**Update on how I'm doing**

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I've had a number of very kind people ask me how my knee is, and how I'm doing...

Well, today I saw my surgeon for my two-week check, and it's official: I'm doing great.

I've shed the knee immobilizers, and the walkers...

No cane either.

I've got good range of motion in the knee, and can now bend it to 110 degrees.

What little pain I have is hardly noticeable and only if it interferes with my sleep do I take any pain med for it.

And the best part? Now I no longer need to cover the knee with Saran Wrap to keep it dry in the shower! It's healed to the point that I can let the water run freely over it.

Every day, I'm a little bit stronger, a little bit more myself...

Thank you, all of you, for standing by me as I pass through this adventure!

[Old and In the Way]

1. Good news CP!

Keep exercising that knee...if it gets a little sore, that means your making progress!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Old and In the Way!

Yeah, I have a little soreness, but I just massage it, and keep on going!

Now if I could just get rid of this pesky cold!

[Moondog]

2. Sounds great.

I live in FL - the land of hip and knee replacements. I know at least a dozen people that have had this done in the last two years or so. Based upon their experience as related to me, it sounds as though your progress is first rate.

Congrats. Whatever you're doing - keep doing it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you, my dear Moondog!

Gentle thorough exercises...

Plenty of rest.

And the ability to laugh at myself!

[geardaddy]

4. I'm guessing you'll probably keep covering it in Saran wrap

You're kinky that way.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear geardaddy!

I am not either kinky!

Well, not that way, lol!

[geardaddy]

7. lol

Glad to hear you're doing better.

[lunatica]

8. I'm delighted to hear that!

Hugs dear CaliforniaPeggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Hugs back atcha, my dear lunatica!

Thanks, sweetie...

[hifiguy]

9. Good on ya, CP!

DU wasn't the same without you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear hifiguy!

You mean, things were quieter, less crazy, fewer F-Bombs?

J/K!

Thank you, sweetie...

[siligut]

10. You certainly are doing great

You are a surgeon's dream. Wonderful that you no longer need the saran wrap, that is such an inefficient system and it never works that well anyway.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear siligut!

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be doing this well after only two weeks...

I am amazed!

Thanks, sweetie...

[easttexaslefty]

11. Good job!!!!

Yay, you!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear easttexaslefty!

Aw, thanks for the great sentiments and smileys!

[Arugula Latte]

12. Fantastic!

So glad to hear it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Arugula Latte!

Thanks, sweetie!

I'm glad to be able to report it!

[WilliamPitt]

13. Woo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Will...

Thank you, sweetie...

[Taverner]

17. Awesome!

I knew you had it in you

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear Taverner!

I sure as hell wouldn't have believed you if you'd told me!

Thanks, sweetie...

[Taverner]

24. You're California Peggy! How could you not pull through?

[WCGreen]

21. Good to hear,Peg....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Thanks, Chris...

Your support means so much...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. woot!

cos that's the way You roll, Girl

welcome back, Peg

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!

I guess you know me better than I do myself!

Thanks, sweetie...

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Keep up the good work!

Sign up for that half marathon now!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. My dear ScreamingMeemie!

EEK!

Uh......maybe not, lol!

Thanks for the good thoughts!

[Bake]

28. Fabulous! Glad to hear it, Bionic Peggy!

Bake

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Thank you, my dear Bake!

I appreciate your very good wishes!

[applegrove]

29. So glad your bionic knee is doing great.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. I thank you, my dear applegrove!

You and me both, sweetie...you and me both...

[a2liberal]

33. Yay!

glad to hear it, and no I'm not just posting for a "my dear" reply :-P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Well, you're going to get one anyway, my dear a2liberal!

I greatly appreciate your good thoughts!

[dimbear]

34. Terrific news, CP. From thinking about walkers to thinking about dancing shoes

in only two weeks.

That just makes me happy.

We always knew you would.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear dimbear!

Dancing shoes? Well..........maybe!

Thank you for your very good thoughts, sweetie!

