Amy’s Partial Knee Replacement Surgery
“I’m excited for life again, and that’s thanks to you both! I can actually walk without a limp.“
(0:05) I can squat quite happily. I can actually walk without a limp, which is amazing because that’s (0:11) been going on for like maybe two years.
You’ve got this thing, PVNS, which is (0:15) this unlucky thing in your left knee. So it was really swollen, really painful. (0:19) And when was the last time you were able to walk without pain? It’s been about two years. So yeah, (0:24) I was gradually getting considerably worse.
And yeah, it was really affecting my mental health. (0:31) Yeah, I was pretty desperate when I came to you, wasn’t I? (0:35) Obviously your whole life is, I mean, you’ve got a job, but you’re into a sport.
(0:40) Yeah, I’m a multi-champion martial artist, personal trainer.
And yeah, I think just (0:44) my confidence completely went because I couldn’t do stuff myself. So I gave up that job. But you (0:49) know, I would like to get back to just doing a little bit of that now alongside my new job.
(0:54) And it’s eight weeks since we did a partial knee replacement. How does it feel? (0:57) It literally feels like, I just can’t explain, amazing, like the old me basically, which is like, (1:03) yeah, it’s exceeded my expectations. Even after three, four weeks, I was just like, (1:10) wow. Every single step in my head is going, wow, wow, wow.
Because normally it’s ow. (1:16) Every step is literally just sending a signal of pain through my body. And it was draining. And (1:25) I was so knackered after work. I was dragging myself to the gym, but now I’m actually going to (1:31) work, going to gym, and I’m like, I’ve got so much more energy. And I think I didn’t realise (1:36) it was actually that that was sucking the life out of me and not my job. So yeah.
(1:41) I mean, you were sad. I mean, you really depressed me. (1:43) Yeah. I mean, you saw me break down into tears in your office out of desperation. You know, (1:48) I saw someone 10 years ago that sort of did one operation and sent me away saying there’s (1:52) nothing else that can be done for me ever in my life, basically.
And then eventually, (1:57) I saw someone in London and they kind of just said, oh, we’ll give you surgery. I was asking (2:02) about other options. He just looked at me blankly. And I just thought there’s got to be something (2:05) else. You know, I’ve just got to try. And I thought, well, I’ll give my private health (2:09) care a go and see. And obviously, yeah, just the first appointment was you. And speaking to you, (2:14) I came out thinking, wow, like you’ve given me so many options on the table now.
And just (2:18) from that moment, I just felt like maybe there is some hope. So yeah, I literally just can’t (2:24) think of anything more grateful. And you’re smiling and you’re (2:26) walking and you’re off to Australia to do something. Yeah, off to Australia. And, you know, (2:30) I had like anxiety about that before, like just, you know, wanting to walk in the hinterland with (2:35) my partner on the beach, you know, just with ease and not think about soaking in the atmosphere (2:41) rather than like thinking about the pain.
And I know I can do that now. And I’m already there in (2:46) my head just like, you know, walking past the waterfalls and just enjoying things, not having (2:52) the stress of like, am I going to have to tell him I have to stop and sit down? Like, you know,
(2:57) it was before the operation, it was to the point where we were trying to make it to the end, (3:01) like it’s about a 15 minute walk to the nearest shop from our house. And there’s been points (3:06) where I’ve got halfway down the road and have to turn around and go home. And limping so much. (3:11) Just unbelievable pain, really. So, yeah, it’s great. It’s great. Great. Thank you.
