Bilateral Knee Replacement Under 50

My name is Melissa. I'm 47 years old and I had bilateral knee replacement surgery four weeks ago. I used the X10 the day that I returned home from the hospital. And now four weeks later I'm able to walk without the aid of a cane or any other device and I'm looking forward to having my new knees.

So I started having knee problems at 35. I had been doing a class at the gym on a treadmill and the next day my knees just blew up and I figured I tore something. So I saw an orthopedist and was told that my knees were twice my age. And that I was way too young right now, but someday I'd need a knee replacement. And I was advised to take Ibuprofen and just deal with it. So over the years I saw an orthopedist and a rheumatologist looking for help.

I had injections and shots and all of that to try to manage the pain. And particularly at that age I was quite active, but I wasn't able to run anymore. I had pain just standing up from a chair ‘cause they'd be so stiff. I would have pain during the night. And I think with arthritis that ebbs and flows a bit. I had a period of years where I felt like I was managing it quite well. And I wasn't seeing any doctors or having any injections at that point. I would have copious amounts of Ibuprofen. I was mobile. I was able to do most of the things I wanted to do, but certainly not everything that somebody my age could do. Then about a year ago they started getting fussier and I was experiencing significantly more pain and I sought out another orthopedist and I was fully expecting just to get some shots and to be told again that I was not a candidate for total knee replacement.

By this time I was 46. On my visit with Dr Winakur, when he came in I said, “look, I know I can't have a knee replacement, but if there's something else I can do…” And he had taken my x-ray and he says, ‘oh no, you are a candidate. If you want a knee replacement you just let me know, but it is completely your decision and you'll know when the time is right’. So that was kind of a revelation to me. Nonetheless. I did go through a series of cortisone shots, which helped for, for a time. It's a short time. And after having conversations with him about what was involved with knee replacement, I decided, and he said to me, it's the quality of life issue and, the implants are getting better and better every year.

And I said, ‘you know what? I'm done. I'm done being this constrained at this age. I want to be able to be more active and just walk my dog pain-free.’ So I thought, okay, I'm definitely gonna do it. Then the question was, do I do one or both knees? Dr Winakur felt very strongly given my age and fitness prior to surgery that I was an absolute candidate for bilateral. And to me that sounded like a more pragmatic approach. Anyway, it's one and done. So I went for it and, and I'm, and I'm glad I did it that way.

One of my big surprises is that at least in my experience it wasn't this horrible, painful, awful thing that so many people warned me about. Actually prior to surgery I was a little nervous because so many people said I was crazy, but in the hospital I went to St Joseph's medical center was great. My pain was managed well in the hospital and by the time I got home I was very able to keep track of it. And like I said, I got on the X10 immediately. And I think just having something that I could do for myself to move toward healing was great psychologically. In fact the machine just promotes a reduction in swelling. I think I just put that together, and it ended up being a pretty painless process.

Bilateral Knee Replacement Under 50

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