Gertieprickles
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Hi,
I'm after a bit of advice. I had a TKR on 25th July. All seemed to be going well until last night when my operated on knee gave way twice in a row. The next thing I knew my dressing (I still have my clips in) was drenched in blood.
We rang the hospital ward who said this kind of thing was normal and to just replace the dressing. The same thing happened again half an hour later so rang them again and they said to go to A&E.
At A&E all my x-rays and bloods have come back normal. They have however noticed that my knee is extremely swollen so think that might be the cause of it giving away. They told me to rest my knee a lot (which is the opposite to what my physio said) and to lay off the exercises (again opposite to what I've been told to do).
Has this kind of thing happened to anyone else? The knee giving away I can cope with (it happened again a couple of times after we got home from A&E), it's the wound keep opening that concerns me.
Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks xx
I'm after a bit of advice. I had a TKR on 25th July. All seemed to be going well until last night when my operated on knee gave way twice in a row. The next thing I knew my dressing (I still have my clips in) was drenched in blood.
We rang the hospital ward who said this kind of thing was normal and to just replace the dressing. The same thing happened again half an hour later so rang them again and they said to go to A&E.
At A&E all my x-rays and bloods have come back normal. They have however noticed that my knee is extremely swollen so think that might be the cause of it giving away. They told me to rest my knee a lot (which is the opposite to what my physio said) and to lay off the exercises (again opposite to what I've been told to do).
Has this kind of thing happened to anyone else? The knee giving away I can cope with (it happened again a couple of times after we got home from A&E), it's the wound keep opening that concerns me.
Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks xx
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