I amazed

I will use it before I go to bed tonight and hopefully get a pain free night for a change 

although the I've only used it once today  and it was instant relief 

Hey Jean,

Its been 2 days! Did you get such a good night that you are still sleeping? Lol

Its 38 degrees here today, one of those days when it's so still outside.

The goldfish in my pond have had babies, lots of them!

My knee is doing well, even though it could be a bit looser for my liking.

Caz x

Hi Caz

38 degrees I think it's 6 here lol

i had a bad night last night after a very busy day yesterday but it was my own fault for trying to be bionic woman ...lol

i bet it's lovely to see all the baby fish in your pond. I find watching the fish so relaxing

oh well I'll get wrapped up in my Winter woollies while you Melt in the heat...lol

and I'm glad your knee is doing well  this could be your turning point and long  may it stay that way 

i'll do my exercises then use my Lioton Gel before I get on with my day.

x

 

Hi Jean I have got my limiting received today. I have put it on twice and haven't seen a difference yet. The one I have is for tired legs and as you say the directions are in a different language. I googled too, let me know how it is for you after a few days of using it. Thanks

Not limiting liotin, sorry

Hi

i've been using it for a few days now and I find it does relax the muscles in my TKR  leg

I always use it before bed and after exercise 

I hope it works for you 

let me know 

Jean 

I will try it tonight. You never know. I could make 4 hours sleep instead of 3. I might try my leg out of the bed as well, I can't bear duvet on it. 

I now get 3 hours instead of 2 and as for your leg out of bed ...I've done that before

i think that will be my Xmas wish ...a full nights sleep 

Hi how are going with the Lioton ? 

Is it still helping? 

I was   on my feet for three hours on saturday at a Christmas carnival. 

Boy did i  pay for that on Sunday and Monday! 

I felt likei  had regressed 2 weeks ! 

But todayi  massaged in some Lioton & went for a walk to the local shops. 

Not much fun going down all the stairs to get out. -  or the hill down to the shops. But i treated myself to a rest and a coffe.  And the walk back felt better 

 concentrating on heel and toe. Still using the cane  so i dontf all over lol

Hi

 you are doing so well no way could I have stood for 3 hours.

. I too have loads of steps and a big hill to cope with.

going up the hill isn't as bad as coming down it though.

the Liotol definitely helps and like you I use it before I go out and before I go to sleep.

i slept for 4 hours straight through last night and that is the best ever since the Op

Jean 

 

Hi Jean and suzidownunder,

Yesterday I saw another doctor, mine is on her honeymoon. He changed my painkillers to Panadol Osteo twice daily and Panadeine Forte at night. 

The Panadol Osteo seems to be knocking me around a bit. I have diarrhoea and feel sick about 20 mins after taking it.

Which painkillers are you guys on?

I also massage Lioton on my knee before I sleep. I would have had a lovely nights sleep if my sister hadn't called me to say Merry Christmas at 1.30am. After all these years she still doesn't get it. I'm 8 hours ahead of UK.

Caz x

 

Hi Caz

my only painkillers are co-codamol 30/500mg and as I've said before that my GP says I shouldn't be needing painkillers now.

I'll lend him my knee for a week and see if he copes without medication...lol

i've been awake since 5am it's now 6-40am I'm just having my first cup of tea as I know it's the end of my sleep until tonight.

I'm also dreading the fact that I have to do a bit of last minute shopping later I know I'll suffer later ...but .... I'll be brave 

 

Hi Caz and Jean. I'm sitting here icing and dreading the night as usual. 

I'm just on 2x paracetamol plus 2x ibuprofen as needed. 

They work good enough - take the edge off. 

I was on panaforte but they made me feel awful. Headache depressed etc. I cried /slept for two days on those so stopped taking them. 

By the time i came back up the hill today it was feeling easier. 

I'm concentrating in walking 'properly -  - heel toe... 

Does it kill your backs ladies cos it does mine! 

Hiya Gals,

Im just off to the shops to buy my grandson a pair of trainers. He picked them out, I expect I could buy a small car for the same money, but it's his birthday on New Years Day so it's combined!

Wish me luck, my knee is clicking today.

Caz

Oh yes it kills my back ...I have an ongoing back problem anyway and this damned Op has caused me to have sciatica...just another problem to cope with 

I do heel to toe when I remember....I'm concentrating on going up and downstairs properly instead of one step at a time.

the trouble is I find myself swinging the bad leg ..not a pretty sight for anyone walking behind me...use your imagination to picture the scene ...lol

it's definitely a good job I can laugh at myself or I'm sure I'd just stand and cry 

Jean 

 

There is a new pair of Air Jordans hitting the stores last weekend and the lines were forming several days in advance with people camping out, fights breaking out and trash piled up all for a $225 USD shoe. Of course these were people on welfare who don't work as they are the only ones with time on their hands to be able to do this sort of thing.

Haha I'm the same. It's so much harder than we thought isn't it! 

I'm not too bad going up stairs. I use the cane and haul myself up with the banister. I'll have arms like a lumberjack after this! 

