hen she retired
from teaching at 61,
Mary Beth Twohey
finally had time to
take a swing at a sport she’d long
admired: golf. “It’s something I
always wanted to learn,” she says.
She fell in love with the
game—and the green of the
course. It reminded her of
Ireland, where she loves to
travel. Twohey had found the
perfect pastime—until a painful
right knee landed her in the
rough.
“When I started playing
18 holes, the uneven ground
really agitated my knee,” she
says. It began to limit not only
her golf game but also her daily
life. At home, she had trouble
doing chores and walking her
cocker spaniel.
An MRI showed that
osteoarthritis had damaged her
knee’s cushioning cartilage. “It
was bone-on-bone,” Twohey says.
The Medical Center’s first robot-assisted surgery patient returns to the green
Back in the
swing
of things
After a smooth
recovery from
MAKOplasty,
Mary Beth
Twohey is back
to her favorite
activities.
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