If You had a TKR ... how active were you at the time?
Ongoing deliberation about the timing for a TKR. I can still ride 4-5 times a week 45 miles or so at a time.
Other life activities are more compromised: cutting and stacking wood, maintaining 7 acres of weeds and rocks, stream fly fishing, walking around shopping centers with the wife, or almost any other load bearing activity. Overall knee functionality is on a downward trajectory, but I can still do a reasonable amount, I just use ice and topical pain cream and the occasional cortisone shot.
My knee doc puts the decision of when to do a TKR in my court. I reason that doing it sooner rather than later gives me a longer horizon of activity (I am 69). On the other hand, there is an argument to use the functionality I have now and wait until I am more compromised in daily activity and cycling.
If you have had a TKR, how active were you at the time and how did your activity level factor into your decision to have the procedure?
Thanks