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I need one hip replacement and both knees need replacing
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 16 4:21am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Good morning Joe,
Thank you so much for answering my post. The doctors are telling me the same thing that I would recover by December. My concern is my bad knee on the same side. If I go through with this I'm afraid that if I go forward with just the hip this year will my knee get even worse than it is now and give me issues right before the wedding. I know with any surgery there is no guarantee. I wish there was! It's a big decision to make. I've had the knee issues for over 20 years but did work through them with exercise. The knock knee deformity has gotten worse and I can feel it in my knees.
I appreciate you sharing your experience with me. This is the hardest decisio I have to make along with being the biggest gamble of what the outcome will be. I've never won big at gambling LOL
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Actually, my "worse" knee got so much better after my hip replacement that I have been able to tolerate it for over 10 years! The doc said he expected that to happen once I started walking correctly on the hip. Sadly, it is now telling me - often quite loudly - that I need to begin considering replacement. After many issue in 2024, I am trying for a surgery-free 2025, so will be seeing my orthopedist about delaying to Spring 2026.
If I were you, I would go forward with the hip replacement & get it healthy ASAP, then do the knees after the wedding. Be sure to allow yourself plenty of healing time between surgeries.