Pam Lucas
Houston, TX
Female Knee
The recovery has been really good. My Physical Therapist will have me talk to people who are just coming in and say ‘See what I can do now?
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Alice Faye Hargis
McMinnville, TN
Female Knee
I was back at church the next Sunday after my first surgery.
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Bloom Maule-Croxton
Rome, GA
Female Knee
I’m so grateful to my surgeon. My life is totally turned around. How wonderful it is to walk, not limp, and not feel my 70-odd years.
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Virginia Schneider
Redondo Beach, CA
Female Knee
I tell people to definitely go ahead and have this done. I’m very positive about it.
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Ruth Murphy
Danbury, CT
Female Knee
Now I can pick up my grandson, I can pull him around the yard, I can chase after the ball with him.
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Peggy Miller
Murfreesboro, TN
Female Knee
I would tell someone who is considering a knee replacement not to put it off,” she says. “Get to a good Doctor like mine and do what they tell you to do.
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Patti Herbert
Irving, TX
Female Knee
I’m 68 but I get around like I’m 30,” Patti says. “I love my Dr. because … He gave me back everything I hadn’t had in while.
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Pat Taylor
Amarillo, TX
Female Knee
I just go running back and forth. I mean, I can actually run, and I’m 67! So, I’m proud.
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Cynthia Gray
Columbia, TN
Female Knee
The other day I was walking into the Y, and one of the ladies saw me and yelled out, ‘My gosh! You are doing so well'!
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Janice Walker
Irving, TX
Female Knee
“I definitely should have had the surgery a lot sooner than I did. I just kept putting it off. If I knew then what I know now, I would have done it five years ago probably.”
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Kathleen Jackson
Irving, TX
Female Knee
“My surgeon had really wanted to do the surgery a year or two earlier before so much damage had been done – and I wish I could have. I tell people to go on and have the surgery. It really makes a difference."
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Trudy Mark
Boca Raton, FL
Female Knee
“You have to make up your mind that you’re going to beat this thing. I walk very comfortably now. I don’t have full mobility, but Dr. Gupta was absolutely thrilled. I’m grateful that I have the ability to recover as fast as I did.”
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Lela Cakic
Boca Raton, FL
Female Knee
“I know now how it’s supposed to be. I’m walking, and I’m very happy! I’ve already recommended my doctor to people at my church. He’s a very good doctor. ”
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Ann Frey
Fort Atkinson, WI
Female Knee
Ann was only in therapy for about six weeks after knee surgery before resuming many of her usual activities. She’s back to taking care of her yard and pool, cheering on her great-nieces at their basketball games.
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Nancy Westby
Milton, WI
Female Knee
“My son is getting married in August, and I just wanted to be able to dance at his wedding. Now I can!”
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Marsha Murphy
Cincinnati, OH
Female Knee
"I felt wonderful," Marsha said. "I didn't feel any pain. Obviously the incision was still sore. But compared to what my knee had felt like, this was heaven."
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Pearl Williams
Savannah, GA
Female Knee
“I progressed really well. They couldn’t get over it. I just didn’t want to be handicapped. I really wanted to go forward.”
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Kara Eder
Blakeslee, PA
Female Knee
“I actually was able to go fishing in the river, back in my waders for the first time, which I was very excited to do.”
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Susan Pattison
Newport, OR
Female Knee
“My physical therapist says go about your life. Live, enjoy what you do, don’t think about your knee. My knee is a little warm, but I run a little warm anyway. I ice it regularly, but my knee loves to move. It’s almost like it’s calling me to move it.”
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Kim DeMasellis
Grand Blanc, MI
Female Knee
“This JOURNEY knee implant is absolutely wonderful,” Kim says. “I can’t believe how like having your own knee it is.”
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Sue Silvia
Taunton, MA
Female Knee
“Things I couldn’t do before, I’m back to doing. No more just sitting around for me.”
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Marylynn Fisher
Rockport, TX
Female Knee
“I have never enjoyed anything like I do my new knees!”
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Beverly Medlock
Glennville, GA
Female Knee
“Once I had it done, it was such a relief,” she remembers. “I had put up with the pain for so many years. It’s indescribable how much relief it’s given me.”
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Charmaine Sicilani
Richmond Hill, GA
Female Knee
“Within three months, I could go out walking and shopping for about an hour at a time,” she says. “I was actually surprised that I felt as good as I did within that short period of time.”
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Sue Ransohoff
Cincinnati, OH
Female Knee
“I am delighted, ecstatic,” Sue said of her experience. “I’m so glad that I had the surgery. I’m better off since having it done.”
