Yes, finally back. New knee seems good. I'm still hobbling but bending is good . Finding the Kawasaki a little heavy but nothing i can't handle. I still think my first knee took longer to settle than this one even though this one is much bigger. ( a replacment of a replacment ) As you can see by the pics (old on the left) i had the op 19th Decmember.so.3 months to get to riding again.
Good to hear Wayne My neighbour had one done at the end of last year and it's been a roaring success. Here's to a great riding summer!
The new one looks a lot more anchored and supportive of the surrounding bone structure, congratulations and hopefully you'll be back to full mobility shortly. Interesting snippet for you..... I used to be indirectly involved with some replacement knee research. For bonding the joint into the bone hole, they had some flesh coloured (light pink) special plasticene like dough. This was mixed up chemicals and kneeded in the hands but quickly became exothermic and too hot to hold. Working life was very short and soon went off to set pot hard like ceramic. To check out the apparent hardness we once took a ball of it outside and bounced it, threw it, directly onto concrete and into a wall to try to smash it, no chance. A hammer and chisel was the only way we could break it up.
Glad to hear you back riding again am in a similar position being given the OK to ride again on March 25th though it's been 6 months for me.
It sounds similar to the “steel putty” you can buy in the form of a plasticine type stick which you mix by kneeding and sets like, well, steel!
My first replacment took me alot longer . Maybe its because your body has to get used to having a metal in it. The main thing is getting the bend. The more bend the better.
Glad to hear you are back in the wind! The wife had a knee replacement ten years ago. She can kick field goals now.
