Returning to work?
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I'll be 5 weeks post op tomor following partial knee replacement and was originally planning to return to my customer advisory role in the bank a week tomor? After spending the first day out yesterday mooching round the shops for about 3 hrs some of this travelling and sat in car I feel shattered! My sciatica has this week come back with a vengeance and although I'm getting about without my crutches round the house my knee feels very tight and I'm still not getting much sleep despite taking amitryptaline beforehand!
sick note runs out 12th July but now thinking a visit to my GP to extend it might be wise? Really don't know what to do as I don't want work to think I'm swinging it? Also as most of you guys seem to have had tkr it's difficult to judge where I should be recovery wise!!!
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joyce_61477 mandy71412
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sarah87162 mandy71412
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I went back to consultant at 6 weeks and don't think I could have worked at that point. Maybe part time.
Can you go back to work part time for a bit and see how you are coping?
If you are sitting at a desk most of the time yu are going to get stiff. You need to be getting up and moving around for little breaks fairly frequently.
Good luck
Sarah
seamus_98118 mandy71412
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sharon52158 mandy71412
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pam1313 mandy71412
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I've also got fibromyalgia so fatigue was a problem before op, and is a bigger problem now. I'm a Secretary in a busy office, but at the moment they'd have to allow me to slump over my keyboard every afternoon because after lunchtime I'm absolutely shattered so I have/need a nap.....and they'd never hear the phones above my snoring lol!
I applaud you for trying but think you're being ambitious going back this soon - listen to your body, this operation takes more out of us than I ever realised. Stay put and rest up! Your doctor may well tell you the same!
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