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Vicki Lowell
Arlington, TX
Female Knee
“With the first knee, recovery was about a year,” observes Vicki. “This time, I was walking – and walking well – within three months. Not only that, but I was up on my feet sooner after this last surgery.”
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Ginny Brown
Hoschton, GA
Female Knee
“The knee is awesome! I had a really good experience.” She is looking forward to twirling around the dance floor with Randy for many years to come.
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Valerie Badgett
Ft Worth, TX
Female Knee
“I don’t walk with a limp any more. Right away my limp was gone.” She once again enjoys going to football games to cheer for the Arkansas Razorbacks. “I don’t have any pain any more and I can do all the things used to do!”
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Nancy Nuccio
Sun City West, AZ
Female Knee
“Be patient after the surgery. I thought my knee surgery would be a ‘walk in the park,’ but it does take awhile to heal. Rehab is where you find out ‘patience is a virtue.’”
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Jane Bennett
Bendena, KS
Female Knee
“Recently,” Jane says, “my husband made the comment that we’d been shopping for about six hours and I’d never complained once about my knee hurting.”
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Marti Couch
Milroy, IN
Female Knee
“Knowing what to expect the second time helped me to push myself,” Marti says. “With my right knee, I did so well that I only spent seven days at the in-patient facility and reached a 90-degree bend within the first couple of weeks.”
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Romey Mack
Lincoln, CA
Female Knee
“He plopped it in there. It fit. He closed me up, and it was done. Except for some swelling after the operation, I had almost no pain. Now I’m looking forward to doing the right knee.”
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Kim Jones
Shelby, NC
Female Knee
“Now I can go places and walk all around without getting tired. I actually went to our local county fair this year.”
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Haven Vaughn
Spartanburg, SC
Female Knee
“Everybody has to personally decide how much pain they can put up with. Before my surgery, my pain was bad, and I didn’t even know how bad, until after it went away!”
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Yvonne Branch
Irving, TX
Female Knee
“If you have a competent doctor and a quality knee, you can’t go wrong,” she asserts. “There’s always a risk, but it’s worth it.”
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Gail Griffin
Fort Worth, TX
Female Knee
Gail loves her busy life – which includes four children, three grandchildren, a full-time job and even helping out at her brother’s ranch. “I like that type of work,” she says simply, “At the end of the day, you can see what you’ve done.”
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Laura Baxter
Irving, TX
Female Knee
“I am happy to be back in my routine.” Laura would encourage anyone who is considering knee replacement surgery to “go ahead and do it!” “My life is so much better than before and I am like a brand new me!”
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Carolee Pellerin
Boca Raton, FL
Female Knee
“I tell everybody that I got a new knee, and I’m so excited about it. I suffered for so long. If I had only known about this procedure, I would have had it done years ago. But then I don’t know if I would have gotten the VERILAST.”
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Faye Fisher
Sience Hill, KY
Female Knee
“I told Dr. Pace if he didn’t do anything else, to just make me where I can dance,” she laughs. “Everybody says I’m doing really good. I’m just impatient to get back to swimming and dancing.”
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Micki Seaton
Arlington, TX
Female Knee
“The best is being able to play basketball with my nine-year-old grandson again. He said, ‘I can’t believe my grandma beat me at basketball!’”
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Jo-Ann Frontera
Hopelawn, NJ
Female Knee
“Get up and do it, that’s my motto. Hey, the sun’s up, my feet hit the floor, and I am out the door!”
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Martha Smith
Irving, TX
Female Knee
“I still have a little pain, and in cold weather, my knee is a little stiff. But my surgeon says I’m okay, and, as far as I’m concerned, he’s right… I am very well blessed.”
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Linda Walters
Grenada, MS
Female Knee
“Now, I feel just like a new person. My knee feels great. I don’t have any problems out of it. It doesn’t hurt. It never gets sore or stiff. It feels like I never had a bad knee. If I ever have to have the other one done, I won’t hesitate.”
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Fran Knepper
Hendersonville, TN
Female Knee
I used the cane for the first few days back at work, but I’ve been pretty much on my own ever since,” she recalls. “I don’t have pain in my knee anymore. It’s awesome.”
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Sharon Lawrence
Spring, TX
Female Knee
“It was the best thing I ever did,” Sharon shares. “I remember the first time I was able to walk from one end of the mall to the other end. I hadn’t done that in years because I would just park in front of the store and hobble in and hobble out.”
