Hello everyone!

I know I haven’t been online very much lately but it has been very busy here. As some of you know I need a total left knee replacement and was thinking it would be around January or February before it happened. I have been working hard to lose some weight before and I did! I lost a total of 72 pounds since last year and am now close to below 200 pounds. That was one requirement for surgery and I did it!!!

Anyway, Tuesday morning while going through my emails, I got a call from the surgery scheduler at Kaiser. I already was on the list of those to be called and way down on that list. I had called a couple of times before to see if there was a cancellation and if I could be on that list. Well, that paid off! Dr. Gaur (my surgeon) said that there was a 3 month waiting list and I was on there for only 2 months. She remembered that I wanted to do it and called to see if I would like to have my surgery this coming Tuesday, December 13! I called my hubby, he said go for it, and I called her back and I am scheduled for then. I have only had less than 7 days to prepare and I have been hopping ever since!

I had my preop appt with the doctor, she went over everything including my history, meds, allergies, etc. I then had an echocardiogram and labs and everything is perfectly within normal limits. This morning I had my covid test and that was negative and no fever or symptoms. I have to check with her every day until Saturday to give her a temp report and after that, I am assuming and hoping that it is set! Oh, so many hoops to jump through!

I am now waiting to hear back from Continuing Care for home care and a visit from them and I believe, that will happen after the clearance from my preop doctor. Also, cleaning the house, moving stuff around for the walker, meal prep, meds and therapy.

That’s enough for now but I will keep you posted. From a tired but very happy and excited Donna!