I have bought myself a fit bit 2

[Irene Matthews]

Hi to all,

I have bt myself a fitbit 2 fitness tracker to encourage myself to walk more hopefully it will help me with this.
Dose anyone else have one i have done 4,051 steps since setting it up last night so hopefully its going to help me walk more.

Irene Matthews.

 

[grovesy]

I had a fit bit forgot which model, a button fell of with in months the replaced fair enough, but months later people were still reporting this problem but they did not admit to having design faults. I used have problems at least twice a week getting it to connect to the app on my phone to track and log walks.The stair count is not terrible accurate. I did not find it much better than a top of the range pedometer.
I now own a Garmin. I can log activities on the device, though have a occasional problem syncing to the app on my phone.i it too is not terribly accurate on stairs climbed either.
The accuracy of all fitness trackers seems to be not totally accurate, according to various comparisons done by various consumer programmes or reporters.
There was also a report recently that said they don't seem to help in weight loss either.

 

[sparklestar]

I have a fitbit alta, previously had the Fitbit flex and I love it! The alta reminds me to move each hour which is great as I have an office job and so sometimes can be sitting for hours on end. I won't say it has helped with weight loss, but it is nice to know roughly how far I am going each day.

 

[graj0]

Hi to all,

I have bt myself a fitbit 2 fitness tracker to encourage myself to walk more hopefully it will help me with this.
Dose anyone else have one i have done 4,051 steps since setting it up last night so hopefully its going to help me walk more.

Irene Matthews.

I liked using mine, it made me realise very quickly that I jump in the car far too often. There was a reason when I had two arthritic knees but now I have a pair of the finest "oxinium" (consists of a zirconium alloy metal substrate that transitions into a ceramic zirconium oxide outer surface) knees made by Smith & Nephew and warranted for 30 years, I don't have that excuse any more. I believe the aim is 10,000 steps a day and I only managed that when I played golf otherwise 5,000 to 6,000 was the norm. As sparklestar say it may not lead to weight loss but you can prove that you're doing all the right things.
However, it was the small device that clips to your clothing, fatal mistake, ended up in the washing machine, must replace it though. Christmas presssie maybe?

 

[grovesy]

I liked using mine, it made me realise very quickly that I jump in the car far too often. There was a reason when I had two arthritic knees but now I have a pair of the finest "oxinium" (consists of a zirconium alloy metal substrate that transitions into a ceramic zirconium oxide outer surface) knees made by Smith & Nephew and warranted for 30 years, I don't have that excuse any more. I believe the aim is 10,000 steps a day and I only managed that when I played golf otherwise 5,000 to 6,000 was the norm. As sparklestar say it may not lead to weight loss but you can prove that you're doing all the right things.
However, it was the small device that clips to your clothing, fatal mistake, ended up in the washing machine, must replace it though. Christmas presssie maybe?

Can I ask if your implants are standard NHS or private. As I have an arthritis in my right knee, and was told a number of years ago they only last about 10 years. Around the time I know my local hospital were doing trails on one that were hoped to last 15-20 years. Thank you.

 

[grainger]

I have the Fitbit charge hr. I like it, definitely makes me notice my lazy days and has been known to get me walking round my house late at night for 20 mins just to tick over the 10k mark.
I think it's perfect as a reminder to do more and walk more rather than jump in the car like I used to.
Saying that not worn mine in a couple of weeks - must dig it out as an incentive to lose a few more pounds before Christmas!

 

[BBarb]

Grovesy, about 6 years ago my husband had both knees replaced (not at the same time) and is delighted with them. He's a farmer and although age 77 is still running the place single handed - and to my mind he really gives them some stick. He was determined not to be off work for long, and the moment I brought him home from hospital he was off on his quadbike to see if his sheep were OK. He walks miles uphill to check his sheep and can kneel down to calve a cow or shear a sheep or fix a machine much more easily than I can myself who has my two 'original' knees.
I have to give him due - he did all the exercises the hospital set him and kept them up for several months, he was obsessive about them even though they obviously hurt quite a lot.
They said to give them 20 years, so maybe things have improved on the NHS?

 

[grovesy]

Grovesy, about 6 years ago my husband had both knees replaced (not at the same time) and is delighted with them. He's a farmer and although age 77 is still running the place single handed - and to my mind he really gives them some stick. He was determined not to be off work for long, and the moment I brought him home from hospital he was off on his quadbike to see if his sheep were OK. He walks miles uphill to check his sheep and can kneel down to calve a cow or shear a sheep or fix a machine much more easily than I can myself who has my two 'original' knees.
I have to give him due - he did all the exercises the hospital set him and kept them up for several months, he was obsessive about them even though they obviously hurt quite a lot.
They said to give them 20 years, so maybe things have improved on the NHS?

Thank you. I was also told they are not designed to be knelt on though.
I am not frightened of having it done, it was one of the reasons I was given for not having it done sooner than later. This was by my GP whom I trusted, he has since retired. I was given the impression by the Dr at the hospital 10 years ago following an arthroscopy that would need replacement that I would have to be very much limited in movement and pain before I could have. last year when I had a bad couple of months I was told it I was not bad enough for referral back to hospital!.

