Knee wobble and bruising
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Hello, I am Lisa20011.
The blog I read had a lot of real life, useful, information...if anyone is still out there, here's my story
I had my right knee replaced 5 days ago -- had to stay in hospital because the anesthesia worked a little too well so I needed oxygen for a few extra hours... so, Tuesday early evening through Wednesday early afternoon at hospital.
On Wednesday morning my new knee made a weird, loud pop.
On Thursday morning I was walking with two canes, caught one, my upper leg wobbled a whole bunch on the lower leg ...in the new joint. I got swelling, red blotchy bruising, and pain.
Just before reading an old blog on this site today, I nearly fell down a full floor level of stairs-- when I put my second foot on the upper landing my knee did the joint wobble, I pushed my body against wall as hard as I could so didn't fall...yeah! My knee went from blotches of bruising to solid red all the way around the joint and below the big surgery bandage.
I'm back down stairs and just applied ice.
questions:
Should I contact my surgeon's office about the bruising?
No one is at the surgery today, it's Saturday...maybe they'll call back on Monday.
Is new joint wobble normal?
Thanks, Lisa
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