But going down i do the hip raising bit and my knee twinges and clicks which puts me off. 

We have 6 runs of stairs to get down before i can make a bolt (slowly) for the front door and freedom  - then more steps to the street! 

You're brave going shopping! I've made the local shops but couldn't face a mall! 

Good luck! Hope you don't have to walk about too much  

Happily my grandchildren are all in the uk and happy with money sent from 'nanny downunder'!  

Where I live in Yorkshire everywhere is hills and steps ...and when you're young and fit you never give it a thought...but now old age has crept in and my bones creak  hills and stairs are a nightmare

sigh.....oh to be young again

but.... Come to think of it .....it is like being young again...we're learning to walk with our Robotic knees 

Haha maybe we can enter the 2016 Olympics for bionic ladies of a certain age! 

You must be in Whitby! When I was ill 2 years ago and we were there for her wedding I was stuck! I wonder if I could manage to see Staithes now...

We went to Footlocker and these are called Nike tuned 1 glide. He went there and sent me a pic of them. They cost $235 AU. But they didn't have them in his size, we ordered them, hope they come for his birthday.

Hes a great guy and has helped me over this operation. He didn't ask, we asked him. We brought him up, from a baby after my daughter took off.he will be 20 this birthday.

My knee held up ok, but I'm tired now.

Caz x

No Eileen I'm in Sheffield it was built on 7 hills 

trust me to be born a Yorkshire Lass ...lol

Love the name Nannydownunder 

lit reminds me of my grandson when he was small 

he started to copy my daughter and call me Mother ...so we explained I was his Nannie and my daughter Gill was his Mother ...and from that day on I was Nanniemother

Much the same though isn't it! Doesn't matter where you live it's uphill one way. Then there's the wind which is in your face as you go out and still in your face when you turn round to go home!! But it is very pretty. My husband had an interview at Sheffield hospital and we thought we could enjoy living there.

The "her" refers to my daughter btw - blame pred brain...

So very true Eileen .

and today is another one of those very windy days 

Can I just wave the Flag at the start of the Race please ....lol

I asked my daughter yesterday if she'd been blown away - not yet she said! It was her birthday and she's off work sick so she was hibernating!

I too have done a lot of hibernating  since this OP

 I've done lots of online shopping   Even food shopping 

i had big things planned for today but as I had hardly any sleep last night I haven't got the energy to do it today ....I must motivate myself tomorrow

Hi jean   Did you use the girl last night? I am still waiting for something to improve. I was awake for hours last night, 2 hours sleep in all. I used co codamol which I don't think is any good at sll. I ended up taking oxycodone and eventually slept. This has got to be the worse operation ever.  I am so tired today. I am not looking forward to Christmas, are any of us???  

Gel not girl

I bet he truly deserves them and you are happy do your part. There are so many good, high quality, young people out there that don't get their day in the sun because the media is so busy glamorizing the thugs and trying to make them saints. This country has been in such a turmoil over such things that we don't get a moments peace. Christmas should be such a time of joy and hope but this year its been a season of killing, beating, stealing and unpleasentries of man toward man its making it difficult to see the beauty.of the season. I guess I should be very happy. I never wanted much in life and I've succeded in hitting my goal. All in all, I'm pretty content with life and very happy I don't have to relive it.

Hello again

i too had a terrible night last night ..I do find the gel soothing though but I guess it's like everything else what works on one person doesn't always work on others

and you're right about the co-codamol doing nothing  but that's all my GP would give me I guess that anything else must make to big a dent in their budget 

it's the first operation I've had in my life and hopefully the last

it's far more traumatic than I expected ...but ...hopefully next xmas we will be saying ....I couldn't have done that last year...

JEAN 

 

Hi jean.  Yes let's hope you are right about next year.  I must admit I iced this morning, did exercise and then gelled. My leg did seem looser. I will continue with it. I smile trying nytol tonight to see if it works for me. We can't keep going on two hours sleep can we. I have just attempted to clean leather furniture and dusted and am exhausted!!!!

Haha come on! You know you're a winner! 

I feel very bah humbug this year. I cried trying to put the tree up and gave up so no decorations. 

Everyone i know is in the UK so no visitors. 

Hubby went shopping and came back with a ham (nice) and liver??? 

I think Christmas can slip quietly past this year ! 

Ps is 1.50 in the morning and yes I'm awake! 

This is the first year I haven't put my tree up 

as you say xmas can slip by this year 

I'm SO with you OFG! I'm so sick of the media's obsession with reporting on all the negative stuff, 24/7, that I can't even watch the news anymore. Maybe I'm like an ostrich with its head in the sand, but I'd rather go about my life trying to be happy & compassionate with those around me in my own little world, then being bombarded everyday about the "thugs" who are the LAST people to deserve all the attention. 

Yikes, don't get me on my soap box, ha. Really, I think you have to be in denial sometimes to keep your sanity. My daughter used to be in news, as a reporter & anchor, until she could not stomach it anymore. She won't even watch the local news anymore.

