2.5 Years Post-Op--and I'm Deadlifting!
Hi, everyone! Wow, it's been a long time. I had BTKR on 8/20/12--and it's SO wonderful to have my life back!! (I wanted to update my own recovery thread, but it's been "closed", so ...) I started...
View ArticleGary Stevens competes in Kentucky Derby 9 months after a TKR
The New Yorker April 29, 2015 Andrew Yun, an orthopedic surgeon at the Center for Knee Replacement at Providence Saint John’s Health Center, saw Stevens in July of 2014. “An artificial knee is more...
View ArticleBEACH VOLLEYBALL - After 7 months BTKR
Hi all, I have not posted here in 7 months since my BTKR surgery. Just thought I would give an update, because this forum helped so much. I am 45 years old and was terrified to get this done. I wanted...
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Surfing and Bi-Lateral Total Knee Replacement - 6½ years post surgery
Aloha Knee Joint family! I recently updated my Knee Blog... as I just reached 1,000 surf sessions with my bi-lateral total knee replacement!!! Enjoy my history, motivation, and many photos... feel free...
View Article[Bilateral TKR] It will get better. I promise.
Hi! It's been a while since I last posted, but I remember all the help and kind words I received from forum members,and I wanted to say hello to the old timers and provide some encouragement to the...
View ArticleCan it really be three years???
Just realized that it has been three years since my first TKR, with the anniversary of the second one in six weeks! It really is possible to forget about your knees after TKR's and just get on with...
View Article72 year old woman learns ballet after 2 years after a TKR
This article appeared in The Daily Telegraph today, 15 August 2016 A 71-year-old woman has become the oldest ballerina in Britain to pass the Royal Academy of Dance’s Grade 6 exam, joining classes in...
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Jogging after a knee replacement
Hi I started run / walking 2 years post op Rtkr with no ill effects . Just had ltkr 6 weeks ago and have a 5 km planned at xmas and a 10km in July and great north run in September I have deferred this...
View Article80 Year Old Skiing After Knee Revision
Well, it is almost a year since i had the 2nd knee( revision) put in. I celebrated my 80th birthday in March skiing with 3 grandchildren and skiing an advanced trail ( black diamond) in Vail. I went...
View Article6-4-2012 surgery, 5 year anniversary
Hello Bonesmarties! I am a former Bonesmartie, retired from posting for a couple of years, but I thought I would revisit you and post my 5 year follow up. My surgeon sees his patients at 1 and 5 years...
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So, you wonder what you can do after a TKR or a BTKR?
As many of you know, I work pretty much full time on a produce farm. I hop up and down from tractors all day long, and here is something that you may be able to do after a TKR or a BTKR---unloading a...
View ArticleSir Tom Jones had a hip replacement September 2017
Sir Tom Jones opens up about hip replacement 19 October 2017 Sir Tom Jones is enjoying his "bionic" new hip after undergoing replacement surgery. The 'It's Not Unusual' hitmaker went under the knife in...
View ArticleROM at 6 years....
Hi to everybody and all my old Bonesmartie friends. I haven't been active on the forum for quite some time. Recently I was working with a physio for my neck and I mentioned my knees and that there were...
View Articletennisplyr's recovery thread
Hi All, I had a Right total knee replacement on March 12th, 2018. It's a Smith and Nephew Zirconium Implant. Reading the posts on this site was extremely helpful me. Getting through the early weeks can...
View ArticleCeegee's dog agility training at 10 weeks post TKR!
I'm now 10 weeks into recovery. This has been a challenging week. My PT was on vacation, so there was nobody to keep me in check. I managed, somehow, to strain my hamstring - I think I may have...
View Article10 years and all is well
Hi This forum gave me a lot of help after I had both knees replaced in 2008. Immediately after the operation I though to myself "what the hell have I done!' The first 6 weeks were unpleasant but it got...
View ArticleBack to hiking!
After smashing my patella 18 months ago, I was sure my many experiences of hiking scores of national and state park trails were over. I'm a 74 year-old woman, and to that point had had a good run, but...
View ArticleLiving life post BTKR
1st overnight camping trip yesterday & coming home today. Lots of walking & these stairs down to the beach- in the past I would not have been able to go down those. Today, I walked down, did...
View ArticleNo more joint pain!
Hello all! Before my LTKR on June 30, 2020, I surfed around many sites looking for suggestions or advice on what to expect, and this forum popped up but I never joined, just read the the threads....
View ArticleBe a tortoise not a hare
I've run out of knees to replace, I'm absolutely delighted with them, so I thought it worth sharing with you. Both my knees were worn out by an excess of sport in my youth. Soccer, cricket, squash,...
View ArticlePositive TKR story
I just went in for my 12 week final check up on my right knee replacement and all went well. I’m 65 years old and had my TKR June 18, 2020. My knee was severely bowed outward with a huge knot on the...
View ArticleRTKR has given me back a life!
Well here I am ... this night 2 years ago I was just out of the recovery room and wondering what was going to happen in my recovery. Within a week I had found this forum and although I was a lurker at...
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Back on the Basketball Court 10 years after TKRs
Craig Raucher was originally featured in our BoneSmart Spotlight series in 2018. Here is an update. He's still going strong on the basketball court! Still crushing it on the basketball court ten years...
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Biking and hiking with a new knee
We went to Virginia this past month. Our trip included: a belated memorial ceremony in Arlington for our friend's brother lost in the Vietnam War, A drive and hike in Shenandoah National Park, Bike...
View ArticleFlutter1 is Ready to Enjoy Retirement
Hi all! It has been almost 5 months since my TKR in May. This is only MY experience -- comparing ourselves to others in this journey can only result in disappointment! I just hope I can give someone...
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