I have not been round to see him since he came out but my son has. My
son said he looked really ill. My brother says he will not go in to have
the other knee done.
I will probably see him in the morning and get the whole story.
It has been a rough year for my brother, he had a quadruple bypass in
March. He needs some good vibes.
At least I can sympathise with him, having had a bypass myself and 6
stents in my heart.
Shirley

Thanks Dave,,,, well done or well doing and on going.
harv

Hi Dave

The sleep thing really begins to get you down doesn't it?  Your leg does get
a bit uncomfortable when you lie in the same position for a couple of hours.
Glad you're managing in the house with no sticks - I was like that, using
sticks outside mainly for confidence.  I have given them up now, and am
managing okay.  No pain in my knee, just soreness in the scar still, which I
wish would go away.

Like my left knee, I am at the stage where the new joint is "clunking",
which I thought was highly abnormal last time, but it turns out it is
common.  It doesn't hurt, but once the initial swelling went down after the
op, the joint "clunks" when I walk - its just a bit disconcerting, and I
don't know why but I think its unpleasant!  Last time, it went away by
itself after a couple of  months, and doesn't do it at all now.

Is your knee giving way on you at all?  Mine was, when I gave up the sticks.
I found that mainly in the evening, when I was tired, I'd start walking and
it would just give way most alarmingly (as if my leg just suddenly became
weak and pathetic).  It has almost stopped now, but has given me a couple of
"moments" this week.

If it is any consolation, at 6 weeks I felt desperate - sick and tired of
having to get up for a little walk in the night, fed up with not sleeping
for longer than two hours at a time (if I was lucky).  It was 7 weeks since
my operation on Monday of this week, and yesterday I realised that my sleep
has suddenly been getting better - I am getting quite decent stretches now.
I still wake up a bit in the night, but its just a moan and turn-over job,
rather than a sleepless hour when I have to get up.  My energy levels are
improving as a consequence.  Just as well as I am back at work 5 days a week
now (although perhaps that is why I'm sleeping better?)

I had my 6 week follow up appointment on Thursday, and they are quite happy
with me - I'll get an appointment in a year's time for x-ray and physio
assessment to make sure everything's okay.

I hope your progress continues Dave.

Jayne

David wrote:

I had the same problem following my hip replacement.  It hurt only while
lying in bed at night.

Finally took to sleeping erect in a chair in the living room for 7 or 8
weeks and managed 6 to 8 hours sleep.

The cat whose chair I took over was happy when I returned to the bedroom.
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