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Originally Posted by LWJ
From what I know about my wife and mom getting big knee jobs: Do the PT.
Some knees respond very nicely, some not so much.
Good luck. It will be months until you are doing the Watusi.
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I am traditionally stubborn as a mule, got it from dad, it can make me a PITA however it can be useful. As in when this stated I vowed that "I'm going to do every dam thing they tell me to do."
Starting with the surgeon, his word was carved in stone. Whatever he said I did (no I didn't wax his car).
I say that because I went through four days post surgery in the hospital, almost a month rehab in a nursing home ( big step for me, I had vowed to NEVER set foot in a nursing home!) good thing though because I was getting PT twice a day. To now back at assisted living and getting ready to move from here to an apartment before he end of the year..
All that to say I had a bunch of Dr and nurses working on me so I had to filter everyone's comments. For instance well meaning nurses would want to put a pillow under my knee. Makes sense right? Wrong, surgeon stopped by right after the procedure and said "keep it straight"...
right after asking me to move it.
