# 46 KNEE REPLACEMENT PHASE 4

AROUND MID OCTOBER I GOT DISCOURAGED AND WASN'T DOING MY EXERCISES VERY MUCH. BUT A SOBO HIKER NAMED MAGIC KNEES RE-INSPIRED ME. HE HAD BOTH KNEES REPLACED AND WAS DETERMINED TO HIKE THE TRAIL.  HE SAID HE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. WHILE HE WAS HERE HE BUGGED ME TO DO MY EXERCISES AND SO I DID AND HAVE GOTTEN BACK INTO MY REGIMEN.

HE HAD TO GO HOME AND TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE OF SHIN SPLINTS. I HOPE HE'S ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE TRAIL SOON.

THANK YOU MAGIC KNEES

ON  OCT 5 I SAW DR POLACHEK AND HE PRESCRIBED A NEW SHORT TERM MED THAT HE SAID WOULD CALM THE EXTREME PAIN I WAS STILL HAVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY KNEE, BELOW THE KNEE CAP, AND THE BACK OF MY LEG ABOVE THE KNEE. HE ALSO PRESCRIBED TRAMADOL FOR PAIN, WHICH I WAS ON BEFORE THE KNEE REPLACEMENT.

SO TODAY I WAS THINKING WHAT CAN I KEEP IN MIND TO KEEP ME INSPIRED AND I REMEMBER WHEN NIKKI ASKED ME ON THE FIRST DAY OF OUTPATIENT THERAPY WHAT MY GOALS ARE CONCERNING MY KNEES AND I SAID ABLE TO HIKE AGAIN AND BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF KAYAK BETTER.