[frogmarch]

37. So glad, Peggy!

It's wonderful to hear that you're healing quickly and feeling better and better all the time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. Thank you, my dear frogmarch!

I can hardly believe my good fortune!

[trof]

38. TADAAA!

Great news.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. It IS, isn't it, my dear trof? Thank you!

[Aristus]

39. Here's to CaliforniaPeggy!

And here's to her knee! It'll hold her up, but it won't let her down...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. Thank you, my dear Aristus!

You're too funny!

[Steerpike]

40. Peg!

I'm glad your feeling better!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. Me too, my dear Steerpike!

Thank you, sweetie...

[Dystopian]

41. Joy!

Peggy...


So happy to hear that you're on the mend...
You're so uplifting and positive...it's an 'adventure!'

You lift others up when they're down...while going through your own adventure...
Precious.
Keep on getting better! (not that you can get better...I meant your knee! )


peace~

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. My dear Dystopian!

Aw, you're too sweet!

Thank you...

[MiddleFingerMom]

42. Fantastic news!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

Seven months?

How awful for you!

[peacefreak]

43. Yay! Good news.

Now get over that cold & you'll be "in the pink"!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. Ain't that the truth, my dear peacefreak?

Right now, the cold is more trouble than the knee!

Thanks, sweetie...

[pacalo]

44. This is so good to hear, CalPeggy!

I'm sure that your positive attitude has a lot to do with your progress.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thank you, my dear pacalo!

I have been very pleasantly surprised!

[Swede]

45. Good news,Peg.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. Thank you, my dear Swede...I think so too!

[Leftist Agitator]

46. I am very pleased that you are recovering quickly.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

57. Aw, thank you, my dear Leftist Agitator!

[RiffRandell]

53. Glad to hear it.

I'll be going through it eventually....all those years of skiing in NE took it's toll.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. My dear RiffRandell!

I hope you had some great times wearing out your knees! All I had was arthritis and bony spurs!

Thanks for your good thoughts...

[csziggy]

59. You are such a great inspiration, CaliforniaPeggy!

Way to go!

On the other hand, you're a hard act to follow. It's going to be hard to live up to your example of how to recover from knee replacement.

Just kidding - that is so wonderful I can't think of what to say.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. My dear csziggy!

Oh, I hope nobody will be intimidated by my seemingly easy recovery...

I took it as it came, and did the best I could.

I will always encourage everyone to stick with the program and ask for help whenever it's needed.

Thanks for your kind words!

[DesertFlower]

61. so happy to hear you're doing well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. Thank you, my dear DesertFlower...

We need to get this going for your beloved husband too...

[hedgehog]

63. I'm willing to bet that having to use the saran wrap has been

the most annoying feature of this adventure!

I have a theory about surgical recovery - that the itching from the last few stitches to be taken out on a doctor's visit next week tends to be as irritating as the initial sledgehammer of waking up sliced and diced!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

67. My dear hedgehog!

Well, not exactly annoying, lol! I always wondered if it would actually work.........and it mostly did!

Hell, the itch is no problem! I just scratch.....gently! No infections for this knee...

Thanks for your good thoughts!

[sueh]

64. Woo Hoo, California Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

68. Thank you, my dear sueh!

[Xipe Totec]

65. I'm glad to hear that Peggy is just your nickname....

I love you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

69. My dear Xipe Totec!

I am befuddled....

Huh?

[MiddleFingerMom]

75. I think CaliforniaPeg-o'-MyHeart -- not CaliforniaPegLeg.

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[Generic Other]

66. I think I may have to try this next

Will be interested to see how you heal. So far, so good!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

70. My dear Generic Other...

Remember that everyone has a different experience...

There's no telling how folks will react to this operation, or to the anesthesia...

Still, the information you glean from my experience may well be useful to you!

[UrbScotty]

71. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Glad to hear it!

How much longer until you are able to kick someone's ass with that leg?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

72. My dear UrbScotty!

Thank you, sweetie...

And my answer: Never. Skittles does the ass-kicking around here, lol!

[UrbScotty]

74. Well, he does it so much, he better watch out

or he'll need to go under the knife too!

