That's not surprising. You were almost certainly putting extra stress on it to avoid using the bad knee; when you stop doing that it feels much better.
My wife has a scar closer to 12" than your 5" one, but her doctor took the opportunity to straighten up the angle of the joint as well. He's also a specialist in this kind of operation - he learned his trade at Walter Reed, where they do quite a lot of reconstructive surgery. On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 11:50:02AM -0500, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Thanks John, thanks encouraging to hear. > It's kind of funny now, but the left knee also feels so much better now than > it did before the surgery. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ? > > > > > > My wife had a knee replacement a couple of years ago. > > Your timetable sounds slightly more agressive than hers, > > but you were probably in better shape to start with. > > > > In a couple of months you'll be asking yourself "why > > didn't I have this done earlier?", as you'll already be > > much better than you were before the operation. And it > > will only improve. After a year you'll be amazed. > > > > The one drawback is that you'll begin to realize that > > perhaps the other knee isn't as good as it could be ... > > (My wife will probably need to get hip replacements, too). > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:32:54AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> Good luck with that, Ken! > >> > >> Several folks in my circle of friends have been through similar, with > >> mostly excellent results. I'll need a new hip someday myself, I know > >> that. Take care of it and get well quickly! > >> > >> Godfrey > >> > >> On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >> > >> > After hobbling around for the last several months on a bum right > >> > knee, I > >> > finally had a complete new knew installed Monday morning. I figured > >> > if I > >> > didn't get the knee, I'd probably never use the 600 again. I knew I > >> > had to > >> > do something when I had to cancel a fall shoot in the Upper > >> > Peninsula of > >> > Michigan. > >> > > >> > Everything went well & I was home by Wednesday morning with the > >> > makings of a > >> > fine 5 inch scar & some more reasons not to sail by airport security. > >> > The Dr. I chose does around 800 of these a year (with his two > >> > assistants) - > >> > he does the actual installation. > >> > > >> > Should be back to some semblance of normalcy in around 4 to 6 > >> > weeks. The Dr. > >> > is a sports medicine orthopedic & believes in very aggressive > >> > therapy. I had > >> > 4 pre operation therapy sessions and will start next week on 3 a week > >> > sessions. I was up & walking within 4 hours of the surgery. > >> > > >> > Kenneth Waller > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
