I just got my disability last May 2006. I had to quit my job because I couldn't keep up with the work due to pain. You should apply for disability and long term disability with your job and you will get both of them til legal retirement age. I applied with social security and they didn't get my correct medical records and I was denied, so I got a lawyer. They pay you back pay from the time they say you should have been disabled. I had to hire a lady to clean my house and my husband had to do all the grocery shopping. I am bone on bone in my left knee and my right knee is getting there too. My orthopedic dr gives me steriod shots in my knees and it helps with the pain. So I know how it feels. If you have any questions email me. Pattie

I have osetoarthitis in both knees and every where else. My wls surgeon sent me to physical therapy to see what exercise I can do. They said I should do the water aerobics since it is easier on your joints.

hi all i well be having totakknee replacement both knee on the 27th of this mo ...please pray for me Brenda .

Diclofenac is an anti-inflammatory.

They get you out of the bed at the hospital the next day.  Some surgeons will get their patients up the same day if they are awake enough. They brought a walker into the room for me to use and helped me move from the bed to the chair for lunch and dinner.  I was "allowed" breakfast in bed every day.  They hooked me up to a CPM every day to help the knees bend.  After surgery, the thigh muscles don't want to work.  The surgeon told me the thighs are the last to "wake up". It was no picnic, but it gets better.