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Hip and Knee Replacements

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absentgrana Fri 22-Jun-12 15:46:13

Only when you're not aboard a cruise liner being waited on hand and foot jeni. envy

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jeni Fri 22-Jun-12 14:19:02

I'm 67 had 3hip replacements a partial unsuccessful fusion of the ankle and am permanently on crutches. I still work!

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GillieB Fri 22-Jun-12 13:38:22

Last time I was in hospital (sort of emergency visit after having had my gall bladder removed), I was in the X-ray department and mentioned that I had had x-rays there before when I had had my knee replaced. I felt so good when the radiographer said that I didn't look old enough to have had a replacement!

The other knee needs replacing now and I am deferring it for as long as possible (my consultant has said that he will do it whenever I want). Whilst the last replacement was, on the face of it, successful; I really don't want to have the other one done until I am absolutely forced to. No, I don't have any pain any more, but I do find that physically it is very restrictive.

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janthea Fri 22-Jun-12 13:22:34

GrandmaAnge I also had both my knees replaced about four years ago now. I'm 66 and still commuting into London for work! Do I need a carer -noooooo!!!

I hate it when people talk about those in their 60s as if they were senile and decrepit!

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Annobel Fri 22-Jun-12 09:30:56

Not to mention the embarrassment when they take you aside and pat you down at Airport security. blush

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GrandmaAnge Fri 22-Jun-12 08:57:25

I'm sure there are plenty of other GN's with hip and knee replacements but it does strike me that society needs to re-think our image.
I'm 64, work for myself, and still enjoy various sports in spite of having had both hips replaced and my right knee two years ago. I don't think this is too unusual as that's what they were made for ie: to keep us active. Other people's reactions generally, though, make me wonder if I should be out without a carer. We need far more awareness of how this amazing technology is allowing so many of us to continue "normal" lives and be useful and busy.
On the downside, of course, the high price of metal means that I now scurry past scrapyards - just in case they spot me as worth weighing in!

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