Hi Orchid,

Yes, DURING THE DAY I felt better overall when I was working out, BUT I had a lot of trouble sleeping at night. I'd wake up with terrible leg cramps. I tried a lot of things for this, and sometimes working out -- doing part of my exercise routine (yes, at 3-4 AM!) would get them to ease. Other times there was nothing that worked -- except if I "gave in" and took a hot bath in the middle of the night.

I started taking potassium, because I heard that might help. But the physical therapy schedule ended before I knew if it did or not.

I was working out with a physical therapist at the gym. They were treating me for lymphedema - something my orthopedic doctor thought was needed before he would do knee replacement surgery on me.

Yes there are floor exercises I can do here at home, but some of the main work, like the exercise bike and treadmill have to be done there.