My poor mum
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hi my mother had an arothscopic operation on her left knee yesterday, she had I clean out done of arthritis and to fix it from giving way she may also need a compleat reconstruction in a few months on both knee's if anyone one has had a reco can u please help me try understand what she will go though when it gets done ????????????? Thank you
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cecelia70143 Nadine_00
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jennifer86104 Nadine_00
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britta217 Nadine_00
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i had my knee done 7+1 weeks ago. i had not been on here and generally went into it all very naively. since joining this site, i have learnt SO much. but would i have wanted to know all this prior to the op? it might have scared the living daylights out of me. personally, if my mum was having it done, i wouldn't tell her too much. let her have it done and THEN go - go - go!
what do i mean? the op is the most difficult thing i have ever had done in my life. i don't think anything can prepare you for the aftermath. basically, every day throws something new at you for weeks and weeks and weeks. you will see on here that we all go through it. physically and mentally. and i was unprepared for the amount of pain and discomfort i would suffer. how "handicapped" i would feel and still do in some instances. it has been a huge learning curve regarding pain medication (what works and what doesn't), exercising even if it is really painful, pushing yourself the whole time, workarounds and ... and ... and. so, my top four tips:
1. make sure you have an experienced surgeon, one who can listen!
2. pain medication - make sure your mum gets enough (paracetemol will NOT cut the mustard!!) and the right amount. if necessary, kick up a fuss at your gp's surgery to make sure you get what she needs
3. physio is a MUST. discuss this with the surgeon / gp and possibly even go and talk to the one they recommend to make sure the chemistry is right. the physio will carry your mum through the worst and make sure she gets the bend she needs.
4. exercises ... make sure your mum has a pamphlet or something showing what she needs to do and make sure she does them. it can be very painful at the beginning but it is a must.
tell her not to have BOTH done at the same time. she will have enough on her hands with just one. it becomes a full time occupation!
good luck.
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