[cherokeeprogressive]

73. Dearest Peg! That is soooo cool!

Two weeks and you're doing so well? WOW! 110 degrees is good enough to ride a stationary bike, no?

This gives me the confidence I'll need to have my $.98 knees replaced when the time comes.

DO keep us posted!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. My dear cherokeeprogressive!

Yes, 110 degrees is perfect for riding a recumbent bike, or so my PT guy told me today. I will be resuming that when I go back to the gym.

I really did not expect to be doing this well so soon. It was only a few days ago when I still felt very tired and sore...

Thanks for your very kind words!

[cherokeeprogressive]

80. I am so happy for you. You know... the physical therapy will leave you in better shape than

you've been in a long time. Heck, my last ACL reconstruct happened when I was in my 30's, and the PT+biking on weekends was the last best shape I've been in. I used to ride from Whittier to the Seal Beach Pier and back with a Walkman (how funny is that?) on Saturdays.

Get a good (really good) bike if you don't have one already. So much fun!

I'm so glad you're doing well... Keep up the good work!

Chris

[BlancheSplanchnik]

76. Don't forget to carry a can of WD-40 now!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. My dear BlancheSplanchnik!

Omigod, thank you for this very timely reminder!

I don't want to get rusty!

[Boudica the Lyoness]

79. This is fantastic.

It hasn't been all that long and all ready you are walking!

Four years ago (next week) I had my ankle totally replaced. After the surgery, I couldn't put any weight on it for three months and then it hurt so very bad. I thought it would never be okay. But it's great and I'm so thankful to my surgeon. I could not walk on my old ankle anymore...my insurance turned me down and called the surgery "experimental". My surgeon had to fight for me and we won.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

81. My dear Boudica the Lyoness!

Wow, good for you, and good for your surgeon! I would have been scared to death in such a case. I can bet it hurt.

And I'm so glad your ankle is great now!

I think I was out of bed the next day, although I really don't remember. I was pretty out of it for a couple of days!

Thanks for your good words and your amazing story!

[denbot]

82. That is wonderful to hear Miss CP

Wow, you are already bending your knee, amazing.

[6000eliot]

83. It's great to hear you are progressing so well, Peggy!

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My Mother-in-Law had this done two years ago and hasn't regretted it since.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

84. I'm glad you are getting better so rapidly CP

I've had both knee and leg surgery more times than I care to remember and I know the recovery process can either be relatively smooth or painfully tediously hard. It's great to hear that your recovery seems to be following the lines of the relatively smooth way and am very impressed by your rapid progress. Great to hear that everything is going welll

My thoughts, prayers, best wishes and positive vibes for your continued recovery and it's great to have you back on DU

[DFW]

85. Not that I expected anything other than news this good.......

But it's great to hear anyway!!!!!!!!!

Keep your fingers crossed for my wife. She has tumors of what's left of her thyroid, and gets them (and it) taken out
in 9 days. If they're benign, then it's just a question of adjusting her thyroid medication. If they're malignant, well, it's
"here we go again," and the ugly stuff starts up once more. Let's hope not!

[Scuba]

86. Glad you're healing Peggy; love your posts.

[HopeHoops]

87. Go GIRL!

[Gormy Cuss]

88. That's good news, CAPeggy!

Knee replacements are really routine this days but that doesn't mean that the recovery is always easy.

[OmahaBlueDog]

89. Quit whining. None of us care.

(I was just seeing if you were paying attention)

I'm very glad to hear the knee is progressing well and that your mobility is improving.

We expect an epic poem on this to be forthcoming!

[AtomicKitten]

90. Thanks for the update.

Glad you are recovering without incident. I'm looking at knee replacement in the not too distant future; I understand the incapacitating pain and locking. I've been rather apprehensive, but your posts have assuaged much of that anxiety. Thanks for that. I wish you a continued uneventful recovery!

[pacalo]

91. Just want to give you a shout out, CalPeggy!

You're the absolute BEST.

[beac]

92. I thought you'd be back tap dancing around DU in no time. So very glad to be right!

Now use that new knee to kick your cold in the butt!