New knee

For my hip op I wore loose pj bottoms or tracksuit bottoms with t-shirt I found it very hot in hospital. Good luck for Monday.

My sister found it hot in hospital too, and wore a mid-length crystal pleated lightweight skirt. Elasticated waist. Very easy to adjust etc.

Oohhh Good Luck 🍀 deaneke .

I've had both knees replaced. Each time I was only away from home two nights. I wore cotton gowns and my underwear, after the op. I advance purchased non-slip socks to keep my feet warm.

Nighties definitely easier after both hip and knee replacement.
No bending of legs to get trousers on and off and for the loo.
A loose skirt when I got home.

I wore wide legged, elasticated waist trousers when I was out of hospital and cotton nightdress when there.

I've had both hips and a knee done.. Hate them but Nightie are the answer until you get home, then can put on Trousers or jogging pants. Once home, I eventually went back into shorts (depends on the time of year).

Your knee will be swollen for a while, so as the song goes "Baggy Trousers"
Best of luck 🍀

Baggy trousers once home.
Nightie in hospital. Please make sure it is long enough to cover the necessities when you cross the ward on your crutches.

Sorry, should have said , hope all goes well. I’ve had both knees done and hip replacement just under 3 weeks ago.

Join the hips and knees thread for support and some good advice.

www.gransnet.com/forums/health/1318643--Hip-Knee-Replacement-3

Link to the thread.

I had both knees replaced nearly 18 years ago. One was done under general anaesthetic and the second one with a spinal block. No problems with either except for the morphine making me sick. I think I just wore the hospital gowns. Do persevere with the exercises when you get home it makes all the difference. Good luck!

After my knee replacements, I wore wide-legged pyjamas in bed and loose tracksuit trousers around the hospital.

Nighties in hospital and at home for a while, then back to pyjamas. I bought wide legged trousers which were comfortable over the swelling and dressings for a few weeks.
I hope your knee operation is as successful as both of mine have been.
Best wishes.

I have been told that a knee replacement is unlikely. I hope that’s true. When travelling, it’s bad enough to need assistance.

Don’t worry about it too much daeneke. I had two nighties (whuch I hate!) with me but found I could get in and out of loose bottom pj’s with elasticated waist quite easily if not elegantly the next day. Took wide legged elasticated waist 3/4 lightweight trousers to wear in hospital - their instruction was to get dressed - and a long skirt with an elasticated waist for discharge. Comfortable slip on Skechers dealt with my feet as I find slippers are harder to walk in. You’ll find folk wear all sorts, don’t fret. Once recovered a new knee make such a positive difference it’s all worth it.

I have had both knees operated on at different times. I do not wear pjs so I wore nighties in and again when at home for a few days. I took a lightweight dressing gown as it was a hike to the loo. My ward was the old-fashioned nightingale ward.

Good luck.

This made me laugh 😂

I had a new hip in February, my 2 room mates had knees done, we all wore nightdresses and loose dresses in the day, much easier to go to the loo in a dress, rather than tackle trousers up and down, also be prepared for a lot of swelling and dressings, best wishes to you for monday x

I wore a knee length nightie, while in bed after op because they often have a cryocuff, and pump machine and need access to it on your leg. Coming home I wore a maxi skirt, it took me months before I could bear anything like trousers on the knee

My DH (aged 77) had a new knee back in May. He went to a convalescent home but hated it and so came home early. This meant that a nurse came in every day for 2 weeks to check on wound and, for a few days to give him an anti coagulant injection.

Since he came home he has had physio twice a week and is still having it. This is to build up the muscles in his leg which had wasted during the period before the op. He can lift his right leg backwards and touch his bottom. I think the physio is trying for a similar result with the left leg with the new knee.

Before the op he was walking with a stick for some time and then two sticks. Now he walks normally.

We live in France and are very grateful for this treatment. One of my friends in England fell over and smashed her right elbow. She is paying for physio because she can only get an appointment with the NHS once a month.

Good luck with your op. It will be worth it.

Blimey. Lots of input in France. Apart from a visit to the practice nurse to remove staples I had one phone call from the surgeon 8 weeks after the op to see how I'd got on. Luckily all was well after my second tkr.

Also re clothes: it was summer and I ended up cutting off the legs of my trousers to let the air at my scar and also because I couldn't bear fabric rubbing on it. Some unexpected visitors got quite a fright at the ghastly sight!

Mr GO had both knees replaced last year within the space of a few months. He lived in loose light weight tracksuit bottoms, or a pair of those trousers which zip off at the calf /knee, though obviously as a chap he wouldn't have wanted to wear a nighty or skirts.
Best of luck with it, and do the exercises after, as that makes a huge difference to how successful the replacement is - he has full function again and can kneel back on his.

I've had both mine done. Nighties and skirts/dresses are much, much easier. If you need leg coverings, get some hold up stocking from M&S (they do opaque 40 denier black ones) which are much, much easier to get on than a pair of tights (or indeed, trousers). Get them at the longer end of your size range and make sure you get the elastic right up to your crotch to ensure they don't slip (and don't use creams or talc round there). The photos they use lie; a piece of elastic half way up your thought will slip.