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Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-13-2013, 07:28 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 199
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Why use cane on opposite side?

Hi texasmary:
I watch a lot of old movies on TCN and have been amused to note that actors in some films use the cane incorrectly. Before I had the hip replacements I would never have thought of...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-08-2013, 01:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 350
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: 38,first total hip replacement of 2

HI gypsygirl74:
I found the best way to get in the car driver's seat ( in the U.S.) was to back into the car seat and sit - then swing both legs in at the same time instead of the usual way of...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-02-2013, 12:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 183
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Not sure how to read my knee

Hi RegalPaw:
This is beside the point, but after reading your posting I must comment on the fact that you are just now finishing your GED. In my opinion you write like a College Graduate! And what a...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 03-06-2013, 03:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 340
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Knee Rejection?

Hi ragdollcat:
You don't say that an orthopedist has been consulted. Have you thought of consulting the surgeon that put in the knee replacement? It seems to me that you have to get to a specialist...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 12-25-2012, 08:25 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 430
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Post op THR

Dear Traveler3309:
My advice to you is to purchase all the dressing aids so that you can be completely independent of help from your family. You can get them at local medical supply stores or order...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 11-10-2012, 07:55 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 706
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Having TKR -- and scared

Dear Penny1027:

I had just one child 55 years ago and have had 2 hip replavements in my 70s (no problems yet). No drugs with the childbirth and it was in a small midwestern hospital.

With...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 07-09-2012, 04:41 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,679
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: How to get my doc to focus on my hips?

Hi Searfass:
A couple years ago my brother in law went to see my own hip surgeon, because he thought he might need new hips. He was having pain in his hip/s.

It turned out that one of his legs...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-18-2012, 06:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 808
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: dental visits with TKR

Hi Pattianne:
Phone your surgeon and tell him about your allergy to sulfa and ask if he can prescribe another kind of antibiotic. :)

Shirley H.
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-18-2012, 06:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 975
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: 2 bad hips and back losing hope

Hi young arthritis:
You mention worry about infections from joint implants. I trust you are aware that before any dental exam or cleaning you must take an antibiotic? You get the prescription...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-11-2012, 08:45 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,371
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Home care or rehab facility?

Hi stepbill:
I completely agree with Jane White. Go to a rehab facility if your insurance plan allows it and will fund it. I went to a rehab facility for both hip replacements and would not do it...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-04-2012, 10:05 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,094
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: TKR on May 29. Pain & swelling?

Well, Brave Girl! Your dreaded surgery is over and although I have only had hip replacments and can't speak from experience about knee replacement surgery, it sounds to me like you are doing OK....
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 04-06-2012, 03:39 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,128
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: tkr - toilet raiser or bars?

Hi again nana b:
I don't know about anyone else but I would not have attempted to get into the tub for a shower right after my hip replacements. Hope some veterans of TKR will tell us whether they...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 04-01-2012, 05:22 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,144
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: I really need some help

Hi kenzi:

There is no reason why we have to live with pain no matter what our ages are.
We listen to our bodies and when they hurt, there is something wrong and we need to find out what it is.
...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 03-20-2012, 06:39 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 879
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: 2 weeks

Hi gullahgullah:

Thanks for telling about the antibacterial soap. I think the one I bought was called "green soap" (it also had a chemical name) and I got it at the favorite box store of all of us...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 02-25-2012, 05:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 834
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: THR and No Homehealth Aid/ Need advice

Dear Miss Me;
Do you know this thigh exercise: do this with both legs.

Lie on bed with legs flat on bed.
Press leg down at knee, hold for 3 counts. Do 15 sets if these if comfortable.

Press...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 01-02-2012, 06:19 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 725
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Bilateral Knee Replacement Woes

Dear newsnag:

I have never even had one knee replacement, but it is my reaction to your post, that at age 74, having both knees done at once was too much to ask of your body! It may be that...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 12-21-2011, 03:29 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 5,854
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Hello, here to learn prior to Dad's knee replacement

Dear Eir33:
You sure have found the right place for information and support from people who have actually had knee replacements!
I have had 2 hip replacements and this forum got me through the...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 10-27-2011, 03:31 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,196
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Memories from my first hip replacement..after having the 2nd one...

Hi jormichi:
Good for you, girl! Just don't spend too much time in that bed! Alternate that with walking around, doing a bit of work, etc. Walking is the best rehab as you well know from the first...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 10-26-2011, 07:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 656
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: awaiting hip replacement

Hi katsuma:
Will it make you feel any better to learn that I had both my hips replaced in my 70s? Not both at the same time however - about a year apart. Both surgeries went very well and I was...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 08-29-2011, 07:14 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,094
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Hip and leg Pain Never Stops

Dear misgenerallee:
My health insurance plan does not pay for accupuncture, either. Apparently it is not generally accepted as a standard medical treatment. Maybe one of these days...

Shirley H.
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-14-2011, 12:00 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 698
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Hip replacement & Tendinitis

Dear Bionic Hip man:
That time span of 2 months from surgery to - as you put it - "fully recovered" seems to me to be very very short! I am no doctor or nurse, but having had 2 hip replacements...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 06-11-2011, 09:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,809
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Knee Rollator so many models. Which is best?

Hi KPG:
I think you are thinking about a gadget called a "Knee Scooter". The injured knee rests on the scooter and the other foot propels the scooter which is on wheels. I am not familiar with this...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 04-22-2011, 07:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,740
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: 4 weeks after THR

Hi Louiswu:
Louis - stop pressing on that non operated side, if it hurts! Let it alone! That reminds me of the old joke: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this" and the Doc says "Stop doing that". :)

I...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 04-05-2011, 06:06 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,433
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Bilateral THR

Dear Bison:
I have had both hips replaced, but a year apart. Maybe other hip veterans can speak to how it goes with hip replacements done almost simultaneously as your husband's surgeon proposes. I...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 11-29-2010, 09:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,977
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Cat bite with THR

HI Maggie:

I hesitated to make this cat bite posting, but then decided if I didn't know how serious cat bites could be, maybe others wouldn't either! ;)

Shirley H.
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 11-25-2010, 08:58 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,221
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: driving while using a walker?

Dear Terri:
I started driving again not too long after having each of my my hips replaced. (Of course you must be off all heavy meds before driving!)

I would walk up to my car with the walker,...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 03-25-2010, 01:28 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 43,763
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: TKR - what it would have helped to know beforehand.

Get things in your house in shelves no lower than waist high so that you don't have to bend. Get all the dressing aids. Lay in food for freezer and pantry. Have higher toilet seat with arms. Have...
Board: Knee & Hip Problems 12-21-2009, 01:33 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,703
Posted By Silver Swan
Re: Will I ever be able to sleep on my side again?

Dear coastalgardener:
Has your surgeon prohibited your sleeping on your side or is it "just" that it is painful doing that?

I too am a side sleeper and sleeping on my back after each of my two...
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