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mary71223
mary71223

I had TKR 4 weeks ago and the white stockings are driving me mad. How long did you all keep them on for?

Thanks Mary

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  • jean95756
    jean95756 mary71223

    Posted

    hi Mary

    6 weeks to keep the stockings on here. So you're over the worst😄

  • joy24273
    joy24273 mary71223

    Posted

    I am four weeks on Monday and put up with stockings for a week. They made me feel worse! I was on injections for 10 days when I came out and exercise and walk. I don't eat meat and am about 95% dairy free, which I really believe is better and also keep really hydrated. I have read lots of articles and do not believe the stockings are necessary. I do ice regularly. 
    • Annodoremouse
      Annodoremouse joy24273

      Posted

      Having seen someone drop dead with a PE (pulmonary embolus) where the clot had travelled from the leg I took everything offered. If I had to wear stockings then I did.I dont only have the experience of 1 TKR I have 53 years of nursing experience to call on. 

      I am NHS patient in England and had a fantastic surgeon who really cared about his patients

    • joy24273
      joy24273 Annodoremouse

      Posted

      Working on that premise there are a lot of things we would not do. The range of advice across the country/world is so different, and from Dr to Dr. Also we now have someone who had anti-coagulants and stockings and still suffered. So I think I will stick to knowing my own body and what I consider best. I have the argument with some Doctors and other people  about my diet, no dairy etc etc, can't be good for you. I never do anything without researching the subject fully and taking a decision based on that. I don't think anyone has ever proved that stockings alone prevent DVT, which may cause a PE. I also don't think it has anything to do with wether a Dr cares for his patients or not. 
    • martinarvelo
      martinarvelo joy24273

      Posted

      But she only had anti coagulants for fourteen days . .which is the highest risk period . . .but I'm glad I had the injections for a full six weeks.  Thrombosis can be a problem weeks after the op unfortunately.  My daughter also eats dary and gluten free and at nearly fifty still looks like a teenager to me!

       

  • mary0606
    mary0606 mary71223

    Posted

    Of course the other factor that might be a reason that some surgeons use or don't use the stockings could be cost. It's much cheaper to provide a patient with stockings than prescribe a warfarin heparin type drug.so Medicare patients and NHS patients will more likely get the dreaded stockings. Just a thought,
    • Butterbean
      Butterbean mary0606

      Posted

      I was an NHS patient and I had no stockings and had the injections 😊
    • Annodoremouse
      Annodoremouse mary0606

      Posted

      I was NHS patient and had both it depends on the surgeon/Drs not the NHS. I understand Medicare is a basic private healthcare system in USA
    • lorrigrl
      lorrigrl Annodoremouse

      Posted

      It is a private healthcare that is highly regulated by the governent. Insurance companies have to make every plan the same across the board. A plan F with one company has to contain cetain Minimum features as another companies plan F. They do have the option to add additional features beyond that. I am a licensed insurance agent that specialist in Medicare.
    • martinarvelo
      martinarvelo mary0606

      Posted

      It is a possibility . I know the hospitals have to decide where to spend the money they have available.  six weeks of injections (actually, I stopped two days early ). .  cost me 520 euros . .quite a lot of money!  to go the full six weeks, I would have had to pay another 130 for ten more injections, as they come in packs of ten . . .b ut I'm sure a hospital doesn't pay anything like that much for theinjections.  It would be interesting to see statistics to see which system is more successful . or whether it's the same.
    • Annodoremouse
      Annodoremouse lorrigrl

      Posted

      The majority of UK population 98% use NHS from baby with spots to major heart/brain surgery, including all tests/xrays It is free at the point of delivery. All prescriptions are free to school children & those over 60, the disabled and those where meds are essential to life i.e thyroxin/insulin. We pay for it through national Insurance taken out of salary at 9% or 11% and taxes Childbirth is free in UK in USA I understand its $40,000. People dont die in UK because they are poor. Sometimes NICE restrict meds available. 

      My TKR operation, hospital room, nursing care, heparine injections, TED stockings, district nurse, weekly physio, painkillers post op consultations - all free 

  • mary0606
    mary0606 mary71223

    Posted

    I am from Austrlaia . Immigrated from UK 24 years ago.
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