lizzie611
junior member
I am now a year and a half post-op. At my one year checkup, ortho said all was well and the way my knee is now, is the way it will always be...never to look like or perform like my other knee. I still have some swelling on the inner knee and that area is painful from time to time, but I will take that over the bone grinding before the surgery.
Two weeks ago, I had surgery on my foot (not the TKR leg) by an ortho who did not do my knee. One thing I wished I would have known before my knee surgery is to discuss with the doctor pain management med after surgery. This doctor discussed with me before my foot surgery, pain management meds and the med I rec'd really kept the pain under control. After my TKR, the two meds I took, Oxy then was put on Tramadol, really messed me up and I did not continue with either of them after only a few days. I now so wished I had had an advocate to look into different pain meds...I guess I was in so much pain, frustration, withdrawn, that I never did speak up for myself to find alternate meds. Now I see that talking with the doctor before surgery is the best way to go for me.
Two weeks ago, I had surgery on my foot (not the TKR leg) by an ortho who did not do my knee. One thing I wished I would have known before my knee surgery is to discuss with the doctor pain management med after surgery. This doctor discussed with me before my foot surgery, pain management meds and the med I rec'd really kept the pain under control. After my TKR, the two meds I took, Oxy then was put on Tramadol, really messed me up and I did not continue with either of them after only a few days. I now so wished I had had an advocate to look into different pain meds...I guess I was in so much pain, frustration, withdrawn, that I never did speak up for myself to find alternate meds. Now I see that talking with the doctor before surgery is the best way to go for me.