Knee replacements!

[losetocruise]

One nice thing is that now they have knee replacements designed for women. Women carry their weight differently and stress different parts of the knee. They used to just make a small guy version. But I have been seeing literature on the newer prostheses designed for a woman's body and way of moving. If anyone is having this done I would be curious as to what their doctors say about the new replacements.
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JILL

I thought it would be a good thing to add a thread on knee replacements since it looks like a lot of us are facing them sooner or later. I copied the post from Jill (China Doll) from another post.

[Jules831b]

Re: Knee replacements!

Hi
I had a left partial and a right total knee replacements 4 years ago at the age of just 40! Then 7 months ago I had my partial removed and a total put in (having had 16 knee ops in 9 years). I didn't have a new design, it was a avon prostetic I think and they weigh a lot more than a normal knee joint approx 3-6lbs more each!
But now I am used to them, they don't seem so heavy, I cannot squat or kneel at all and my bend is 120 and 125 degree bend not a full bend.
If anyone wants to know about the surgery or after effects just get in touch.
Kindest regards
Jules