Jan's Second Knee

[Joe S.]

Jan goes in at 7:30 tomorrow (Monday) for her second Knee replacement. This time I am planning on going for breakfast and Lunch After I drop her off. She will be getting into her room some time after lunch. We have been using tones to get her ready for the surgery. Jan is doing laundry tonight and packing for the hospital. A roast will go in late tonight so I have some sandwich meat next week. She is planning on going to the nursing home again. She hopes to be able to go back to work by the end of August but I do not think that she will be able to sit for eight hours for another couple of weeks or a month.

[Cheryl]

Best wishes to Jan for a successful replacement surgery and a speedy recovery! 
Cheryl

[lynnmarie219]

Good luck to Jan tomorrow! I am hoping for a successful knee surgery and minimal recovery time for her. Take care of yourself during this time too Joe!

[Bucky]

Best wishes to Jan on her 2nd knee surgery tomorrow.  I hope things go smoothly and her recovery time is short.

Bucky

[season]

i hope everything goes as it should. Take care.

[Jozee]

Best wishes to you both. Hopefully she will take advantage of the rest and pampering she should get in the hospital and you will also get some rest. Here's to a fast recovery.

[Scottietottie]

Hi Joe 

I wish Jan well. It must be pretty daunting going for the surgery once you know what it's going to feel like! Admittedly - knowing how much better it will feel in about a months time would spur you on I guess but the next week will be no fun!

I hope she heals quickly. I'm sure the tones will help. Can the body hear tones even if the ears can't? I always wondered that.

The physio is not fun either but it certainly pays off to do it.

Take care - Scottie 

[Joe S.]

Thank you every one for your best wishes and prayers for Jan. She has made it through her surgery today and is "resting" in the hospital. I say "resting" in quotes because they have her hooked up to a machine that flexes her knee over and over again. She is expecting to have it running from 4pm to 11pm. I gave her pecans in Carmel covered in milk chocolate.

Scottie, About 20 years ago I knew a Psychologist that was using tones to treat deafness successfully. He was using it to successfully treat people with other ailments, also.

[engy]

Glad to hear the surgery over.  There's never resting in a hospital, especially with a machine flexing her knee!  Ugh.

Continuing to send thoughts and prayers for you and your wife.  Carie

[Carebear]

Hi Joe,

I'm glad to hear that Jan's surgery is over.  You sure gave her a tasty snack!  What a nice husband you are Joe! 

I hope her recovery is quick and uneventful.

[irish]

Joe, So glad that she is over this second surgery. I can imagine having those 2 surguries so close together. I will pray for her continued healing. Terrible to have to have this done in the summer----but this summer ain't so hot (like it is hot or raining) and we can't get out that much and enjoy it anyway. At least she can be in the airconditioning.

I would think that if she goes back to work she would have to get up at least every 1/2 hour and walk some to keep the circulation going. Might help to put a stool under her desk to keep her feet elevated some and keep the knees more straight. I hope all goes well. This has been your "primary caregiver" time of life hasn't it. The pay ain't so hot is it!!! Spoken as a primary caregiver myself!! Irish

[Carolina]

Oh dearest Joe:

Why can't life be 'perfection and complete absence of pain"??

Oh, yeah, cause it isn't.

The last time I saw an orthopedist about my knees, he said:

"Next time I see you it will be to do knee replacements."

Talk about perfection without pain!  HAH

Well, I guess you do what you have to do, sir.   Your 'treat' for Jan sounds about perfect!!  To see your comforting face, with the added bonus of pecans, caramel and milk chocolate....close to perfection.

I just keep hoping things will stop progressing, but there is no method to slowdown or stop OA.

I think if I didn't have the neuropathy in my legs, and the horrific sweating, I might not mind the other stuff so much.

I hope she has meds to keep her pain at bay, Joe.   That is key.

Hang in there.

Hugs.
Elaine

[Joe S.]

Jan is in a lot of pain tonight. She looked shocky to me. She has lost almost one litter of blood. This did not impact her nurse. She does not have an appetite. She says that her throat is sore. She is not running a fever. Her BP is raised. She seemed to be fading out (Sleep?) so I cam home. She said that if she had this much pain with the first surgery, she never would have the second.

Thank you for the support that you have provided.

[newhorizons]

Dearest Joe and Jan,

Trust this week will end on a GOOD note for both of you!  My heart goes out to both of you...

Joy

[Scottietottie]

Hi Joe

I'm sorry that Jan's in so much pain. I found the partial knee replacement I had extremely painful but I found the end result well worth it. I was in bad pain for about a week. After that it felt like it had before the op and from there on in it got better. I hope that's the case with Jan too. The worst was doing the physio through the pain. I didn't have a machine to flex my knee I had to do it myself and the op made my hip extremely painful too. It did all get better though. Hang in there.

Take care - Scottie