Hi
I know its late but just got back from holiday yesterday and am not sorted yet. There was a letter waiting for me...from the hospital......I've got an appointment with the orthopaedic consultant tomorrow {Tuesday} not until 6pm so if anyone sees this if they hop into my pocket please
It's to do with my knees I take it
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Hileena
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Good luck with the appointment. We have a day of appointments ourselves but I shall try to be thinking of you at 6pm. Good luck!
Barbara
Thanks for your messages and you are all welcome...even if its your thoughts thank you
There is something wrong with the site or my computer again. I haven't had an alert since before I went on holiday ....I put this post in last night and now it is 1.15pm and still no alert and I have come onto the site to find there are answers
So sorry for any messages I haven't answered
I will have to come on to the site more often whether I get alerts or not
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Hileena
I'll be in your pocket for 6pm. Is it all right if I bring my tea with me? We usually eat round about that time. I'll try not to make a mess.
Meg
Well got there on time only to discover the consultant had been stuck on the A1 in traffic so 30 mins later a message came out to say he hadn't had a referral from anyone to say why I was being sent to him
I had a letter.....checked the appointment etc and I was at the right hospital at the right time so he saw me.
Anyway the outcome is that there must be some damage in my knees {right one in particular} so he would send me for an urgent MRI. So I have to wait for the MRI then the result before he knows what is wrong......if he says TKR I'm not sure what I'll think.......after the 2nd THR fiasco!!!!!
Love
Hileena
Take care,
GraceB
Is anyone else having problems with alerts for there messages?
Even though I am ticking the posts I still get nothing through into my email inbox :?
So I'm not ignoring anyone and I cant find who to report this to
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Hileena
Well like I said the consultant said he would send me for an MRI and mark it urgent.
This was on Tuesday night at 6pm......lo and behold.......Friday morning a letter dropped through the door from another hospital with a date for an MRI on it......that's 2 days between seeing him and getting the letter about the appointment. Don't know about the rest of you but that is a miracle in this end of the country
The appointment is the end of this month so its not long to wait either.
So expect me to be shouting for pocket duties closer to the time.
I will be really worried incase it is going to have to be a TKR......remember the carryon I had with my 2nd THR. 2 and a half years later still on crutches :roll:
Thanks in advance
Love
Hileena
Meg
Thanks for the pocket duties {when needed}
Love
Hileena
Julian of Norwich
I know we all tend to look at past experiences but, as I recall, the THR was fine until you fell so it's unlikely that that would happen again.
Anyway, one step at a time
Still not getting alerts and am so sore I'm not online much
MRI is just over a week away thank goodness
My first THR was fine, 2nd THR was fine but I didn't fall.......what happened was I was doing some NHS exercises {4 weeks post op} ...abducting my leg to strengthen that muscle.
CRACK and my leg gave way and that's how the fracture happened. They then discovered I had osteoporosis.
On my notes it had that I had osteopenia before the op. You would think I would have been warned about that particular exercise??? If it is a knee replacement it wont be the same exercises as the hip replacement but I will make sure to ask if there is anything to avoid.
2 and a half years on crutches now and that is a permanent thing!!!!!
Not sure when I'll get back on but I'll do my best
Love
Hileena
I've got osteopenia, too. I've got a trapeziectomy coming up - not the same as a THR, I know - but I'll remember to tell them about it.
Take care.
Meg
I remember the adductor exercise but was never much good at it as I can't stand on one leg for more than a few seconds and, because my feet stick out so much, I can't lie at the correct angle. Saved by RA
Anyway, good luck with it all.
(By the way, I stopped my alerts because they were filling my inbox. Now I just come on here and see what's new. I much prefer that)
I'm still not getting my alerts and would prefer them...oh well
Yes they say after doing another DEXA after the fracture that I have osteoporosis. I hadn't had a DEXA before that for about 4 years and that one said I had osteopenia......you would think that would be enough to make them warn me!!!
Yes...I agree I think it should be part of the pre op stage {having a DEXA I mean}
I know its a completely different joint and the exercises will be different but it still makes me shiver a bit at the thought of it
Its about a week away now although when I'll get the results I don't know. I'll try not to think about those until I get them
Love
Hileena
Good luck with the results.