This Has Been a Journey! I won’t do a full recap here, because my last post covered where I was in recovery. Since then, things have continued more or less according to plan. I’m approaching week eight now and have been following the group physiotherapy program recommended by the hospital. […]
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The Pain No One Explains After Knee Replacement
I don’t remember fully understanding the pain after my first knee replacement. I expected discomfort. I expected stiffness. I expected soreness in the joint itself. What I didn’t fully grasp—until much later—was why the pain felt the way it did, or why it seemed to show up in places I […]
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“The Games We Play to Get Dressed After Knee Replacement”
The Games We Play to Get Dressed After Knee Replacement Yesterday felt like a small milestone. I went to my first physiotherapy intake appointment and booked out the next four weeks of sessions. I also removed my surgical bandage and replaced it with a fresh one, knowing my staples are […]
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Pausing to Reflect: Same Surgery, Very Different Recovery
The Joint Hurts Less — So Why Does the Rest of My Leg Hurt More? Four days after my second knee replacement, I’ve caught myself stopping more than once and thinking, “this really doesn’t feel like the first time.” That caught me off guard. On paper, this surgery was essentially […]
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A Few Important Clarifications About Knee Replacement, Pain, and Recovery
A Few Important Clarifications About Knee Replacement, Pain, and Recovery It’s been a few days since my last blog entry, and with Christmas behind me, this felt like a good time to write again. Recently, I’ve heard comments like “You can’t guarantee the pain will be gone,” or “Mobility won’t […]
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Jell-O, a Trapeze, and Surviving the First Night
Hospital meals are not casual suggestions — they are scheduled events. Very scheduled. Far apart. And unlike at home, there’s no wandering into the kitchen to see what might magically appear. So when a small container of Jell-O arrives, it suddenly becomes important. I’m fairly certain I ate more Jell-O […]
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The Part of Surgery I Didn’t Expect This Time
The Conversations That Changed Everything on Surgery Day I walked into surgery today expecting a replay of my first knee replacement. Same hospital. Same procedure. Same routine. What I didn’t expect was how different the experience would feel — and how much of that difference would come from the anaesthesiology […]
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Why Waiting Hurt More Than Surgery
Tomorrow Is Surgery Day As I’m packing tonight and getting ready for an overnight stay in the hospital tomorrow, it’s hard not to think back to how afraid I was when I was first told I would eventually need knee replacement surgery. My knees had hurt for a long time. […]
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The Canadian War Memorial Behind the Canada Gate at Buckingham Palace
A Peaceful, Reflective, Serene, and Important Memorial. I am home from my trip to the United Kingdom and was going through my hundreds of photos yesterday. I know I mentioned this place periodically but I didn’t really devote much time to it on my blog. I’m talking about the Canadian […]
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The Steam Whistle Train Ride
We Holt to Sheringham Return Today was fantastic! We took the teturn steam train ride to the beach resort town of Sheringham grom Holt! We later drove back to the town of Holt. It was so picturesque! I loved it and it reminded me of a much better Niagara-on-the-Lake. This […]
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