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This is my sixth day after TKR and I always seem to be resting in bed. The pain is so bad that I can't sleep much. Should I be walking around the house more? Just going to the bathroom exhausts and drains me. This morning I had a shower and I couldn't wait to get back into bed. I try all the bed exercises but I am still not able to lift my leg up. I have tried the towel under the knee but the stabbing pain is really bad.
Unfortunately because of allergies I'm not very good with pain killers.The main tablet makes me very sickly but I have another tablet to help combat that.
I am very down today and keep crying. I just look at my knee and think 'What an earth have I gone and done?'
I know I'm being a big softee but reading other peoples experiences on here does help as I know others are suffering too.
It's just that it's so hard to exercise when there is so much pain.
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saralice
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Its just that I feel I should be doing more.
janice77150 saralice
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Cookiefl2003 saralice
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CHICO_MARX Cookiefl2003
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Irish_Al saralice
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Hi Saralice,
Perectly normal what you are going through.
It must be almost impossible to exercise without some form of pain management. Ask your doctor for advice on this.
At first I couldn't do the heel slides or leg lift, just do as much as you can do, very very gently. As soon as pain hits STOP. Measure your improve mentioned week by week, NOT day by day as it leads to frustration.
Oh yeah, I'm about 14 weeks Post op.
Take care,
Alan
Irish_Al
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Sorry should read ' Measure your improvement week by week. .......
lucie47312 saralice
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Don't worry! I cried every day for three weeks! I thought, what have I done to myself, I've made myself disabled. One week out and all you should be doing is taking baby steps. Yes, try lifting your leg whilst laid on the bed, but stop when it hurts. Try different meds? Have you seen your gp? I had a telephone consultation and got the right meds for me. Let me tell you, when you get to the end of week 3, you will think, hang on I'm not too bad today. Then every week after you'll get better and better. I'm now 3 months, and often forget I've had an operation!! And I didn't push myself. I even kneeled on the bed some weeks ago. Just take it easy, best wishes ??
jeanne_06699 saralice
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I feel your pain and know exactly what you are going through. I am 5 months tkr and still have the stiffness and swelling . Every day will be different. Some days bad and some days good. Then one day you will pick that leg up and say wow this is so easy today. I still can't bend past 100 and I don't seem to be improving anymore but I am 72. Except for the stiffness I can walk normally again. I can go up and down a flight of stairs as long as there is a railing. I don't plan on running any marathons. So be it! It's a long haul so be patient. Everything you're going through is normal. It takes time. Good luck and be strong.
moandrieu jeanne_06699
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-Mo
saralice
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I had a better night last night managing a few hours broken sleep through the pain. Reading your messages really help me to be more positive and to look forward to the light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you.
saralice
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I am trying to do the exercise where you sit on the bed keeping your good lef straight and sliding the TKR knee up towards your bottom. As soon as I do this I get the horrible searing pain in the left inside of the knee. This part is always the most painful. Should I push through the searing pain or leave it for a few more days? I feel as if I'm upsetting the healing process. Today the pain seems to have abated a little. (7 days post op.)
joyfull1 saralice
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moandrieu saralice
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-Mo
janice77150 joyfull1
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CHICO_MARX saralice
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Patient: "Hey doctor. It hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Stop doing that."
- Henny Youngman
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