Hi Ron, So happy to hear that about your mom! I'm not afraid of the knee replacement. The sooner they do it, the better, as far as I'm concerned. My only obstacle is the ridiculously long wait times for this surgery in British Columbia.
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:57:42 PM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote: > > Cecily, my Mom had the knee replacement last fall at a truthfully spry 80. > Her knee canted sideways - it was horrible to look at before. Straight as > an arrow now and she was doing everything by Christmas better than she did > before. We're delighted you're riding, but don't be afraid of the knee > replacement - the work that goes with recovery is already built into your > psyche. > > On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:26:23 PM UTC-6, Cecily Walker wrote: >> >> Thanks to the miracles of modern science and physiotherapy, I'm back >> riding my bike a lot sooner than expected! I'll still need a knee >> replacement eventually, but I was referred to a sports medicine physician >> who has been giving me injections of Synvisc - a synthetic synovial fluid - >> in my arthritic right knee. I still have one more injection to go, but >> after that, the knee should be good for another 9-12 months! This stuff >> isn't cheap, and it isn't covered by my extended medical insurance, but >> it's a small price to pay for freedom from pain and greatly increased >> mobility. >> >> I just wanted to share my good news since so many of you were so lovely >> and expressed such great concern when I was convinced I'd have to stop >> riding until I had surgery. Love you guys and gals. >> >> Cecily (the happy biking librarian) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
