My right knee never fully recovered after my meniscus repair surgery last March, even after doing months of physical therapy. Because of that, I met with the same surgeon who did my hip replacement surgeries, Dr. Nikolaus, and set a date for him to do a total knee replacement surgery. Since we are in the middle of our kitchen repair and then have our trip to California planned in September to help Cheryl out after her c-section, I chose to wait until October to have my surgery.
I really, really, really do not want to have another surgery! This will be my 4th surgery since moving to Utah 2.5 years ago!!! It really stinks that my joints have been riddled with so much arthritis, requiring all of these surgeries. The fact that I have opted for this surgery speaks volumes - I am in so much pain and NEED the surgery. My knee is always swollen. Having to go up and down stairs so often every day to get to our make-shift kitchen doesn't help. I will be doing a lot of stairs at Cheryl's house also. I'm sure I will be ready for that surgery by October 19th.
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