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It took me almost 4 months before I could almost walk normally. Six weeks with a walker. Six weeks using a cane. Fourteen weeks after surgery I was able to walk from the train station to my doctors appointment at the hospital. It was three quarters of a mile. Granted I was hanging onto my husbands arm but that was a really big accomplishment for me. You don’t know what you don’t know. Had I known what the surgery entailed I might not have gone through with it BUT I am so much better after surgery than before. Before surgery I could hardly walk at all. I couldn’t walk up a slight incline without pain. Feeling much more normal now. It takes time and someday soon you will hopefully realize that you feel better than you did the day before.
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Thank you for these words. I am almost six weeks out and feeling frustrated because I cannot walk without a cane. I need to be patient. Life is already so much better because the horrible arthritic pain is gone. And I know, or at least have hope that at some point I will be able to resume my daily two to three mile walk.
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You said, "Had I known what the surgery entailed I might not have gone through with it BUT I am so much better after surgery than before." I say "Amen!"
When people are surprised by the rigorous recovery from joint surgery, and complain that "the doctor didn't tell me" I usually respond that "if they told you every detail, nobody would get fixed!"
I think back to the 1950's and 60's, and all the people I knew who were disabled by bad knees and hips while the rest of their bodies and their minds still functioned perfectly - they were pushed to the sidelines and lived out their lives from the rocking chair on the porch, doing chores and going to church in great pain. Many of these folks were in their 60's and 70's.
Today we have such wonderful tools that I am chasing my grandkids instead of living in a wheelchair. And joint replacement, even at 80+ years is possible.
Sue