kneeling

yes Betty I agree its up to how you feel and your confidence? ???

Confidence plays a big role, for sure, but I'm talking about the actual pain that is felt when I kneel.

Some ( I'm probably one of them) may never be able to kneel again simply because it's too painful. Others may be able to do it just fine. Like I said, we are all different, that's why I don't think there is really an answer as to whether we should or ever be able to kneel.

I do hope Dotty will be able to light her fire in the fall

Good luck to all of you and "happy kneeling"

Betty

and you too Betty x

I was told by my surgeon's registrar not to kneel as I still have my own kneecap and it could get damaged. I do manage to kneel on my 'good' knee to get down on the floor to do some of my exercises and manage to get up - but not very elegantly! I miss getting down on the floor to play with my grandchildren but have to accept it. I don't want to risk causing any more problems. 

I'd get some advice from your surgeon, Dotty Lotty, before lighting your fire 😊 

Hi Jen!

I remember when we first "met" on this forum, soon after our TKR's, you were saying how you looked forward to being able to get down on the floor and play with your grandchildren.

I'm sorry that has not happened for you. I think I was expecting to be like I was when in my 20's & 30's - how silly I was! I don't regret having my TKR as I would be much worse off otherwise, but I think some of us are a little surprised & disappointed to realize we still have limitations, not being able to kneel being one of them.

Are you back to your routine now after your lovely trip to lake Como? We bought a new home ( wanted to get out of our 2 story) with a sport pool ( deepest end is 5') and I'm looking forward to doing water exercises for all my arthritic aches & pains 😬

Take care my friend - are you going for your one year check up in July?

I plan to, & also get X-rays on my hip.

XX Betty

Hi Betty, 

Yes it is disappointing not to be able to "get down with the kids", I have done it once or twice but it takes me so long to get up and down, using pillows and something to hold onto that it's not really worth it 😊 . You're spot on when you refer to disappointment at our limitations. Even on our holiday last week I felt a bit of a bore when my sister in law, who we went with, was so encouraging when she praised me for my walking so well and I had to add that it was still not perfect and there were times when it was stiff etc. Like you, I'm not sorry I had it done as I would not be able to walk for long at all but it's like having a new knee not a normal knee (if that makes sense). 

Your new house sounds very exciting. It would be lovely to exercise in a warm pool. You enjoy it.

i don't get a check up in July. I last went in December and was told I'd be sent for again 12 months from then. I think they check annually after that. He did tell me to contact him if I had any problems though and told me he'd keep an eye on my hip without me having to go through the whole referral process again. Although that is a bit troublesome I'm nowhere near thinking of an op on that yet. I'm hoping the exercises I do will keep it going for a while.

 Let me know how you get on at your check up and what the x rays of your hip reveal. In the meantime, enjoy that lovely hydrotherapy.

Jen xx

PS I must add another positive experience which also might encourage other followers. One of my sons completed a cycling challenge for a local charity yesterday, cycling 110 miles. I went to watch him at one of the final stages and then at the Finish. It meant standing around for nearly 4 hours in total. There's no way I could have done that as recently as a few months ago but I managed just fine. Little bit stiff but not uncomfortable. So, yes, definitely worth having it done 😊 

Well that's " usin your noggin"

I like how you resolved your problem of getting your flowers planted!

Betty

When I was 8 weeks post op (bilateral) I was in the garden & was trying to catch a cane toad (revolting creatures).  Nearly had it but then went down onto my right knee.  I was horrified wondering what damage I might have done, then it hit me - how am I going to get up? I did manage it, but don't ask me how?  No damage caused that I know of except for a grazed elbow.

ha !! fair play to you  i bought a foam roller thing recently to use on my calfs and hamstrings so i put it on the floor and eased onto the floor from the sofa great and did some excersises getting back up on the sofa was something else i had to use my elbows to pull myself up backwards onto the sofa my grandchild was looking at me puzzeled she is 3

We start life crawling and end up crawling again haha I'm the same but gives ourselves a good laugh

Actually, Shirley, I was watching my grandson crawling across the floor the other day and thought "Oh I wish I could do that! 

Haha I've done that many a time. It's funny but hurts a little too that we're not what we used to be especially when we're not that old

exactly things we took for granted for so long not have to be thought through like cleaning out presses that are low down thank god my hips work but its not the same as before you just knelt without giving a second thoughtor before id step up on a chair to find something now i get the step ladder just in case  its like when children try to jump off things you see the danger while they know they can do it .its put a stop to freedom of movement as we knew it but what the heck we also can laugh at ourselves!!!!!!!!!!!

It's about knowing our limitations but appreciating the positives 😊