"Knee replacement"

For me, the experience was a new perspective on Australia's public health services and hospitals. I was told the wait for my surgery would be more than 12 months. However, my surgeon had a cancellation and called me in within six months. Everything went very smoothly with admission and recuperation with a 4-day stay in Prince of Wales Hospital (PoW). Their Post Acute Care (PAC) included being taken home on Day 5 in their car, shown how to navigate my home - stairs, bathroom, bedroom - and use of special furniture around toilet and shower chair.

The nurses, physios and occupational carers came each week for 3 weeks to give me exercises and watch how I was getting on. Now it's 7 weeks since the operation and I am feeling well with my mobility and flexibility coming back. PoW have also enrolled me in their Hydrotherapy classes at the hospital pool. I go twice a week and it had really helped me a lot as the physios in attendance make sure we all do the movements correctly. I can't speak highly enough of the service of all the professionals I met in the ward and post-operation. My sincere thanks to all and I will never forget their kindness in those first painful days.