Getting in out out of the bath tub
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Question - probably more for the ladies - but all responses are welcome. 2 months post op and showering is fine, but really want to take a nice hot bubble bath, but cant seem to figure out how to get out of the tub since my bend is just ok... and suggestions...
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Lywn MarieMichelle
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I'm three months post op and I still wouldn't try a tub bath. I've been through too much without breaking a rib or further injuring my poor leg. I sit on a stool in the shower and it works just fine. I still have a lot of swelling because I can not use anti inflammatories. I'm slowly getting my bend but it is centimetre by centimetre but that is just me and my peculiar anatomy even though I've done all the exercises till I'm nuts. If you have a new TKR you do not want a UTI. I hope my other knee never needs this surgery. I've had allergic reactions even to laxatives!
CHICO_MARX MarieMichelle
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CHICO_MARX MarieMichelle
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CHICO_MARX MarieMichelle
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Just for you, here's a "collection" of some of my more "uplifting" discussions...in case you missed any...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-power-of-rest-some-great-strategies-to-try-on-a-tkr-617892
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tkr-and-ptsd-569521
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tkr-strong-594566
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-reality-of-a-tkr-recovery-in-one-picture-626038
I had a heated discussion with someone over a year ago about my information and, sometime, tone. I'm a Sicilian from Brooklyn...grew up in Mafia Land. Short, incisive, to the point...most of the time. I try very hard to get people out of their "Fantasyland" of expecting a full recovery in three months. Sometimes, ya gotta shake these people up...and I have little tolerance for people who will not get the point of all this: work, time and patience...and instead just whine. I've had 29 ops in the last 18 years...#30 on spine again next month and #31 in another TKR in a year or so. You pay a heavy price for being a hockey goalie/defenseman for 45+ years.This is the hardest op I've ever had to deal with...ever. It's not easy and it's very painful plus the recovery is slow and long...the perfect storm of pain, process and duration. But we ALL get through it...so why not do it with a bit of style and laughter...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/two-guys-with-canes-limp-into-a-bar--53498
I married my high school "sweetheart" in 1971 at the age of 23...eleven years later she was dead from breast cancer...our daughter Kate was 5. It taught me a very hard lesson at a young age to not expect anything out of this life. You enjoy the good with all your heart and soul and flip-off the bad with a fully-extended middle finger. No other way. Sometimes, the "bad" takes a while to get past...like this recovery. So you bite the bullet and never, ever let it control you or beat you...EVER!!! Two taps to the head...leave the gun...take the cannoli...bury the body in The Meadowlands in Jersey. That's what you do with your "issues"...and move on. There is so much out there to enjoy and be thankful for. I will not die a bitter old man because of the crap that's happened to me. I WILL use all the life I've been given and die a dried-up sponge...down to the last drop.
But that's just me...I could be wrong and have Wiley Coyote drop the classic 16-ton weight on my head tomorrow. Oh well...
MarieMichelle CHICO_MARX
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kathylake MarieMichelle
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thank you for asking this,I so want to soak i a tub of hot scented water. But with two tkrs (4 & 7 months apart) I'm terrified I'll be stuck in the tub forever. practice on the floor first i guess
kaylee39583 MarieMichelle
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not sure how your bathroom is set up but I was able to hold on to a bar (my dad installed for me, from wall to wall), bend my knee over the top of the bath and pull myself up with my arms and my good leg. I had a chair right out side of the bath to be able to sit on right after. The hardest/scary thing for me was slipping so just make sure you feel confident. Baths were my safe haven post op so couldn't give them up haha