# Simultaneous knee replacements for 70+ woman.  Good idea?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-knee-replacements-for-70-woman-good-idea/485166 "2009-02-10T03:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-knee-replacements-for-70-woman-good-idea/485166/21 "2009-02-11T01:21:32Z")

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> If she has both knees replaced at the same time, she’ll have two very poor legs and knees at the same time, and I can’t help wondering that if that happens, she won’t be able to walk or otherwise navigate to the bathroom. (She normally has to go upstairs to sleep, but she plans on renting a hospital-type bed or something so she can sleep downstairs.)

Good Lord, will she have someone staying with her after the surgery? I hope so.

My mom had one knee replaced at age 62, and thank Og I was able to stay with her for a week (wish it could have been longer). The assistance with everyday tasks, and also with her rehab exercises, was a huge help. I can’t imagine a 74-year-old in questionable health managing alone.

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**Author:** ![benlormat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@benlormat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benlormat)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-knee-replacements-for-70-woman-good-idea/485166/22 "2009-02-11T01:38:31Z")

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My step mother’s mother is also 74. She opted to have have both knees replaced at one time.

Then proceeded to bitch for 6 weeks about what a miserable experience it was. And everybody around her bitched because this woman had to be waited on hand & foot 24 hours a day.

But now all is good and she wishes she had the surgery 10 years ago.

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**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-knee-replacements-for-70-woman-good-idea/485166/23 "2009-02-11T01:44:48Z")

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Thanks to all. What great input! Many ideas neither I nor my Mom had heard before.

As I said in my OP, my Mom was headed in the direction of simultaneous replacements already, so I’ll let her know that a unanimous bunch of my fellow Dopers agree with her (but I won’t explain what Dopers are 😉 )

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneous-knee-replacements-for-70-woman-good-idea/485166/24 "2009-02-11T02:07:49Z")

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I read the title, and thought it was about 70 (or more) women all having simultaneous knee replacements, like some Guinness World Record attempt or something.

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