Knee Replacement? Please share your experiences.

[donrae]

I remember my Mom having the same thing. She didn't think the ibuprofen was doing that much......until she couldn't take it pre-op. She had to go on Vicodin before surgery, it was kind of ironic.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thanks, I have considered calling for something extra. It doesn't bother me as much if I stay sitting, so I am taking breaks between everything, I have stuff to get done, but it's going to take all day. Ibuprofen is really great stuff, I just didn't know how great it was. One more day. Thank you for listening to my complaining.

 

[lazy gardener]

Will lift you up in prayer for an uneventful surgery and post op course. Speaking from my position, I want to encourage you to avail yourself of the pain med. Know how often you can have it, and if possible get your therapy scheduled at a routine time, and have the therapist coordinate with you or your med nurse to be sure you are medicated before therapy. It will get you home much faster.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thank you, my therapy is already set up, and after attending their replacement class I can see that they really get in there and make sure all the basis are covered to the point of having a mock up kitchen and bathroom to show patients how to do everything. They will hand out kits with a sock assist gadget for putting on your socks, and a grabber for pulling up your pants.

They have recently created a new area to do the ambulatory surgery, and recovery. Private rooms, great food, and lots of help. Way different from when I had my shoulders replaced.

They won't release you until you can do certain things by yourself.

I can't wait for pain medication. I can't imagine it will be much worse than it is now, though I know it will be.

I really thank everyone for their encouragement and support, and advice. At this point I can't imagine why I had troubles making this decision.

 

[sourland]

Thinking of you today.

 

[donrae]

Me too.

 

[tinakevin]

I hope your surgery went well. Take care of yourself and it does get a whole lot better

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I came home today at about 6 pm. I'm a bit fuzzy from the pain pills, I get to crying pretty bad if the pills wear off, the nerve block is wearing off too. I almost pasted out on the way out and had to return to my room for a while. The incision is longer than I expected. They also said some of the bone looked brittle, so they sent some off for testing, they said chemo can cause that so I hope that's all it is. I could do therapy easily, but now my leg is a bit sore, hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Thank you everyone, this is harder than I expected, but hopefully it gets better quick.

 

[donrae]

Thanks for updating us. Get some rest, and remember---Drugs Are Good!

And yep, chemo = brittle bones in a lot of cases. Don't stress that, just eat lot of ice cream

 

[csneill]

Glad you made it home! Keep up with your meds. Do the exercises. The first couple weeks are the worst- then things will certainly get easier. Ice ice baby!! Thanks for keeping us posted!