I have a Pain Stimulator and a
Vertiflex in my back. Same doc did both. While I still hurt some it is nothing like what it was. Between the both of them I was able to end my 20+ year long dependency on Opioids. Doc advised me that I needed to modify a few things in my life, one of them being that I need to limit how much bending I do, squat to lift things below my waste was the big one. Fast forward a bit, left knee is swollen and tender. Bone doc gave me some injections that got me thru the summer. See him this week, pretty sure the replacement discussion is going to happen..again. Well...here is where the confusion comes in. Bone doc told me that I need to not squat or kneel on the replacement. I told him this was in direct conflict with what the pain doc has advised me to do in regards to lifting things/picking stuff up off the floor. His response...a somewhat puzzling silence...
No doubt there are quite a few FABO members that have had knees replaced. How long was your recovery? How much therapy? Reason I am asking is because both docs have told me that the replacement knee is going to alter how I walk...which is going to increase my back pain. Luckily (insert sarcasm) my right knee is trashed as well and needs to be replaced. Wondering if this will cut into my track time (photography) next season.
