It's my turn in exactly 2 weeks and 3.75 hours. Haha. 1PM 31 Jan.
FIrst off, for those on the fence, I will try to use this thread to share my misery.
Second, those who have had it done, can you offer any thoughts, tips etc? When did you get clearance to resume normal office working, driving, etc.
My background - sorry in advance for the detail (or lack of), but in my best David Byrne, "How did I get here?"
I had a left hip replacement in 2017, not sure how or why, no one else in my family ever had this, and my Mother who had Rheumatoid Arthritis never had it, she did have both feet and hands rebuilt and 3 total knee replacements. I don't have RA, and Dad was a very fit, boxer, baseball player, football player (both ways in HS), golfer (sort of trouble with irons but damn fun on course), hoopster too. And for kicks he dove off the cliffs at Acapulco and sparred with then HW champ Jack Dempsey. I was not as athletic, as I was never as dedicated (other than to golf). Dad still had a washboard stomach when I was a kid (his 5th), and he was in his 40s/50s with me still recalling that.
Sorry, so, I had the hip replacement and became rather sedentary, gained a shitton of weight, highest was 308, was on my way to Type 2, but lost the weight got in shape and now (after a year about 19 months in Charleston, have started to gain again, but now dieting to keep things in check, need/want to lose about 10-15 lbs - so nothing like the 300+ weight days. Type 2 is now off the table - clean blood etc. Until the knee blew out, I was gyming 3 times a week, biking 2 more - again not crazy maybe 10 miles at a stretch, jogged a 5 and 10 k annually and will be adding a 1/2 marathon in 24. Other than those 3 running events, my jogging is over, will move over to elipticals to protect the knee.
Ugh - sorry again, I am an open book - why say in 10 words what I can say in 10 pages. SMH at myself.
So, hip, fat, out of shape. Then after getting in shape and losing just short of 100lbs, I had rt foot plantar fasciitis - and would not bring it up other than it stayed with me for about 20+ months, after the knee blew out, I seem to have put together in my head that the hip lead to the foot and foot lead to the knee - one MD seemed to think so as well but who knows.
I went through a series of 3 gel shots in the knee that helped but wore off and I did not want to do that again, with my oldest looking at a wedding in late 24 or now early 25 I want to walk her down the aisle unencumbered. So surgery it is - and I want to be back golfing late summer (earlier if that's feasible). I hope to walk maybe job slightly the bridge 10k early April but that may be wishful thinking.
Thanks for staying this far, any tips experiences or other posts are welcome. I know from my hip PT, that knee people suffer and stuggle in PT but I am a very strong believer in PT and will dedicate myself to it that's how I get back out there sooner - and that is the ultimate goal.
Stay well everyone
FIrst off, for those on the fence, I will try to use this thread to share my misery.
Second, those who have had it done, can you offer any thoughts, tips etc? When did you get clearance to resume normal office working, driving, etc.
My background - sorry in advance for the detail (or lack of), but in my best David Byrne, "How did I get here?"
I had a left hip replacement in 2017, not sure how or why, no one else in my family ever had this, and my Mother who had Rheumatoid Arthritis never had it, she did have both feet and hands rebuilt and 3 total knee replacements. I don't have RA, and Dad was a very fit, boxer, baseball player, football player (both ways in HS), golfer (sort of trouble with irons but damn fun on course), hoopster too. And for kicks he dove off the cliffs at Acapulco and sparred with then HW champ Jack Dempsey. I was not as athletic, as I was never as dedicated (other than to golf). Dad still had a washboard stomach when I was a kid (his 5th), and he was in his 40s/50s with me still recalling that.
Sorry, so, I had the hip replacement and became rather sedentary, gained a shitton of weight, highest was 308, was on my way to Type 2, but lost the weight got in shape and now (after a year about 19 months in Charleston, have started to gain again, but now dieting to keep things in check, need/want to lose about 10-15 lbs - so nothing like the 300+ weight days. Type 2 is now off the table - clean blood etc. Until the knee blew out, I was gyming 3 times a week, biking 2 more - again not crazy maybe 10 miles at a stretch, jogged a 5 and 10 k annually and will be adding a 1/2 marathon in 24. Other than those 3 running events, my jogging is over, will move over to elipticals to protect the knee.
Ugh - sorry again, I am an open book - why say in 10 words what I can say in 10 pages. SMH at myself.
So, hip, fat, out of shape. Then after getting in shape and losing just short of 100lbs, I had rt foot plantar fasciitis - and would not bring it up other than it stayed with me for about 20+ months, after the knee blew out, I seem to have put together in my head that the hip lead to the foot and foot lead to the knee - one MD seemed to think so as well but who knows.
I went through a series of 3 gel shots in the knee that helped but wore off and I did not want to do that again, with my oldest looking at a wedding in late 24 or now early 25 I want to walk her down the aisle unencumbered. So surgery it is - and I want to be back golfing late summer (earlier if that's feasible). I hope to walk maybe job slightly the bridge 10k early April but that may be wishful thinking.
Thanks for staying this far, any tips experiences or other posts are welcome. I know from my hip PT, that knee people suffer and stuggle in PT but I am a very strong believer in PT and will dedicate myself to it that's how I get back out there sooner - and that is the ultimate goal.
Stay well everyone