Achey Knee at 7 months

I am 8 weeks and 3 days in. Right now my biggest complaint is the tingling. It even bothers me when I wear pants , just touching the knee. Also I live in upstate New York and the weather is cold which effects it as well. My dr ordered a topical cream for the tingling, has anyone used the cream?

Thank You

It constantly amazes me how many variations there are on our common experience.  maybe the tingling is the nerves awakening or blood flow normalising ??

I have an area right around my knee that is still very discoloured but it doesn't seem to be affected by it. I do have an issue if anyone tries to touch the area though - a protective  force field is seriously in place !!!

We must have almost had ours on the same day as I am 8.5 weeks in !!

I had mine 8/29. I'm hoping this cream comes tomorrow and it works. A company makes it for you and sends it to you.

so was thinking nerves too . It just very irritating

I can imagine as have had several big surgeries which have left nerve damage and itching under the skin at times. very weird and quite unpredictable.

i will NEVER do it again! I'm only 53 and definitely was not mentally prepared.

Try Vit E oil. Massage it in twice a day. It is more of a deep healing treatment and not just a topical cream or a band aid approach. You probably had internal or hidden stitches and they have to heal just like the external. The material has to dissolve and this all take time and creates that alien substance in the body. Nerves can also create ongoing issues as they are the slowest part of the surgery to heal. Every time a nerve finishes the reconnect process it has to "fire up" again. You often times think this is over with then it will kick in again for a short period of time and go away. Personally, I've had them fire in one spot and suddenly 6" away feel it again and them maybe like a cluster it will pop up somewhere else. Its irritating but necessary.

here's hoping you never have to !!!

Thank you - you are such a helpful positive person. I hope all is well with you and your wife.

Jen.....you will also find you may be a better weather forecaster than the people on tv will all the equipment. I can generally pick up weather change 24 hours before they actually arrive. The barometer changes create an automatic protection for the injured area and this of course becomes a swelling which hurts. I'm in the central part of The US and we get weather systems moving in and out quickly and unexpectedly which drives most peopled with joint issues completely mad. Spring and fall are generally the worst.

Everyone is so different and this surgery really magnifies the differences.

Hi, I am 55 and had this 5 weeks ago. I heard about all the people who didn't have any more pain than before surgery. I was not prepared for my experience.

Slept last night but I took benadryl to sleep.

I think most of my pain is from the nerves, I see my doctor next week and I am going to talk to him about this.

I also have the itching, it's a weird feeling.

People who do the second knee amaze me, I don't ever want this experience again!

Thank you so much! I will try the Vit E oil.

I think the specialists (in my case anyway . . ) should be more truthful about the post operative period.  Although logic told me this was not going to be a walk in the park, my consultant made it sound like a very quick and easy fix for the problem.  I was not expecting not only the severe pain but also the anaemia, chronic sleeplessness, depression, agonising nerve pain etc. etc.  But honestly Sandra, it does get better. you are at a really bad point now, about  8 weeks . . .and within a month or so I'm sure you will begin to feel better.  At six weeks I was still saying NEVER AGAIN, but I suppose if I had to have it done, I would go back for the second knee.  I wouldn't want to, mind you . . . . . 

the nerve pain can be absoultely incredible. childbirth has nothing to compare with it!  I do hope things imporve for you soon.  In my case, the worst of the nerve pain disappeared by about eight weeks, but even now, two years on, my thigh, although numb on the surface, is very painful if pressed.  

 

I agree, I knew it would be bad but not this bad. I know I will never do it again.

Thanks so much. Unfortunately things are still about the same with my wife. Making the rounds with Dr's and changing meds may be showing a little relief but it will take awhile before we now if its housing to help. She is more confused and I have to be with her every time she needs meds even though she has them in a pill dispenser. She started PT this week and the therapist (same one that worked with her this spring) told me she was shocked by how much my wife had failed in just 6 months. Her memory is gone when it comes to dealing with numbers and such. I saw some math she was doing on a piece of paper. Didn't take long to tell she was Trying to figure out how old her sister would be on her birthday next month. Sad part they are only 2 years apart and almost think as one. So many little things that are suddenly starting to become more worrisome. I, like most americans, will be so relieved when our elections we over in 10 days. All of the yelling, screaming, name calling and outright lies continually on TV just destroys someone like my wife. An hour show with 15 to 20 political commercials can have her tied in knots.........even if she isn't pay in attention the graphics are enough.

I just keep trying to stay positive as hard as it is to do.

I'm with you Sandra! I'm 50 and 4 weeks post op, I take 10mg oxycodone every four hours and haven't had even a moment that pain wasn't still horrible, I've had 21 days inpatient rehab, trying so hard without the results i was expecting, and the deppression sucks! this forum has been my saving grace and encouragement I found it it a couple of weeks ago, right when I was ready to give up, I am supposed to have my other knée done as well, but as of now. No way! Hang in there Sandra, surely it has to get better!

Your wife is very lucky to have you, I will keep you both in my prayers

I don't take the oxycontin anymore. My main thing is the tingling around the knee where is bothers me when anything rubs against it. I do pt 3xs a week. My dr just ordered me some cream called Diclofenac Sodium. I'm hoping this work. You hang in there too!

Wrap it loosely with an ACE bandage or get a knee sleeve (compression sleeve but a loose one).  Prevents rubbing on clothes and sheets.