Living on the Road

with Jim and Gayle

April, 2019

April was all about my left knee replacement.  I had a partial replacement done May, 2016.  It has never been right.  I decided to change orthopedic surgeons and have a full knee replacement.
The knee was replaced April 9, 2019.  It has been hard.  I am having a lot of pain management issues.  I can't get the right drugs to control the pain without making me feel unwell and emotional.  Hopefully the pain level will diminish and I won't have to worry about managing the pain.  I started physical therapy the day after surgery, while still in the hospital.  I now go to PT sessions two days a week at a nearby Physical Therapist business.  I then do PT on my own a couple of times a day.

This is an xray of the knee (front and side views).

This is a picture of the initial dressing and then the knee after the top dressing was removed.

 
Once Jim's caretaker responsibilities decreased, he installed three new ceiling fans in our outside pergola.

We had a nice evening at the final resort party "Last of the Mohicans Potluck".