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CaliforniaPeggy

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31. The full joint replacement...

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:34 PM

Jan 2012

I've heard 1 to 2 days in the hospital (and that includes surgery!) to a week there...

And anything up to 10 days in a post surgical unit (like a nursing home)...

And weeks to months for full recovery!

In other words, your guess is as good as mine...

Thanks!

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I have a date with a surgeon... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 OP

Ah, best of luck to you. Denninmi Jan 2012 #1

Will be thinking of you, CalPeg! elleng Jan 2012 #2

You are young for your age, this is a wise decision. siligut Jan 2012 #3

I know someone who was an avid skier UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2012 #4

Good luck, keep us posted. Scuba Jan 2012 #5

Good luck, CalPeggy! LNM Jan 2012 #6

I guess I'll understand when PRETZEL Jan 2012 #7

sending you the best vibes, ms. peggy! shanti Jan 2012 #8

Break a leg rurallib Jan 2012 #9

You have a date with a surgeon? Does your husband know? ohiosmith Jan 2012 #10

My first thought too... AsahinaKimi Jan 2012 #15

Me too. Great minds... trof Jan 2012 #17

Thanks, everybody, sooooo much! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #11

Good luck Peggy - GoneOffShore Jan 2012 #12

Thanks for the update!... Phentex Jan 2012 #13

Good luck...now and always...nt Stuart G Jan 2012 #14

I have a date with a Sturgeon, OK, her kids...... Burma Jones Jan 2012 #16

CalPeggy: The Bionic Woman! trof Jan 2012 #18

I've had lots of dates with Surgeons Turbineguy Jan 2012 #19

It will be helllish libodem Jan 2012 #20

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. applegrove Jan 2012 #21

Hah! Before I saw that you were the author Raven Jan 2012 #22

Best of luck CalPeg. You deserve it. Old Troop Jan 2012 #23

Make him take you someplace nice. He can afford it. mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #24

Have them install one of them newfangled bionic knees! nolabear Jan 2012 #25

My dear CaliforniaPeggy! MiddleFingerMom Jan 2012 #26

Get well... ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #27

Best wishes Peggy! femmocrat Jan 2012 #28

Make sure your family spoils you afterwards mrs_p Jan 2012 #29

Are you getting full joint replacement or joint resurfacing? csziggy Jan 2012 #30

The full joint replacement... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #31

I've heard a little longer in the hospital but about the same otherwise csziggy Jan 2012 #32

Good luck and recover quickly MattBaggins Jan 2012 #33

Nothing can keep you down long, we know your style. dimbear Jan 2012 #34

Good luck,peg. Swede Jan 2012 #35

Again with the mega-meta vibes Miss CP denbot Jan 2012 #36

I got a new hip in October tonekat Jan 2012 #37

Write me in on your dance card. American Bandstand here we come! RushIsRot Jan 2012 #38

again.... mrmpa Jan 2012 #39

hoping you recover quick BootinUp Jan 2012 #40

ACK, I read that the totally wrong way! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #41

Dear Peggy, hope the surgery goes well. akbacchus_BC Jan 2012 #42

Oh, CalPeg, you're going to be just fine. pacalo Jan 2012 #43

Good luck! Bake Jan 2012 #44

*sigh!* HappyMe Jan 2012 #45

Peg, I wish you the best backtoblue Jan 2012 #46

Lots of good vibes your way, CA Peggy :-) n/t nirvana555 Jan 2012 #47

I was thinking by the thread title... RedCloud Jan 2012 #48

Will be thinking about you... GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #49

Oh my! Best of luck with your surgery. BTW, the first thing I thought was... madinmaryland Jan 2012 #50

Peggy, I had my hip done just one year ago The empressof all Feb 2012 #51

Tell him to treat you right DFW Feb 2012 #52

You'll be tap-dancing before you know it CP. Old Troop Feb 2012 #53

Good health vibes coming! Pool Hall Ace Feb 2012 #54

:sigh: I'm a bad boy.... WillParkinson Feb 2012 #55

Wishing you all the best, Peggy! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #56

Very best wishes for a speedy recovery! LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #57

My thoughts, prayers, best wishes and positive vibes Peggy RFKHumphreyObama Feb 2012 #58

Tell those doctors there's a lot of people who are counting on them YankeyMCC Feb 2012 #59

You'll be dancing in no time, Peggy! 6000eliot Feb 2012 #60

Good luck to you and a speedy recovery! nt raccoon Feb 2012 #61

Best Wishes and a speedy recovery. era veteran Feb 2012 #62

All the best Peggy WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2012 #63

California Peggy, just came across your message. classof56 Feb 2012 #64

Good Luck, CaliforniaPeggy.... snacker Feb 2012 #65

Healing vibes to you Peggy. geardaddy Feb 2012 #66

Good luck Peggy. My family DebJ Feb 2012 #67

I hope all goes well TuxedoKat Feb 2012 #68

All the best. hamsterjill Feb 2012 #69

.. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #70

co-worker had knee replacement and it went great. Came back walking like normal Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #71

Thinking of you today Peggy. applegrove Feb 2012 #72

I'm looking for and posting on your "trouble sleeping" thread. MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #73

Good luck, Miss Peggy! Tom_Foolery Feb 2012 #74

Will cut "CP" in my tilling tomorrow! Sending vibes into the cosmos for you! RedCloud Feb 2012 #75

Vibes headed your way, CP... Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 #76

here's hoping you come out kicking! rurallib Feb 2012 #77

We're all thinkng about you CP and sending wonderful vibes your way :-) n/t nirvana555 Feb 2012 #78

God Bless you and the surgery, and the doctors. Tripod Feb 2012 #79