Barb Martin

My Bilateral Knee Replacement: a Personal Story Barb Martin

This is my personal story of my bilateral total knee replacement. I wrotethis book for two reasons. The first reason is to inform people about whatthey can expect from bilateral knee replacement surgery as opposed tosurgery on one knee at a time. But moreimportantly, the second reason for this book is to provide as muchinformation as possible to anyone contemplating this type of surgery beforethey go forward with it. The anxieties you have before major surgery are so different than the onesyou have after surgery. Often, people think that once the surgery is over,the worries and pain are over. Instead, it can be the beginning of adifferent set of worries and pain. But, if you know in advance what toexpect, you can plan accordingly and will have a much easier time after youroperation. There are many books out there with regard to one total knee replacement,but very little about a bilateral-meaning two-knee replacement. I wantto tell you all the facts that could occur, and in my case, did occur,before a very large decision such as this one is made.