First walk outside

Today I took a walk outside to get some fresh air in these gray cloudy days in Gothenburg. It started a little shaky on the gravel path that sloped down. Once on level ground, both the gravel walkway and the asphalt went well. On the way home I picked up the technic and a little

4 days after surgery

Today is the fourth day after my surgery. Yesterday I did my rehab program, walked at least one time in an hour in-house around kitchen, hall and living room in a circle 2-3 times. In the evening my Apple Watch showed 0,5 km. The pain was manageable with 2 Paracematol painkiller every 6 hour. I

2 days after surgery

Yesterday I was a little bit optimistic. The morphine I got after surgery made me feel very dizzy. I threw up a couple of times I were not able to do the training. The pain in my legs was very intensive and late in the afternoon I took some small steps with the tool shown

Surgery done

Just woke up and feel ok.

Final preparation before surgery

Tomorrow is the DAY for my surgery. The last week have I been training every morning by executing my ordinary rehab program shown in a previous blog post that I have done for several years. I have also done the post-rehab program (also shown in an other previous blog post) to ensure I know how

6 Best Exercises To Do Before Total Knee Replacement – Prehab

I was surfing Internet for good examples of exercises to prepare myself as best as possible. I found this video on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoH04t_3YLA , that very much show similar exercises that my physiotherapist showed me as my training program after my surgery. For me the exercises are rather easy to do, but still they are

Preparing for surgery

Today I have done my daily training program to increase the strengths in my legs in order to be prepared as good as possible for the knee replacement surgery. My training program is shown in a previous blog post ”Todays training”.

Last meeting before surgery with the physiotherapist

Today I met the physiotherapist for the second time. She gave me some more tools I need after the operation. I got a seat cushion to be able to get up more easily from a chair or armchair, leg raises to the bed so it get higher up and thus help me out of bed.

Registration and information at Capio Movement in Halmstad

Yesterday at lunch I drove the 135 km south to Capio Movement in Halmstad for registration and information.  It starts with a physiotherapist showing with plastic skeletal parts where the injuries are and what the surgeon does about it.  She then showed the different parts of the prosthesis itself and how the surgeon attaches them

On my way to Capio Movement in Halmstad