Knee Replacement Advice, Checklists, and Journal - 5 Steps for Successful Recovery Even If You Have Complications: Practical Advice from a Patient

by Alexis Dupree

Everybody is having knee replacement surgery these days. Ask anyone who's had the surgery how miraculous it is - no more of the excruciating pain and limited mobility of osteoarthritis. The problem is that surgery and recovery can be incredibly painful.

Knee Replacement Advice, Checklists, and Journal - 5 Steps for Successful Recovery Even If You Have Complications explains the methods journalist Alexis Dupree - someone who's had many different surgeries, including knee replacement - uses to prepare for and recover from surgeries successfully.

The advice portion of the book, which is deliberately short and concise, focuses on what patients need to know for preparing for knee replacement surgery and managing their recovery. Not being a medical professional, Dupree does not provide information about osteoarthritis or the structure of the knee. Rather the book discusses topics she has found helpful in making surgeries, specifically knee replacement surgery, go well.

Subtitled Practical Advice from a Patient, the book explains the benefits of adopting the right attitude toward surgery and provides pragmatic planning information for both the surgery and recovery. It also answers frequently asked questions about the surgery. Included are detailed checklists for researching doctors; rehabilitation centers - if needed; physical therapy centers; insurance information; and preparation for surgery, which includes setting up one's home, choosing the right attire for the hospital, and acquiring the necessary equipment or other accessories before the surgery. A recovery journal allows readers to keep a day-to-day journal of their recovery.

300 pages, Paperback

Published August 20, 2017

About the author

Journalist Alexis Dupree was 61 when she found herself joining the knee replacement community. She’s now waiting for the cartilage in her left knee to give up the ghost so she can become a double member. In this book she shares what she learned to help you prepare for and recover successfully from knee replacement surgery.

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fully 2/3's of this book consist of various lists/checklists (insurance information, appointments, medicines, etc) and a daily journal, but the first (and for me, most helpful) section based on Dupree's first-hand experience with two such surgeries offers both practical as well as anecdotal information that nicely compliments the more clinical and impersonal material provided by my doctor and the hospital. As such, I'm very glad that I read this prior to my recent surgery, and utilized many of its helpful tips, (particularly the "pre-hab" pool walking exercises). Thanks, Alexis!