It has been a lot of work preparing for Christmas, shopping, wrapping, getting the house in order, plus today I have to go to the grocery store for all the food for Christmas Day, as the family will be here. On top of that we've had to go downtown L.A. for several dr apps for my husband, as he is having a procedure for his heart next month, so Christmas Day I plan to just "chill out", gaze at my family and be thankful for the good things in my life. 

Like you, never wanting much in life, but taking joy in the simple things and appreciating what you do have. I know that's not easy for a lot of people though, who have problems that one can't even fathom how they get through life, so it just makes me more thankful for what I have.

Oh my! How did I ever get on this tangent?? I guess I'm getting built up stress over the past month off my chest! I've also been laid up for a week with stomach problems ( which seem to be subsiding) but have not been able to exercise at all, and boy do I stiffen up when I don't keep those joints moving!!! 

Anyway, I hope you and everyone have a lovely Christmas. It will be over in a flash, then back to our busy, crazy lives again, ha

Betty 22 weeks today ( I think! You know, I'm actually starting to lose tract. I'll have to ask Jennifer 😀

So with you there Betty - this last week has been horrendous hasn't it?

But on Facebook today a paramedic mate had posted an article from the media ripping up a paramedic who had parked their ambulance on a hatched yellow lines area at McD's. I imagine to deal with a patient and they'd left it there as it is a) big and b) it isn't helpful if they can't open the doors. Anyway this woman ripped them up as she assumed they'd stopped by for food. 

Further down the FB page was a report about a paramedic who is seriously ill in hospital after being attacked by a patient he was attending. 

Says it all really I think.

But I think you are right - when we have been ill there does come a point where you just want to have a shout about injustice and stupidity and nastiness.

Happy Christmas everyone!

Hi Jean,

Like you I did most of my Christmas shopping online! How convenient is that? Gone are the days of going to the dreaded malls, trying to find a parking space & fighting the crowds and expose yourself to all the flu bugs going around 😀. Plus all the grocery stores have multitudes of gift cards for restaurants, movie theaters, department stores & even gas stations, so a lot of people on my Christmas list are getting gift cards 😀

I just wanted to say that I googled Yorkshire and Sheffeild to see where you lived ( don't worry, I'm not a stalker, ha) I'm just curious that way. I love seeing where people live, ha, but anyway it looks so lovely there. On my bucket list I want to visit the UK and see your beautiful country. 

I do hope you can get your sciatica pain under control Jean because I feel that is what is hampering your healing process in your knee. What do the doctors say? 

Take care Jean!

I think we are from all parts of uk. I live in the south 18 milesfrom London in epsom, surrey.  Weather herehas been fairly mild compared to up north.  Beautiful countryside in Yorkshire but cold.  Where I live we have a famous horse race once a years The Derby where the  a Queen always attends. 

Hi Betty

i must admit I used to love all the xmas shopping  but this year online shopping has suited me bettr

i know I couldn't have dealt with all the queueing and pushing and shoving.

i presume you googled Sheffield city ...I actually live outside the city on the border between yorkshire and Derbyshire the countryside is beautiful.

about this sciatica I googled sciatica after a TKR and it does happen in some cases ...I seem to be one of those.

but things can only get better 

Jean 

Oh yes, I have heard about  The Derby! The US media is obsessed with your royalty - especially Kate & Will 😀

I'll have to google your area next 😀

So glad I'm not the only one! My daughters are horrified! 'you have to put the tree up'! 

Let them fly over and do it then i can't face it! 

Bad night last night. Couldn't get comfortable slept from 11-1.20 then awake till 4 - dozed after that so I'm grumpy! Lol 

I'm in Australia but come from Kent in England - I escaped a bully and moved to Somerset. Met an Australian and came here 11 years ago. 

My entire family are back in the uk

id like to move back to be with them but couldn't face the cold weather now. 

Hi

the lack of slee gets to you eventually 

I'm 15 weeks post op and still only doze for a couple of hours every night 

I must have only had 2 hours  last night and today I've been fit for nothing

i still have some bits of last minute shopping and there's only tomorrow left to do it.

i think the only thing that will give me a good nights sleep is if I get hit on the head with a brick ...lol

and as for the Xmas tree mine is resting in the loft where it will stay this year ....and maybe next year and the year after that ...lol

Jean 

Hi Eileen,

I am a North Londoner living in Perth, Western Australia. It's the third windiest city in the world.

On a really hot day at around 3pm we get a wonderful wind come through that cools everything down for the night. It's called affectionately "The Fremantle Doctor".

Sad time for Sheffield losing Joe Cocker - What a voice!

Merry Christmas

Caz

Same here Suzidownunder, I have tried but always get so tired. My knee swelling is horrible.

My son and daughter are coming over tonight, my hubby is cooking, so it will be lovely.

Happy Christmas

Caz

Yes Caz

it's sad about Joe Cocker one of my City's greatest exports

have a lovely Christmas and a very Happy New Year x

Jean