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Eileen Fitzpatrick
Palm Springs, CA
Female Knee
These days Eileen reports that she is “feeling great.” She recently went hiking in Sonoma, CA. “I am able to do all the same things that I did before.”
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Sandra Evans
Durham, NH
Female Knee
“I feel like I’ve just kind of popped back. I feel like these are my knees.” She’s also been known to tease her surgeon by declaring that he “undersold the surgery!”
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Jeanie Taylor
Lumberton, TX
Female Knee
“Until I had the surgery, I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t even rest at night because I had so much pain in my leg, now I can spend time in the water and do something besides float. I can swim, ride a bike, walk, and go do things with my grandchildren.”
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Gwen Minturn
Pomfret, MD
Female Knee
“You really have to work the leg,” Gwen says. “I noticed a lot of people would just do what they had to do, but you have to work hard in the beginning. The reward is, the pain will go away.”
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Julie Knapp
Gresham, OR
Female Knee
“It’s really great to know that I can walk over uneven surfaces without that tweak that can send me into massive swelling. That I can take the long walk to the beach. That I don’t have to elevate my leg to sleep. I can get around all the time.”
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Peggy Hollis
Grenada, MS
Female Knee
“Now I can walk without any problem. It had got to where it hurt night and day. I couldn’t get comfortable at night, and when I did get to sleep, the pain would wake me up. I have no problems now with that. I am very glad I had the surgery.”
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Sharon Cataldo
Ashland, PA
Female Knee
“We visited France, Italy, Greece, and Croatia,” Sharon recalls. “It was great. We walked five miles a day. I walked up the steps of the Parthenon and up 120 steps of an art museum in Florence. I would not have made it had I not had the replacement.”
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Corinthia Barnes
Sharon Hill, PA
Female Knee
“I danced with my grandson. It was the first time I had danced in years. I was able to stay outside and moved all around and talked to people. I got my life back.”
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Queenie Allison
Glendora, MS
Female Knee
“Some people are even scared to try and get up and walk after the (knee replacement) surgery, but I wasn’t scared to get up, no ma’am. I wasn’t going to give up."
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Catherine Lavelle
Chester, PA
Female Knee
“I always had a limp whether it was a good day or a bad day. Even the patients would notice. But that’s no more. I can go up and down steps, clean my house, walk the dog, and walk the boardwalk without any pain.”
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Barb Klim
Columbia, TN
Female Knee
Post-surgery, Barb already has partially resumed two of her favorite past-times, gardening and shopping. “My husband says that he liked me better when I couldn’t move,” she jokes,” especially given this heat.”
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Lynn Kearney
Vista, CA
Female Knee
“My handicap placard expired recently, and I cut it up and threw it away. I am officially off the handicap list,” Lynn laughs. “I can walk the mall. I can walk neighborhoods. I can walk and walk and walk, and I’m fine.”
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Gay McDermott
Kansas City, MO
Female Knee
“There’s not too much I can’t do now,” Gay notes. “I have a little trouble getting up from a low sitting position, but that’s because the other knee is not in good shape.”
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Leslie Mull
Lansing, MI
Female Knee
“Go into it with an understanding that you have to work to get full recovery. If you are willing to do that you will get a full recovery without pain.”
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Marion Smith
Port Charlotte, FL
Female Knee
She is looking forward to attending her granddaughter’s wedding at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD so she can dance the night away. “I can’t wait to jitterbug with my new knee!”
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Waneen Henshaw
North Port, FL
Female Knee
“My right knee is fantastic!” Waneen says enthusiastically. “If my left knee goes completely kaplooey, I told (my orthopaedist) I’d be back in to see him!”
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Linda DeLgatto
Staten Island, NY
Female Knee
“The steps are very steep, and I would go down like an old lady,” she notes. “I hated it. Now I’m just bouncing up and down. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. It was life changing.”
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Sandra Roberson
Oceanside, CA
Female Knee
“I walk, I garden, I cook, I am back to everything with no pain. It is just great,”
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Ann Marie Ferreira
Los Angeles, CA
Female Knee
“I feel great now.” She quickly was able to walk without the aid of a walker or cane. “It is just amazing to be able to walk pain free.”
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Linda Mazner
Punta Gorda, FL
Female Knee
“I am feeling great and I am back to bowling.” She is showing property with the greatest of ease. Linda plans to do a walk-a-thon to benefit pancreatic cancer with her son.
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Lise Husted
Shoreline, WA
Female Knee
“It was the best thing…well, the best medical thing…that has ever happened to me.”
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