Annette’s Knee Replacement Surgery Journey

What this video covers

Annette describes coming to Turkey to have a knee replacement, after her partner had previously had surgery with the same company. She talks about her consultation with the surgeon, being reassured about having an epidural, and says she felt no pain during the operation. She describes physiotherapy starting the day after surgery, being helped to walk, and recovering at the retreat afterward, praising the staff, food and surroundings.

• Had knee replacement surgery
• Had an epidural and reported feeling no pain during the operation
• Physiotherapy began the next day, including help with walking
• Recovered at the retreat afterward, praising the staff and food

Hello my name’s Annette Harry and I’m here to have my Knee replaced which is very very painful I’m just talking talked to the consultant and I found in a very gentle mum a little bit fatherly and he made sense and he advised me not to have children at once for medical reasons which also made sense either he made because my partner had come to this company in January and had a tummy a sleeve a tummy makes swollen and I saw all the blood work they did and all the tests they did and how thoroughly they mot’d and that really did give me the faith of the courage to come forward and say yes please come and check me out and please my name and everybody has been fine here they’ve all been very kind and understanding that he explained everything and hopefully sometime tomorrow I will be going in and I have a new name yes hello my name is Annette Perry and I’ve talked to you the other day from then I’ve been down to surgery while I was well reassured about having an epidural I was very worried about that to be honest I never felt a thing I came back upstairs when he said he’d finished and I still didn’t feel anything for quite a few hours but the nurses came and gave me lots of pain meds and it’s very easy for me to say this but I’ve been spoiled I’ve had lots of food lots of drink I’ve been brought cakes and strawberries and yogurt I’m encouraged to drink my water look through it today as well the they put me in a machine to move my Knee up and down gently which was a bit sore but necessary and they want to re-exray me to make sure it’s all in place and then they want to get me upon pictures but I ain’t running my name is Annette Perry and I’ve been through this experience of having a new me and all in all I’m very happy with it and feel spoiled I came in and the chaperones looked after me very well and communicated in Turkish and I had lots of sweets and fruit and just that would be over I met my surgeon and I’m not lying but I would give him 11 out of 10. he persuaded me to have an epidural and I’m glad I did because I did not feel a thing and it’s very weird to see somebody moving your legs but you can’t feel it I had no pain during the operation yeah I was brought back upstairs I’ve been looked after well there’s a slight difference in the pain relief between England and turkey they have two different ways of doing things but I was happy in the hospital and I was getting pain relief and the physio came around the next day and he had me up in tottering around the bed and that wasn’t too bad actually then the next day I walked to the Durham Park and he had me legging a machine which was moving me and after the first two moves that actually became okay I came back to the retreat which is lovely I am a gardener and I do want to win but there is lovely flowers the staff are very happy and the very quick to help the answer only questions and the food’s good as well so yeah it’s a beautiful place it’s very relaxing and I would do it again