1 week post op LTKR
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Just one week post op on my left knee. Horrible hospital stay - hope to never have to go there again. Checked in on a Monday morning. They were supposed to do a block but I think they never did. From the time they injected me with preop on Monday morning until my wife called EMT's on Thursday morning I had no idea what was happening. I spent 3 days in the hospital and have no memory of any of it. No clothing changes, no showers, no food orders, no walking, nothing! I don't remember leaving the hospital or getting home. My wife called EMT's on Thursday morning because of my total lack of responsiveness. It wasn't until they arrived that I began remembering where I was and what had happened.
Doing ok with the recuperation of the operation. PT was here today and my measurements were 95 and 105 which is good for 1 week postop. But, I have this horrible pain on the left side of my knee. Wondering what is going on?
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denise79180 Yorkyrebel
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OMG thats terrible. Where are you? We are in NZ. My husband is the same as you, 1 week out. Very helpful in hospital.
Dont forget you have just had major surgery with a lot of sawing and banging. Pain sounds about right.
Best of luck.
Yorkyrebel denise79180
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I am in Kansas, USA
jenny61596 Yorkyrebel
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Thats not good, I was awake soon after op having a cup of tea !
lynda49844 Yorkyrebel
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I had a lot of pain on that left side. At 5 months I have it still, but not as intense and not all the time. I think mine is due to the Iliotibial band that rubs from the hip to the tibia and becomes shortened prior to surgery. Remember this is a very painful surgery and recovery. I was told to expect recovery in 3 stages, 6 weeks should be mobile, 3 months returning to activities and a year minimum fir full recovery, but each knee is different and will get there in its own time.
Sorry you had such a miserable hospital stay. Maybe the drugs messed with your memory and that's why you can't remember anything.
purplerlover Yorkyrebel
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Holy Cow!!!! How did they explain what happened to you? Sounds like you were overdosed. What a nightmare. Your poor wife must have been beside herself. I would get ahold of the head of the hospital and have a meeting with him and the surgeon and maybe a lawyer and find out exactly what happened to you.