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62 next Monday. I had no plans for a knee due to age, I just couldn't hobble around any more and had to do something. I had to wear a paper bag over my head, just to go up or down stairs so people wouldn't recognize me stumbling around like a geriatric leftover...

Doc says I'll need a new one when I get old enough. I'm only 47 now and get injections every 3 months. I'm hoping tech will just get better and less invasive. Wouldn't it be cool if you could get an injection of nano bots to go in and rebuild everything?

Get well soon Shrapnel!

Get well, the grouse will be waiting.

glad things worked out well for you Shrap, on that knee. I am looking at a hip, before too long, and hope I do as well.

They say the hips are much easier on you and way less recovery time. You will be fine...

Guess who showed up to encourage my recovery?

Da Dober! LOL!

Shrapnel hoping for your quick recovery!

I hope you don't get hemorrhoid surgery.

Piddler do that for ya?

Youch! Hope you heal quick

Hope you got some frozen orange juice with that. ;-{>8

Smart boy to get your deductible out of the way early in the year.

Trying to get your health insurance deductible taken care of early in the year?

PT may be painful, but if you don't push to get a full, or nearly full, range of motion, you may end up with equally, maybe more, painful muscle adhesions. That is what happened to my BF after his knee replacement. He has a low threshold of pain and didn't push himself during rehab, so he ended up having to have the adhesions "released" under general anesthesia and probably added at least six months to his recovery.

You will be good for another 300,000 miles now .........

I've heard that knee replacement is a pain, but be damn if I wouldn't like to have a pair of bionic knees.

My knees are fugged up enough to make it a pain to get around, but not rotten enough to need replacement.

I'm in that "never-never" land as far as knees are concerned.

Would be more inclined to believe his timing involves being 100% come elk season 2016.

Good luck on your recovery. I had a knee replacement at 58 in June of 2014. Be diligent with the PT. It sucks, but it'll be worth it. I missed hunting in '14, but had no problems this year hiking around.

BINGO! And also back on my feet enough for Turkeys in April...

....and a great plan it is.

My Mother had that done at 75 years young. She took one pain pill and was back on her feet doing rehab within a week or so.

The rehab folks actually came to the house, which was great!

Congrats!!

I had both of mine replaced together a bit over thirteen years ago at are 58. I had to talk hard with my surgeon to do both at the same time but he finally agreed providing I didn't complain about it later.

It went well for me as I had a secret weapon, the better half who was a retired Registered Nurse. She could be a relentless slave driver at times, who kept me doing my PT, whether I felt like it or not. She actually deserves most of the credit for such a quick and successful recovery. I have full range of motion in both legs and I was back to work in eight weeks.

As others have said the biggest secret is in your willingness to be diligent with your therapy. I would do the same thing in a heartbeat if faced with the problem again. The results are well worth the two months spent recovering from the surgery.