains in Guatemala two months later. I had
a wonderful surgeon (some of the parts used are named after him) and I did
lots of pre-surgery physical therapy to strengthen my other muscles.
Tina
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Agreed. It was three months before I allowed myself to drive. Had it
> been my left knee I'd have started driving at 2 months. But until 3
> months my knee was still so painful that I felt I could not put enough
> pressure on the brake pedal to make an emergency stop.
>
> On the other hand, I spoke to a woman several days ago who claims she
> had resumed all normal activities within 2 weeks. Guess I should have
> had her surgeon. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/9/2013 11:46 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > Knee replacement without anaethesia/painkillers? That's insane!
> > I got through a fair bit of morphine.
> > Andrew Fildes
> > afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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