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Dotty_Lotty
Dotty_Lotty

Today I told my knee (14 days post tkr) to raise, guess what it did !! to say I am gob smacked is a total understatement. 

My scar and the area around it is hypersensitive even sheets on it are agony, it feels scalded. any ideas anyone? how did you all cope with it ?it seems every day brings some new torture !!

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    Xsweetmary Dotty_Lotty

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    I know exactly the sensation you are talking about Dotty. For 3 weeks after my surgery I could not let even a sheet touch my knee. I found that keeping the sheet off of it and putting a fan on low directed at the knee worked wonderfully! I began to massage the area around my incision with lotion after 3 weeks. I was glued, no staples. The massaging helped ease the burning sensation and I was able to tolerate the sheet after just 3 days of this. I'm 4 weeks now and am wearing leggins. I still have numbness on the outer side of the knee but my therapist says this can last months. I'm jot complaining as numb means no pain in that area! Hang in there. Pain meds at night, don't forget those!
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