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Hi all members this is my experiece of tkr was under gp for ages before sending me to a surgeon to have the op after said surgery very painfull as most of you know. had a lot of trouble getting proper pain relief from gp he said man up and deal with the pain or i may get addicted to pain meds if he gave them to me for to long ie 3/4 weeks about 2 years later he had the same op when i spoke to him at the surgery he applogized that he had restricted my pain meds and he now knows what some of us go through
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sue64229 alan31891
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what a total ass!!
im so sorry you had to go through such pain with no long term pain relief. I sorta understand that they're addictive but it's a hell of an operation to get over. So glad he understands now. I had my bilateral tkr's replace do in October last year and still need pain relief. I admit, I have other problems but the knees get very stiff and sore and the colder weather seems to make it worse.
i hope this time you're properly medicated and get over the op quickly. Good luck to you.
Sue x
sharon52158 alan31891
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lin73970 alan31891
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i have had both my knees done and now I realise it is the best thing I have done! Both knees were bone on bone so extremely painful but once the pain from the op had gone the knees had no pain.
my problem now is getting off the painkillers so would love to know from anyone else who had the same problem. My doctor, when I first started having awful knee pain, put me on slow release morphine capsules and they are what I want desperately to stop taking. I have spoken to my doctor about this and she said I should go slowly and adjust to a lower dose. This I am trying to do with great difficulty.
the whole knee thing has been one long trauma and not this is another problem to over come!
anyone with comments who has suffered or still is suffering this problem would be most welcome! X
cheryl90571 alan31891
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I'm sorry to hear that you had such a rough time of it getting the medication you needed for pain. Yes, doctors are quite stingy with pain medication, and narcotics are VERY closely monitored.
I guess it is SOME comfort to know that your doctor NOW knows first hand how surgery feels. Apologies from a person DO help a bit.
I hope that you are healing well and that you can move forward without lots of pain. This surgery is a rough one, but, with time, we can begin to feel better.
Thank you for sharing your story today.
hilary76715 alan31891
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tracey59320 alan31891
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I have now stopped taking the Tramadol, well i did until i hurt my back this week. But they were making me sleepy so i wanted to stop them. I don't have too much pain now and i don't see physios so i don't get tortured like some of you poor people! I know the pain will ease because I have done this once before. I don't wish it on anyone who is dismissive of giving out decent pain relief but clearly some of them will never realise the pain we go through unless they experience it themselves. Good luck to you all. Be good to yourselves and don't let the medical profession push you around. You'll get there eventually, we all will.... It just feels never-ending for a while.
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