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Hi I have been reading lots of posts here to keep me sane. Anybody else feeling weepy and emotional. Im loving my new knee but feeling very tired all the time.
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Posted , 11 users are following.
Hi I have been reading lots of posts here to keep me sane. Anybody else feeling weepy and emotional. Im loving my new knee but feeling very tired all the time.
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Need1knee june6133
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Hi June. I was crying almost every night before I took my pain pill. I realize that the pain pill isn't just for the actual knee pain but it is also for calming my emotions and nerves and it helps me get sleepy. This being said, I am almost out of pills, and I will see my surgeon for my 6 week check up this week. He is going to have to teach me a healthy, natural way to sleep and not cry without Norco. Otherwise I think I will the teacher from Breaking Bad.
Shelly54 june6133
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freestork Shelly54
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Shelly try not to stress. I am nearly 5 weeks post TKR and whilst I wasn't to nervous over the actual operation I was terrified of the potential recovery process. I prepared for the worst and hoped for the best. I have had hardly any trouble am almost pain free fully mobile no sticks and sleeping all night with minimal pain meds. I know I am extremely fortunate and this forum has been a godsend but try keep positive
CHICO_MARX june6133
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You're feeling "tired all the time" because "all of the energy produced by your body is being automatically directed to healing your knee". I asked the same question to my doc when I was sleeping 12 hours a day.
"Weepy"...totally normal. It's called Post-Operative Depression, a known consequence of joint replacement surgery that the docs never tell you about. There's a section in here...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-tkr-experience-or-wish-i-had-another-kidney-stone--524499
Oldfatguy1 june6133
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Duckfan june6133
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I'm just about 15 weeks out and no pain pills. I get weepy almost everyday. Almost melancholy. I'm better with the knee though, forgetting sometimes that I have a new knee. Still stiff and boy it lets me know if I did to much. Hang in there, this is a tough recovery but hey, we will be better!
Mclark43 june6133
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At 10 weeks and still tired.... emotional & weepy. Hang in there! I love this forum!
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daphine28576 june6133
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jenny80029 june6133
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june6133 jenny80029
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Thank you for your great suggestions. My family just look and see that I am managing but don't understand. Nice steak tonight and a good film..
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