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hi , I am new to this site. Was curious as how others haveinTKR are doing.
the pain after surgery was horrific. I had to stay in the hospital 5 days instead of the 3 they proposed. I did not want to go to aa rehab , so I forced myself to walk further and the morning that I conquered the stairs I went home.im very lucky to have my husband at home who has taken great care of me.
as for me; I am intent on doing my exercises , walking and icing.
the last 2 days are the first that I've been of of pain meds.
happy about that, but still taking some Advil.
oh, also, I have graduated from the walker to a crutch and now since yesterday a cane😆
I would love to join the discussion and hear how everyone else is doing!
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elaine90714 Damy
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It sounds like you're doing wonderful. The people on this site are wonderful and encouraging.
I am 8 wks out one left and 1 week out on right. I just posted how exhausted I am since having the 2 nd op. Can't seem to keep enough steam to keep going through the day.
Keep posting and we will all help each other.
Damy elaine90714
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thanks for the reply. I give u a lot of credit for having both knees done in such a short period of time!! I'm not sure I ever want to experience this again!! Hope my right knee holds out.
of course ur exhausted!!!! Be kind to yourself. I have found that I , myself know how much I can do and I don't push myself beyond that.
i do exercises as instructed and ice 2-3x's a day with and ice machine they we bought and was recommended by the dr. Also raising the leg up high on pillows, elevate, elevate, elevate!!!
lighterson Damy
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I know how you feel. I am nearly at 4 weeks, stil on the same meds, cant stop taking them otherwise I am unbareable.
Getting about with one stick now, bend coming along apparently 110% but cant sleep very much at night for muscle cramps, so if I get 5/6 hours in total a day its a mirical. I do stretching exercises in bed in the night so i can get back to sleep. Tried herbal sleepiing tablet last night and think it might have helped by will try for a week and see if I get any improvement. I have kept a diary from day 1 as I still have to have knee 2 done later this year and I hope this will help me get through the 2nd one.
Going to attempt to go out for lunch with friends next week, with them picking me up etc and I have zero confidence in going out of the door on my own.
Keep your chin up and keep chatting. I am working on little targets to keep me going.
Best wishes
irish_linda lighterson
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Damy lighterson
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thanks for the reply. At 4 weeks I was still on the pain killers , as well. I was taking codeine, as all others make me sick to my stomach!
yesterday was the First day that I awoke and didn't have to take it.
yea!!! You'll see, you'll turn a corner.
i wasn't sleeping well , so started taking Tylenol pm at night. This worked pretty well, but it was hard to not sleep too late. Last nite I took a mild tranquilizer and worked very well.Â
I too, have not wanted to go out, though I start outpatient PT Â tomorrow .Â
Husband will drive me. I have had many visitors and that has helped. Especially when they bring meals over.Â
Hopefully you'll see in another week some great improvement.Â
Hope to hear from you!
Damy
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elaine90714 lighterson
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I saw your post to Damy and I thought I would throw in my experience with leg cramps. They started at 2 wk po. I was doing all the exercizes and the easiest one was ankle pumps. I did those all day long. They didn't hurt, you could do them anywhere...after 14 nights of excrutiating leg cramps keeping me up all night, I stopped the ankle pumps. 2 days later the cramps stopped. Never returned. I still do the pumps couple times a day- 10 of them. Long story short- stop the pumps for a time and see if it helps cramps.
lighterson elaine90714
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Thanks for the reply, worth a go, I actually mainly do them at night when I get the cramp, so not sure if that is the cause. The phyio said he thought it was the fact that my hamsrings were tight... not sure, I like you keep trying different combinations to see if anything will help
lighterson Damy
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lighterson Damy
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Had a few visitors but managed to cook dinner again tonight, so making some progress.
Damy lighterson
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Oldfatguy1 Damy
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Seems like in the UK get are more inclined to start off with crutches and go to canes then to a cane. where in the US we start with a walker and go to a cane. As I've stud I 63rd many posts I'm almost convinced the brits may lead a more active life style with all of the biking, biking etc as a natural way of life where we have a little more of a tendency to get a drivers license at a young age and become a little more sedentary. This is great but tends to maybe put a little more wear and tear on the joints at an earlier age. Therefore: when it comes to earlier joint repacement the Dr's fell more at ease using crutches than American Dr's do with older people. I don't know anyone in my area that has ever been issued crutches post surgery tkr on the other hand, younger active
People with ACL rehash all seem to start out on crutches and never go to a cane. I know they would look scythe old geezer and seen crutches as a shortcut to more bone repair
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Damy lighterson
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I was given a prescription for 4 weeks of physio 3x/week. I will get more as needed. All east I think so. My dr. Has been great about prescribing physio.
i would surely refute this and advocate for URSELF.Â
Good luck
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