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Sleeplessness

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deb06149
deb06149

I would like to hear from someone who has gone thru this TKR recently. I'm going into my 10th week and don't feel much better. I can't sleep at night STILL. IF I am asleep I get jolted awake with night pain. My knee aches constantly, my footings now decided to swell, half the time I do t feel like doing anything. I go to P.T. 3x a week and exercise every other day at home. Some days I just sit and cry for no reason. Can anyone else relate to this. By the way I'm only 72.

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  • Lesleyloo
    Lesleyloo deb06149

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    Hi I know about the not sleeping mines not pain its not being comfortable as I lie on my side normally but I cant at moment. I had mine done 3 weeks ago im getting the bend there slowly can lift my leg up to so i feel everyones different in the healibg ptocess i need my oyher knee dobe so I know that two knees will not be the same... ive been told as well that things will get easier so again its the patience thing . But I really feel it's a day by day thing good days bad days I'm ok till I do the exercises thats when it gets a big painful and my knees still really swollen. Good luck I am sure we will all benefit eventually . A friend of mine had both knees done over the course of 3 years so it's definitely a lobg process. But what keeps me going is I was in awful pain before but this pain even if it's a year it will go my quality of life was awful I couldn't walk far I had to.make sure there were lifts at stations

    etc couldn't go far when I went out . I was getting really fed up with it all. So the pain of the operation will go eventually thats what keeps me going....

  • bubblesbb
    bubblesbb deb06149

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    I just wrote a posting--but did not address crying and being emotional--that has been an issue with me as well--seems to be less frequent though.  If I am not going to therapy I usually do not get dressed--just stay in PJ's.  It is frigid in Ohio so do not feel like going out except to Dr. or therapy --(2x a week).  I am having a lot of burning in the knee--also-I experience jolts of pain that feels like electrical jolt-pretty severe at times and lasts off and on for a minute or two?  Still am unable to sit normally with my feet on floor--need to put legs back up on foot stool due to the discomfort-and it is one of my major annoyances. BTW--I am 74--but very active and busy lifestyle prior. HANG IN THERE!

    • Suki66
      Suki66 bubblesbb

      Posted

      Hi I agree with you I don’t get dressed unless I have to go out for appointments. I was such a doer out all the time now I’m getting into a rut but so easy to stay in pjs. Fed up with the pain. Sandra 
    • kathylake
      kathylake Suki66

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      Please make the effort to dress every day. I suffer from depression and the seemingly simple act of showering and dressing helps me work through the depression. TKR puts everyone at risk of depression, so trying to keep some normalize helps.
    • marie26908
      marie26908 bubblesbb

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      Hi I don't get dressed either unless I have to go to physical therapy or my husband takes me to the store. The crying and the depression I thought it was from some pain pills I was taken it was like morphine sulfate so I stopped them and I went right on Vicodin but it wasn't that because I still cried I don't know why I get depressed and Amador so I guess I wanted to be home but I wanted to be able to function but you're not alone I had the burning in my knee towards the inner side of my leg and on my right side of my knee it's numb but I did try rubbing the knee with some lotion cuz I did not have Staples or stitches and it's pretty much healed I had a glue and then I wrapped it once or twice with Saran Wrap and I found this on one of the doctor sites on Google what to expect after total knee surgery and let me tell you it was the best night sleep I ever had I got no stiffness in my leg and then I took it off in the morning and about a half hour I started feel the stiffness so I started exercising it and then I took a pain pill and then I slept so now I'm looking forward to tonight to do the Saran Wrap again but just to let you know you're not alone and I'm 69

  • marie26908
    marie26908 deb06149

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    I think I might have answered you before mine was November 28th 2017 I slept in the hospital pretty good when I got home I think after 2 days I started to not be able to sleep at night I was laughing because I thought I had sundowning syndrome. I could not get comfortable anywhere I didn't appear to be tired I took pain pills that didn't even knock me out the only thing I could think of is that it's something that goes along with the knee replacement but last night and I swear to you on my children I rub my knee with lotion any kind of body lotion and I wrapped it once or twice and not very tight with Saran Wrap and I swear to you I slept for 5 hours straight from 12:30 to 5:15 in the morning and I didn't get that stiffness when I took the wrap off I started to feel the stiffness but not as bad and I started right away I took a pain pill and did my exercises I found this on one of the sites on The Replacements so if you want to try it I'm telling you it really really work so just wrap it twice not too tight and let me know

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