re: Who here has had a total knee replacement?

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My wife his having it done next week. What kind of rehab is involved and will she even be able to walk at first? She is young and the doctor hates doing one because of her age but she has torn the same acl three times now and they can't fix it anymore. She has also got a torn meniscus for the second time.

We live in a two story house where our main rooms are all upstairs. Will she be able to make it upstairs or should I prepare the basement for her to live down there for a short time? As always, thanks and I know I have come to the right place.

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Friend of mine had it done back in Feb and he rehabbed for about 4-6 wks and is fine. Another buddy of mine had it done two weeks ago and is currently rehabbing - good so far but still a way to go.

Question I have is why is your wife tearing her ACL so much? One of the discussions I had with first friend mentioned above was in regard to the ACL and he said the replacement knee does not have one. The ACL in our knee is mostly there for lateral movement stability and in the artificial knee they figure you dont need that much lateral support. Not sure why.

On a good note the friend I mentioned above waterski's a lot and does not have any issue so I would say it is pretty robust.