The year you are planning on how to approach your knee surgery you start asking around who has had knee surgery. I was amazed how many people I ran into who had knee surgery in the last 20 years and most of them were very successful.
One person was my water size instructor. She had it done last November of 2023 and within six weeks she was back teaching water size classes. Now, she was extremely motivated in that she taught water size classes five days a week twice a day.
She choose home therapy and it was very successful for her. She was involved with physical training she did her own PT three times a day besides the two times a week that the physical therapist came in.
And she made great progress. Another friend of mine who had knee surgery a year ago and also had home PT. She had to sleep in a recliner for the first four months because she was unable to get in and out of her bed.
She had to use a Walker the entire time and struggled to get back to normal. It is a year later and she still doesn't feel like she is back to normal as far as walking. But she also didn't work at it other than the one time a day that the home therapist came in.
One thing that really impressed her was when she went for her two-week checkup, another person who had his knee replaced at the same time she had hers replaced was walking with a canes and not a Walker. The difference was he had gone to a local rehab facility.
He thought that that had made all the difference in his being able to walk as well as he was at that point in time. After much discussion with other people I decided to go to rehab thinking I could get out in four or five days after the operation.
Little did I know that once you enter the facility, you're there till they discharge you whether it's one day or 20 days. I did call my health care provider and discovered that they did provide 20 days of rehab for me at a facility.
One thing I did do was call my surgeons office and got a handicap tag for the car. That was a life saver after I was released from rehab. Next post will be the operation in the first couple days immediately following it.
I have an ear that would love to hear your stories. Let’s taste the real meaning of life. I am still working on my course with a goal of launching a starter course by June 30th, and I will keep you abreast as to how the process goes.
If you want to participate in this process and join my first class please send me an email to www.bobchuckpatterson@yahoo.com
# knee replacement #knee operation #knee therapy #vision #mission #visionmissionplan #companyplanning #corporateplanning #bankruptcyretirement
Comments