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I'm 15 weeks post op (new plastic knee cap, metal trochlea) and its been a long, long journey and is ongoing, but I think (hope I've not imagined it lol! ) that in the last few days some of the tightness has not been as bad.
However, tonight hubby and I are babysitting our 18 month old granddaughter. She lives in a house with her parents, we live in a bungalow..........and boy oh boy I've just realised how bad I am with stairs. It has really shaken me and stupidly I've been upset, not only because of the stairs but I'm also not confident in picking her up. I seem to have days (and nights) when tears are never far away and the simplest things seem to set me off..... this is one of those occasions.......stupid or what!
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shirley67411 pam1313
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dorothy40208 pam1313
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susan33930 pam1313
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gill77343 pam1313
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You are not stupid.....
We have all gone and are still going through the crying process, it's the body,s way of recovering from such a major operation.
i also think that anyone who has had knee surgery has their confidence knocked down a bit?
Don't punish yourself too bad, take each day as it comes,your confidence with your granddaughter will come back sooner than you think.
With regards to the stairs situation can you ask your GP to refer you to a physio to help you with some exercises to address this situation.
Most of all don't beat yourself up, try and take each day as it comes, knee surgery is a major operation and it will take time, a lot of patience but you wil get there. Gill x
sarah87162 pam1313
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Regarding stairs. If you are concerned is it possible that your husband could carry gradchild up and down, then you would not have to do the stairs at all?
Otherwise can you just do the stairs without having to think about carrying child as well?
A plastic knee cap aye? My knee caps used to dislocate so i had one of them removed many years ago. No plastic one in it's place just simply no knee cap.
You can live without them.
Take care and keep in touch
Love Sasrah xxx
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Peglegbev pam1313
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It does get better and then oops you break a mail trip over a matchstick then bang floods of tears.
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