Total knee replacement planning!

Hi Gill,

i am 13 weeks pits op TKR . I think I am doing really well, and had an easier journey than a lot.. I did start doing exercises before the op . The main 2 being .laying on the bed . Push your leg / knee into the bed pulling your toes up towards you . Hold for  a while then relax then repeat . The other,  either when sitting or laying lift your whole leg about 12 ins and hold straight to count of 10 then release  and repeat . These exercises help to build the muscles . You will do the same exercises after the op , and find them much easier to do . I am sure it helped my recovery . Hope this makes sense . I have to have my other knee done next year, and this  op hasn't put me off. Good luck 

Hi Gill me,  seems I'm in the same position as you. I'm waiting for a date for my TKR which was cancelled for tomorrow. 

I also watched a little of some op on you tube for about ten minutes and then decided not too, and I'm glad I did that.

I'm using this forum as a guide to help me post op

hi , i have had two knees done ,one in feb amd the other in august ,im only 53 and i think i was lucky,my right knee had been giving me jip about jan 2013 ,i had an x-ray done in april ,followed by the other knee starting ( both knees didnt give me any break at all ) ,i had another x-ray on my left knee , while i was waiting to see some one over the right knee ,work got too hard for me and i went off sick ,i was working full time in a school ,feeding all the kids and staff around 1700 in one hour and 40 mins ,so a very hard job to do while walking all day . i saw some one in july who gave me an injection in my right knee and told me to go back to the gp . in august i saw my consultants , registar who recomended me to have insoles in my shoes and took more x-rays ,and thought i would have a half replacement in both knees . he told me that i was bone on bone with both ,so of i went and bought the insoles while i waited for the hns ones to arrive , 3 weeks later i  went to pick them up and they then ordered me a pair of braces ,all of these things didnt work for me ,so back of the gp , who was not very pleased and got back in touch with the consultant and asked if he would see me again of which he did in november 2013 , he said that the pain i was having didnt match the x-rays and then ordered an mri scan and said that he would see me in about 8 weeks time (giving 4 weeks wait for the scan results and 4 weeks for him to look at them , all over christmas ) i then saw him again to collect the results in january , i was put on the waiting list aprox 8 weeks , 3 weeks later i had been and had the right one done ans was back home ,when i went for the 6 week check up things were looking great , i had all the movement ,did the exercises etc , when i asked about the left knee,he said about 6 months you need time to recover ,3 months later i went back , he was pleased and put me back on the list ,another 3 week gone and im back home all done , so ive had 2 tkr s done in 4 and a half months , and i will not say its easy , i swam dailey from oct to feb ,and back to the pool 8 weeks post op both times , it is a painfull op and the lack of sleep is bad , but do your exercises and build up the legs , dont over do things , take things nice and slow ,and if you can allow people to help you at home . in two weeks im back at work ,cant wait , so in 21 months ive started and finished with it all , you will have a lot of pain and lack of sleep but well worth it . good luck ,x