Ok not sure where to place this but I can hardly walk with out some real good pain, went golfing today and wow I am done.
Has any one here had a total knee replacement and if you did how did it work out. I am 63 years young and had surgery on the right knee 5 or so years ago but now blow out the left knee real good surgeon did say I was a good candidate for full replacement. But I am real nervous about somebody cutting out my knee and putting metal place of my bones!
Any how really does scare me putting my body parts in to somebody else's hands.
I didn't read the other posts.
I just came across this by accident. I had my right knee done at 55 years old. It was 1st injured on August 12th 1978, can't forget that day. Had the MCL repaired and played 2 more years before I tore the ACL and PCL. Finally after around 9 surgeries on that knee I had it replaced 32 years after the 1st injury. My left knee needs to be done, I can't golf at all now. I went from 80 rounds in 2017 to one in 2018,19 and 20 and that's a scramble golf tourney fund raiser I run every Labour Day Saturday.* I can't even get in and out of the boat easily. I'm 66, not a young 66 either, look great on the outside and rotten to the core inside. I'm loaded with arthritis head to toe and it sucks. I don't know what's worse now the hydro morphone I take by the fist full or the pain. I call post surgical therapy homework. I don't know if I can do the post op therapy and recovery is only as good as the work (homework) one puts into it.
If you think you can handle the recovery go for it, it does alleviate some pain and increases mobility. Don't expect miracles.
* We have 72 golfers every year and 90 guests this year for the food scarf after golf. We all have property or have friends along the north shore of central Lake Erie. We raised $8235.00 this year that went to our county Food Bank.