Charmaine Sparrow's bilateral TKR journey
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Eight month update
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Eight months and two days ago I had a life-changing operation. I was gifted with two new knees. I use the word "gifted" because,...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
5.5 MONTHS UPDATE
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Wow - five and a bit months ago I was probably just being pushed back to the ward! What a new lease on life!!! Quick update. Scars - s...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Milestones, Lessons and Wows!
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Yesterday I went to work - and left the crutch in the car! Mega milestone! In February I went from two crutches to one crutch with the aim o...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Four Month Milestone
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Can you believe - today four months ago I had the bilateral total knee replacements! So let's check in: Scars: The scars look grea...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
TKR Physio Exercises - beauty or the beast!
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Physio, physio, physio - after your TKR you will seem to spend practically every waking minute (and when you have restless legs, even the sl...
Monday, 25 March 2013
Home Sweet Home
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I could not wait to get home but had some reservations: (a) the dreaded stairs; (b) I did not have a snatchy thingy to help me pick thi...
Friday, 22 March 2013
Step-down clinic and stairs at home
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I must admit that my gardening session yesterday only extended to cutting lavendar flowers - which I plan to use to fill up my lavendar wrea...
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