Sending tons and tons of positive thoughts out to you Meg - I can already picture you back at the gym

Meg, you are my hero! Recover well, do what they say, and don't try to tough out the pain. There is a reason we have pain meds! You'll be better in no time, you'll see...

Jay

Best wishes Meg!!! Absolutely use the little pain medicine button while you can. You'll be using those brand new knees in no time! (DH had knee replacement surgery a week and a half ago - and I suspect you'll be out and around before he is!!)

Meg, I've been thinking about you all day and wondering when exactly you were scheduled for surgery. Decide to come to the Maintainers forum to check and I guess I was thinking about you for good reason. I was talking to my sister about knees (I've finally scheduled an appoint to go talk to my Dr. again about mine, my last visit was 2005) and she said her father-in-law is so very glad he had his done.

Wishing you the very best, take care and best of luck on a speedy recovery.

I hope you will be up and about and feeling well soon Meg. Stay strong!

Meg's dh emailed me that she was in recovery around 7 pm and doing well. Her knees were a mess, so it was definitely the right time to go bionic.

She's computerless for a week and in the hospital for at least another week. Hope the food is good!

Mel

I'll bet Meg made a mountain of tupperwares full of prepped/cooked food for her DH to bring her each day!

Glad to hear she is doing well.

Best wishes on a speedy recovery Meg! You'll be better than the bionic woman in no time!

Get well soon meg!

You're tough and strong so I know you will do well. Holding many good thoughts for our super-lady

You will be back lifting soon! I'm betting that you amaze your doctor and therapist with your speedy recovery! You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Sending healing thoughts your way.

Speedy recovery Megster!!

I just talked to Meg. She's in good spirits, but drugged to the gills. Both knees were worse than they initially thought, and she now has no ACLs or PCLs. Right now, her nerves aren't firing her quads (not uncommon) and she's doing limited physiotherapy and passive therapy to get it all connected again.

She says the food is terrible- more dessert choices than entrees

Mel

Meg I know the next few days are not going to be easy for you but thankfully you are now on the "recovery side" of this experience. I'm so sorry to know that your knees were in worse shape than your physicians realized. I think that you already knew how bad it was pre-op though.

Might be a good time for you to write your book. Uhm, maybe after you are off your pain meds, well, maybe during could be amusing too.

Take gentle care of yourself and give yourself all the time that is needed to heal