{"id":11471,"date":"2015-02-13T04:28:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyclingvideosonline.com\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2015-02-13T04:28:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T04:28:23","slug":"cyclists-survival-guide-total-knee-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/cyclists-survival-guide-total-knee-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cyclists Survival Guide to a Total Knee Replacement &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<br \/>\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cyclingvideosonline.com\/?p=11471\" data-width=\"100\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"c0\">I\u2019m writing this for you. You\u2019ve struggled long enough with the pain and awkwardness that comes with an advanced arthritic knee. \u00a0You have a bum knee, it clicks and pops and the swelling never goes away. You struggle to put your full weight on it and heaven forbid you try to apply weight while bending it. My knee was so bad that when I had sex it would uncomfortably click and pop and my knee was the last thing that I wanted to think about!<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">So, now you\u2019re considering a knee replacement. Chances are, if my description matches yours, a knee replacement may be your only option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">This article will, I hope, allow you the ability to make an informed decision about knee replacement surgery, if it\u2019s right for you and what you can expect. Tally ho!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclingvideosonline.com\/CVOwordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/about2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11047 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cyclingvideosonline.com\/CVOwordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/about2-207x300.jpg?resize=207%2C300\" alt=\"about2\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Me? I\u2019m 48. A total knee for a guy as young as me is rare, but, climbing. I\u2019m very active and enjoy things like cycling, martial arts, hiking, skating \u00a0and whatever else you throw at me as long as my old knee could handle the activity. I am an endurance junkie. Cycling is my main sport and I put thousands of miles on my bike each year. I love the adventure of it. Just me and my bike, completely independent from the rest of the world. The workout calms me, stabilizes me, allows me to see and feel everything good in my life. It provides me with perspective, humility and arrogance. Nothing compares to a day after a ride. Everything is perfect. It\u2019s the days that I don\u2019t ride that are burdensome. I feel like I haven\u2019t accomplished much. I feel guilty or like I\u2019ve missed something. Slothenly. I don\u2019t like days off, but, my body won\u2019t let me ride and I have to listen to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">Back in 97 I had a ski accident which caused an ACL tear. Uninsured and stupid, I went a year without having it fixed. I was cycling, lifting and skydiving. My knee would often just pop out and I would tumble. I was fine except for my stupid knee swelling. After having finally gotten my ACL repaired, my doctor explained to me that he had to remove quite a bit of cartilage and warned me that a total knee replacement wasn\u2019t too far off into the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">My surgical knee was strong initially, but, as the years went by, it did indeed deteriorate. I could no longer ski. Bearing my weight on a bent knee was painful and unstable. Walking down a flight of stairs became a chore and eventually my knee affected my cycling. When the day came that cycling was uncomfortable and really painful, I decided that something must be done. So, I consulted with my first doctor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\">Having a total knee replacement is a major surgery. Don\u2019t let anyone tell you differently. You will be faced with hardships and challenges completely foreign to anything you\u2019ve ever had to endure. I thought I was a stud endurance athlete that could rise above the human condition and bounce back like I would after a tough climb or a fast wheel. I was wrong. So, I have outlined a process that you should prepare for and a few of my personal experiences and stories. I would, if I had a chance to do it over, give myself 3 months to prepare. But, I did this in 30 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cyclingvideosonline.com\/?p=11488\">Next, Investigation &#8211; Preventing mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet I\u2019m writing this for you. You\u2019ve struggled long enough with the pain and awkwardness that comes with an advanced arthritic knee. \u00a0You have a bum knee, it clicks and pops and the swelling never goes away. You struggle to put your full weight on it and heaven forbid you try to apply weight while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1983],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-injury-recovery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mybikething.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/revision_knee_replacement.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybikething.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}