A knee replacement and restarting afterwards

My experience is that this has been straightforward and that it needed more careful setting up than it would have at forty.

The falls conversation was worth having explicitly, and it produced a practical set of things I would not have thought of.

I found the online material almost entirely aimed at people thirty years younger, which is why this circle matters to me.

Thank you for the update. Threads that stop are the worst kind.

What I got right was bringing my daughter to the first appointment, because two sets of ears is worth a great deal in nine minutes.

I would gently say do not accept everything being attributed to age. Mine was, twice, and something specific was found both times.

The pharmacist has been the most useful person in this whole business, and I would say that to anybody at my stage.

My balance and my grip are the two things I watch, and both have improved, and neither of them is on any form anybody gives me.

Bone health was my first question and I had to ask for it. It was not offered and it was entirely reasonable to want.

Reading Olly, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

My medication list is long and getting a proper review of all of it together was the most useful appointment of the last three years.

What I found is that the guidance assumes a body with more margin, and going slowly was not caution, it was the sensible plan.

I have read this twice now. Thank you for writing it.

Something practical: I take a written list of everything I take to every appointment, because nobody's system has it right.

What I would flag is that muscle matters more now than it did at forty, and protecting it is worth more attention than anything else.

Osman said something I want to sit with for a second.

Something I did not expect was how much better my knees have been, which was not what I was aiming at and is what I most appreciate.