[pct-l] Fw: Knee surgery

[RJ Lewis]

  I had a different kind of knee surgery- a complete rebuild of my left 
leg, basically. I'm with these guys-- stick with your therapy, expect 
some pain the first couple of weeks, followed by getting better slowly 
but surely. And yes, you do need your "good" leg to help your "bad" leg 
get back into shape again. I'm betting you will be hiking again in no 
time!!!! I do! I also use hiking poles now too, to take some of the 
stress off my knees- it helps alot. :)

Peace
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Bill & Cathy wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I'm groundpounder Bill's wife Cathy (Wildcat), Bill just had a total 
>> knee replacement on his right knee,, for about a year the doctor tried 
>> scraping, shots and other procedures. So far Bill has been a section hiker 
>> from Mexico to Kennedy Meadows..But he plans on doing his thru hike 2010.. 
>> This is why he decided to have the rplacement. On his last 4 day hike his 
>> knee pretty much blew up.. He had watched me for over ten years, deal with 
>> shots and treatments that only lasted for a short time, I got to a point 
>> that I could not walk without pain. Finally I had my first knee 
>> replacement one year ago and then the other one second 6 months ago.. I 
>> waited WAY too long and it caused a LOT more damage. Now I am walking 
>> without pain and I'm doing small hikes.. I know it will take awhile longer 
>> but it was diffenitly worth it..Our doctor, who is a great one, told us 
>> NOT to have them both done at the same time. You do not recover as 
>> well..and it still takes a long time. You need the strength of your good 
>> leg to help the other heal.. Yes there is a lot of pain, maybe for the 
>> first week or two, then every day gets better just as long as you continue 
>> your therepy and never stop.. Its just been five days for Bill but he is 
>> already recovering nicely and can't wait to get back on the trail.. Good 
>> luck to you Cathy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "William A. Chavez" <wctrekker at dslextreme.com>
>> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:56 AM
>> Subject: [pct-l] Knee surgery
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone on the list undergone knee replacement surgery.  I
>>> understand that the pain goes away but are people able to hike after
>>> the surgery?
>>> My right knee is the big problem but I assume the left is not far
>>> behind.  Is it practical to have both done at the same time?  I do
>>> not want to start a hike in 2010 and find I have to stop because I
>>> didn't have both knees done.
>>>
>>> You may want to reply off the list since this isn't PCT specific.
>>>
>>> As a side note I am getting individual e-mails instead of one e-mail
>>> with a variety of posts.  Is this new or did I change something with
>>> out knowing what I did?
>>>
>>> Bill
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