Glen it's very nice to see you at the end of your journey having had two knee
replacements and I thought it would be useful to ask you about
what you were like before you had your knee surgery. How old are you now?
52 now. You're 52 now and what do you work as? Refrigeration engineer.
So that's quite a manual job, very physical yes, going up step ladders, steps
carrying, lifting heavy equipment et cetera. So what were you like before
your joint replacement surgery? Progressively over the last five or six
years it just got worse. I would say the last two years really I was suffering,
sleepless nights. A lot of pain, constant. Playing golf on a Saturday
meant Sunday laid up on the couch all day with
painkillers and since the operations on both knees it's been absolutely fantastic.
I've got no pain and I'm having sleep free, I mean sleeping well. It feels better,
like a better body, much more happier as a person if you want to put
it that way instead of being, well because it can get a little bit depressing.
So before the surgery you tried a few years of conservative treatment, hadn't you?
yes, it was basically just sort of said I should
have physio. I kind of did my own but it you know it was beyond that
which I'm sure you know. yes, exactly. We first met a few months ago when I
first did your right knee and then six weeks ago your left knee.
How did you find the knee replacement surgery? It was very quick, to be
honestly a lot quicker than I thought and the stay in hospital a lot shorter than what
it probably would have been when my uncle had it 15 years ago.
Three nights and then it's four weeks of physio which
is a little bit painful but then in the long run
that four weeks is a lot better than living with arthritis
arthritic knees and constant pain. So, yes I would do it
again tomorrow if I was give the chance. And I would have had it done five years ago
if I was given the opportunity, to be honest with you.
Yes, I'm so pleased. So you're now six weeks after the the second knee and you
got back to good function haven't you? You've got back to playing golf,
getting back to work.. Exactly,
I played golf last week and I'm walking a lot better, it's a lot easier. Yes, there's still a
little bit of muscle that I've got to build-up obviously.
Can we see your bending and straightening? Excellent your range of motions, excellent.
Yes, absolutely pain-free. Well done Glenn
I'm really pleased it's gone as expected and well done
for getting good results in this particular situation is a combination of
good surgery, good anesthesia, a rapid recovery protocol but also a motivated
patient and it's it's really us working together, you know as patient and doctor, that enables good results to be achieved so
Really well done for it, I'm really pleased. Thank you. Thanks very much.
you know really well done for it. I'm really pleased. Thanks very much
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