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 Nancy Casey told herself she was going to do her left knee
replacement by the books. She swore she would do exactly what
the experts told her to do. So when The All Star Total Joint
Center told her to exercise before her surgery, she jumped in
her pool. On land, Nancy could not bend down and sit on her
heels, it hurt too much. But in the water, the 55-year-old could
squat.
After surgery, Nancy stuck to her self-discipline. If she was
lying in bed, standing at her kitchen counter or sitting in her
reclining chair, she was flexing, straightening, lifting and
bending. Four weeks after her June surgery, her doctor praised
her range of motion and told her she could get back in her pool.
“I’ve said it a bazillion times, do what they tell you to do,”
Nancy says about the program. “They know the system, they know
what’s best. Look at me, I’m four weeks out, not even, and I can
go in my pool.”
The All Star Total Joint Center at Lee Memorial Hospital
works with patients, physicians, Lee Memorial Hospital and home
health agencies to ensure each patient has a good continuum
of care before, during and after surgery. The program ranks
in the national top 10 for total joint replacements preformed.
Patient satisfaction surveys showed Nancy how much
the program cares about the patient experience.
“We hold pre-operative joint replacement classes to help
patients set their expectations,” says Dolly Haymes, Program
Coordinator. “Patients know they will be getting out of bed the
day of surgery. They know, if they listen to our help, they will
have better mobility.”
Before her surgery, Nancy had trouble walking up and down
stairs. She used her upper body to push herself up and down the
stair rail. Less than a month after surgery, she can walk up and
down the dock steps leading down to her canal and feed the fish.
“There’s nothing there to hurt anymore,” she says, “Just some
sore muscles and a healthy joint.”
To learn more about The All Star Total Joint Center at Lee
Memorial Hospital,
click here or call Dolly
Haymes at 239-343-2000.
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