I have a friend who is 70. Today, Tuesday, makes one month to the day since she had double total knee replacement surgery in Ocala. She stayed in a physical rehab facility for a week after the surgery and is getting therapy at home now.
My husband and I have been going with her and walking everyday for the past week. We've been walking on the street in front of her house but decided to change it up a little. Saturday she walked from The Lighthouse Restaurant at Lake Sumter along the boardwalk all the way to Haagen Dazs ice cream, up the stairs, across the street to Ambrosia and through Ambrosia before we jumped in the golf cart and headed back home!
On Sunday, we walked all along the lake at Spanish Springs and around the Square and to Dunkin Donuts and back to the lake. She is doing fantastic and I thank God for that.
I walked with her today around the path at Chula Vista. Her poor old legs were so bad before she couldn't walk 10 feet without being in pain. She said the only pain now is in her hips from trying to walk upright after walking bowlegged and stooped over for so many years.
So with one knee and partial, ask your doctor, but I imagine you'll be dancing before you know it. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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