 

[graj0]

Can I ask if your implants are standard NHS or private. As I have an arthritis in my right knee, and was told a number of years ago they only last about 10 years. Around the time I know my local hospital were doing trails on one that were hoped to last 15-20 years. Thank you.

I had a stroke of luck, it was obvious that the NHS wasn't going to anything until the knee actually "failed". Not entirely their fault, the government seems to think they can care for all of us for next to nothing. I know somebody whose knee "failed", he might of embellished what actually happened, but it wasn't nice. It was only as an emergency that it was done, seems that's what happens these day. Sorry, I digress, stroke of luck was that my wife's firm who provide health insurance as part of employees salary package changed their insurers to a company who would accept pre-existing conditions unlike the previous firm, Aviva.

I had already decided to do some research and found this particular prosthetic with a 30 year warranty. I then had to find a surgeon who was able to do the job as it isn't a standard NHS version. I had been told that the NHS knee would only last 10 years hence the research. However I had an interesting conversation with my surgeon who told me that most of his NHS work is "resurfacing" old knee replacements and he said that most of them were 25 years old, so not as bad as I had originally thought, but I'm pleased I looked for some better (I hope).

They currently cost about £12k but the NHS are doing trials with them, in fact my surgeon told me that he was offering the particular knee I was having to NHS patients as part of a trial, too late for me. To be honest I was personally at the point where I would have robbed a post office or bank because both knees were bone on bone. My surgeon's first words to me were "your knees are totally knackered", he spoke my language OK, no technical jargon, say it like it is.

Hope that helps.

 

[grovesy]

I had a stroke of luck, it was obvious that the NHS wasn't going to anything until the knee actually "failed". Not entirely their fault, the government seems to think they can care for all of us for next to nothing. I know somebody whose knee "failed", he might of embellished what actually happened, but it wasn't nice. It was only as an emergency that it was done, seems that's what happens these day. Sorry, I digress, stroke of luck was that my wife's firm who provide health insurance as part of employees salary package changed their insurers to a company who would accept pre-existing conditions unlike the previous firm, Aviva.

I had already decided to do some research and found this particular prosthetic with a 30 year warranty. I then had to find a surgeon who was able to do the job as it isn't a standard NHS version. I had been told that the NHS knee would only last 10 years hence the research. However I had an interesting conversation with my surgeon who told me that most of his NHS work is "resurfacing" old knee replacements and he said that most of them were 25 years old, so not as bad as I had originally thought, but I'm pleased I looked for some better (I hope).

They currently cost about £12k but the NHS are doing trials with them, in fact my surgeon told me that he was offering the particular knee I was having to NHS patients as part of a trial, too late for me. To be honest I was personally at the point where I would have robbed a post office or bank because both knees were bone on bone. My surgeon's first words to me were "your knees are totally knackered", he spoke my language OK, no technical jargon, say it like it is.
I actual asked my GP last year when I was having a bad couple of months, would the criteria be different if I went private, she said not. My other half has Private Insurance through work which would cover, but the way I understand it the referral goes to them and then you go to one on there list. At the time most days back then I was having to use a walking stick to walk the dog . Though the x-ray she sent me for reported only moderate disease, where 10 years previous I was told on arthroscopy I had severe disease. Though they did other things like removing floating bodies and trimmed stuff at the time, I was generally much better. Thank you!
Hope that helps.

 

[graj0]

I actual asked my GP last year when I was having a bad couple of months, would the criteria be different if I went private, she said not. My other half has Private Insurance through work which would cover, but the way I understand it the referral goes to them and then you go to one on there list. At the time most days back then I was having to use a walking stick to walk the dog . Though the x-ray she sent me for reported only moderate disease, where 10 years previous I was told on arthroscopy I had severe disease. Though they did other things like removing floating bodies and trimmed stuff at the time, I was generally much better. Thank you!

It's only my opinion but if you've put up with it for ten years and have needed to use a walking stick, and ten years ago you were told it was serious, I think it's more up to you whether you need the job done or not, maybe you only need a partial. It does seem to depend on your doctor, I know a lady who between first having problems and getting a partial done was only a matter of a few years. I had been nearly 15 years and at the stage where I needed a wheelchair if going through an airport. My GP was reluctant to refer to a private surgeon, but I started to lay it on thick about not being able to exercise and how difficult travel was, all true, but embellishing doesn't hurt (I actually enjoyed wheelchair service, first on the plane, straight through passport control. LOL).

I don't know how old you are but another thing to consider is that should your wife retire, change jobs or worse still be made redundant (god forbid) which is what happened to a mate of mine. He'd had one done and then left it too long and his wife was made redundant before he got the second one done. That was 3 years ago and he's still waiting. Poor old bugger needs his hernia done first and even with that it had to become an emergency.

Apologies for hijacking the Fitbit thread.

All the best

 

[BBarb]

Perhaps we'd better start a new knee thread?????