Comments on: Reflections on My knee replacement

By: Trish Taychouri

Trish Taychouri — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:59:01 +0000

G’day from Australia! What a great website! Makes you feel like your not alone in the world facing our haemophilia challenges. My husband Alex has Haemophilia Factor IX (we spell it with an “E” in Oz]Ourlatest challenge is a knee replacement. He had this done 10 days ago and it has been a real challenge for him. We never know what to expect the next morning. He has had quite a few bleeds which were to be expected, I mean he is using muscles he hasn’t used in about 2 years. We made the decision to have the replacement because Alex is only 35 years old and he was missing out on so much. We have two young girls who couldn’t even go to the park with their dad or ride a bike with him. His sleepness nights were spent on painkillers and even they did’nt work for him. So it was either keep putting up with the pain or jump in the deep end and hope for a good recovery and a change in lifestyle. I hope his knee behaves so he can get on with the important things in life – playing his drums, fishing in his beloved boat and playing with his kids. As the days go on I will try to get back and let you know how he is getting on.
FOR ALL YOU WIVES, GIRLFRIENDS & MUMS OUT THERE HANG IN THERE!! DON’T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF TOO! WE NEED PLENTY OF REST TOO OR WE WILL END UP GETTING RUN DOWN & WON’T BE ANY USE TO OUR BOYS. [DO I SOUND LIKE A MUM OR WHAT?]
P.S. YOUR ROB THOMAS IS A STAR!! WE SAW HIM PERFORM IN FEBRUARY. FANTASTIC!!!

By: Peggy Moler

Peggy Moler — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:40:54 +0000

Well I could write a book on knee replacements. My husband went in for a total knee replacement on Oct. 19th. While in the operating room he got an infection. We thought he would lose his leg. The following Monday they took him back to surgery and took out the part that they thought had the germ. After 2 weeks we got to come home. He had to have an I.V. line put in his chest and down his arm so that we could run antibotics thru him twice a day. These were the strongest he could have. He lost over 35 pounds. He couldn’t hardly eat anything. After being home a few days he couldn’t bend his leg so he had to go back and they put him to sleep and bent his leg. We was in the hospital for a total of 3 weeks. So much medicine and so much pain. He just quit going to the hospital for out patient therapy. He was going 3-5 days a week. He is still having to work his leg and exercise it daily. He still isn’t able to work or be free of pain. This has truly been a nightmare. It isn’t always as it seems. He is 61 and was in good health other than that pain from his knee. Now he may never work as he was able to before. We had so many people praying for us. I know his surgery was an odd deal but things like this does happen.

By: Tabby Mayhan

Tabby Mayhan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:19:48 +0000

Wow, I hate to say it, but this is not a story I want to see a week before my brother’s knee replacement surgery. I am so sorry that yours did not go well, however, every person is different. He has a great team of doctors and family behind him so we all pray for a great outcome.