by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Sep 30, 2020 | Knee Replacement
It is the ultimate love-hate relationship after an injury, but especially after a knee replacement, ice. Ice is cold, damp, uncomfortable, but man does it make that significantly swelled, sore knee feel better. After my partial knee replacement, I couldn’t get...
by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Sep 10, 2020 | Knee Replacement
You toss, turn, cry out in pain—you’re to the point of giving up on sleep altogether. Insomnia is just going to be your new sleep routine. Trying to get a better night’s sleep after knee replacement surgery can be challenging. Especially during the first...
by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Apr 30, 2020 | Knee Replacement
I’m finally getting back around to my blog after a bit of a hiatus. Thank you, Covid-19, for giving me the time again. ( If I can find a bright side in all the madness) I thumbed through the old journal and pulled out the useful info from around the time of my 6...
by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Feb 28, 2020 | Knee Replacement
Your surgery date is in view. You’re in the process of getting all your tests ran, or maybe you have already been cleared. Now you are starting to wonder what else you might need to do and get before the big knee replacement surgery. This list of 10 Pieces of...
by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Jan 23, 2020 | Knee Replacement
Do you or a loved one need to stay in this Valentine’s Day due to a knee replacement surgery? Maybe just having an off-knee rehab day, and staying in sounds better than being out in the busy crowds. Want to give your love/knee patient a great Valentine’s...
by Your Gluten Free Bestie- Alicia | Jan 20, 2020 | Knee Replacement
Week 12 is that light at the end of the tunnel that every knee replacement patient is working towards. At 12 weeks, the doctor usually gives the green light to go back to all normal activities. I had been looking forward to that appointment since my hospital stay. As...
