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    Walking a camino after knee replacement

    I have had both knees replaced and have walked camino after camino with my new knees. Everyone recovers differently but if there is any advice I can give it is to make your rehab exercises your new religion. Dedication to these is the answer to full recovery. Give it time -- it will take a...
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    Ok I’ll just say it...bladder leaks

    Got a pair, tried them, didn't work for me. Will return them and hope I really will get a refund. The search continues...sigh.
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    Ok I’ll just say it...bladder leaks

    Thank you thank you for this suggestion -- I'm going to try everything so I ordered a pair today. They are returnable in 30 days if not satisfied and so worth it if they work for me (though they are a fortune at $39).
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    Ok I’ll just say it...bladder leaks

    You are not alone! Thanks for bringing this up. Interested in all replies...
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    New Knees - User Experiences Please

    I have had both knees replaced. Wore them out working as a park ranger in the western mountains of the US -- all those mountains meant lots of downhills -- seriously hard on knees. I was in my 50s when the first was replaced and 10 years later I had a revision in that knee (the doctor said it...
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    Too soon? Camino Portuguese 5 months after total knee replacement.

    I had two knees replaced at different times and I had a different recovery period with each one. Thousands of camino kilometers have followed, but the main piece of advice I'd give is DON"T PUSH IT! You want to walk many caminos in the future and it is frustrating, to say the least, to have...
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    Ibuprofen - Cautionary Tale

    I I am one who has had the swellings ( with increasing frequency, above my eyes, my jaws) and finally after years and years they were diagnosed as, essentially, an allergy to NSAIDs. I used to take Ibuprofen on all my Caminos (and other hikes) every three hours. After the diagnosis I...
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    Walking after knee surgery?

    I had my first knee replaced in my 50s and the second one done in my 60s. With the replacements, we have walked from Le Puy to Santiago, Porto to Santiago, Leon to Oviedo (San Salvador) and hope to walk the primitive this May. My advice: 1) Remember that everyone is different! 2) Make doing...
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    Ibuprofen side effects

    Count me in as one of the rare ones with ANGIOEDEMA, which simply means facial swellings. I had them occasionally to frequently for nearly 20 years when finally I was referred to Brigham and Women's Allergy Clinic in Boston where it was diagnosed and I was told to stop taking NSAIDS. As a hiker...

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