Eat better, live better
Five weeks after my total knee replacement, the milestone of not having to wear TED socks means that the hardest bit is over. I can already feel that my knee is stronger and sturdier and I can walk without pain. Although I am occasionally taking over the counter painkillers, I am no longer taking the stronger prescription painkillers
It’s hardly a recipe but a fruit salad is the easiest pudding as there isn’t any cooking. It is a fact universally acknowledged in our household, that if I say, there’s the fruit bowl for pudding, no one is that interested. But if the fruit is cut up and arranged prettily on a platter, then
Using public transport after an operation such as a total knee replacement is challenging. This is what I learned from Week 5 onwards after my first expedition going 2 stops on the bus. Getting out the house is the first challenge. As I couldn’t move around quickly, I couldn’t rush around the house and up and
My elder daughter said that no one would be remotely interested in seeing pictures of my knee and my scar after my total knee replacement. She’d obviously heard far too much about it for her liking. However, a friend of mine, who had the operation a few months after me, found them fascinating and reassuring so
This week’s progress led me further afield. It was time to go out for a walk on my own as all the walking I had done so far outside had been with a friend or with my husband. He was a comforting, strong and safe presence. It felt strange that I had to summon up courage
I had to change the way I cooked after my total knee replacement and it would be the same after any operation. You have to cope with pain and fatigue but at the same time, feed yourself and maybe cook for others too. It really doesn’t have to be complicated. One evening, we had this ciabatta
In the fourth week after my total knee replacement, I enjoyed noting the progress I was making. -I could walk upstairs properly using both feet, first one foot and then the other. -I now had to to concentrate on doing the same downstairs instead of coming down one step at a time. This was harder
After my total knee replacement, it was really important for me to have friends around. I enjoyed my lunch dates and then later on, when I was feeling less tired, having people round for dinner. I didn’t want to feel isolated; I wanted to chat, to hear news, to gossip and what better way to do
Three weeks after my total knee replacement and I’d now got myself into a routine of lying on the sofa in the kitchen four times a day with a 2kg bag of frozen peas over my knee and my knee propped up on an old pillow over the sofa arm which meant it was higher