as anyone on here had a knee replacement at 50,
and still able to show the dogs in the ring bye running them.

will it  affected your lifestlye bye not doing things you want to do.

i have had problems with my knees  all my life due to the sport i did and very earley op on my knee when i was a teen.stand all day hairdressing

but  my style in work is i stand and teach swimming, teach in and out of the water,walk the dogs,on my feet and on the go earley morning to later night 6 day a week .

but i still got another 10 to 15 year of work weather a knee replacement will restict me from me doing all i do now,BUT IN PAIN ALL THE TIME NOW AS well.

Sorry to hear this Teri (:

My sister in law had her knee replaced early this summer (May).   She is a lot older than you (68) but within  3 months she was playing golf and walking 4-5 miles at a time.

She says it was more painful than she had been led tp believe it would be, but its fine now.

Hope that helps a bit.

Margot

My 70-odd year old neighbour has had knee ops done in the past few years. As I have stated in another post she has also had a hip replacement this summer. She goes out to do a full days pheasant beating every week (more than once a week, too ;) ) Speak to your doctor about the possible outcome. Every case is different, but I'd go for it.

i have spoke to him he a very speclist in his feild and he did say i may not be as active as i am know with pain mangerment with pain killers,

My sister had her knee replacement on Monday of this week, all being well she's coming home today, but the surgeon did tell her that if she's lucky it will last her a max of 10 years before needing to be replaced again (so she could end up having it done another 4 times!! ).....she said she wished they had told her that BEFORE the op because she would have thought twice about having it done. He also told her that she wouldn't be as active as before,  She's just 40 and has 3 teenage daughters and a 4 month old baby, the scar on her leg is 18" long!

My Mother had it done in one knee.  She was in her late 70's when it was done but she didn't notice a huge improvement and was in a lot of pain during the recovery.  I suspect she didn't do her physio as often as she should have, so that might have made a difference.  She refuses to have the other one done now, but I suppose you have to take age and quality of life into the equation when making the decision.

My husband is waiting for 2 new knees (under 55 years old). I was talking to a lady at a show one day last year and she was saying how great her new knee was, still able to run her dogs around the ring (can't remember what breed but was certainly one that had to be run around, not a small breed at all) So that filled me with confidence as although my husband doesn't show, he enjoys taking the dogs out but cannot hold them on leads as they are now too strong for him. Also know of a lady with a Lhasa Apso that has now had one knee replaced twice and is still showing. I would say she is mid 60's.

Hi
My mum had one knee replaced the summer before last when she was 83 years old. She went in on the Wednesday and came out on the Sunday, able to walk and manage a short flight of stairs! She needed physio and support for the next two weeks quite intensively but hasn't looked back since and walks five miles a day. 

After the op she had some sort of inflatable sleeve on her leg which really minimised the swelling - it seemed to work a treat and meant she was able to get a good range of movement from day 3.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

No it wont restrict you, do be prepared for it to hurt a bit whilst healing, and do make an effort to do all recommended physio.
The operation is a fantastic relief fora lot of people the only ones that have problems seem to be the ones who enjoy 'playing the invalid' and not doing physio properly.
I work in rehab (physio) so probably only see the less able patients.
Karen :-)

I don't know if this applies to all new knees, but a Friend who has had them points out that you can only bend them to 90' so you wouldn't be able to kneel in the oriental fashion or sit on your heels etc.  So this does restrict your freedom of movement.