Mika13
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Howdy y’all!
I’ve followed the forum for about a year or two as I prepared for my own TKR. It’s been extremely helpful to me, and I thank all of those who have shared their stories!
I had my right TKR done three weeks ago today, on 5/6/19. I’m still in my forties, but a lifetime of soccer, skating, and hiking shredded my knees at an unusually young age. I’ve had bilateral knee pain since I was 30 years old. My left knee will follow as soon as I am ready.
Surgery went well, no complications except for an allergic reaction to the latex bandage, and I was home 24 hours later. I had one week of home therapy, and began outpatient PT last week. My ROM has been good from the beginning; 96 flexion and just under 5 on extension. I’ve been using a Breg Polar Care unit for about 18-20 hours a day. My wound is healing quite nicely. I’ve discontinued my walker and have been using a cane or even just hobbling without. I stopped using Oxy about eight days ago except for for three single tabs taken on different days for breakthrough pain; I’m using Tramadol and Tylenol only. I really felt I was ahead of the game!
My luck has changed though this past week though, coincidentally as soon as I began outpatient PT. I had two sessions this week, both pretty gentle, but now the past three days I’ve had terrible swelling, that band-like tightness, pain in my lower quad, and an overall “malaise”, just having difficulty maintaining my temperature and overall feeling exhausted and a little dizzy. My ROM has decreased in both measures. Lots of difficulty sleeping and still totally unable to sleep on my side. I’m not sure if this latest bout of discomfort is from PT, or if I’m just experiencing the three-week “downer” that I’ve read about.
Any advice or words of wisdom from fellow forum folk will be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Mika
I’ve followed the forum for about a year or two as I prepared for my own TKR. It’s been extremely helpful to me, and I thank all of those who have shared their stories!
I had my right TKR done three weeks ago today, on 5/6/19. I’m still in my forties, but a lifetime of soccer, skating, and hiking shredded my knees at an unusually young age. I’ve had bilateral knee pain since I was 30 years old. My left knee will follow as soon as I am ready.
Surgery went well, no complications except for an allergic reaction to the latex bandage, and I was home 24 hours later. I had one week of home therapy, and began outpatient PT last week. My ROM has been good from the beginning; 96 flexion and just under 5 on extension. I’ve been using a Breg Polar Care unit for about 18-20 hours a day. My wound is healing quite nicely. I’ve discontinued my walker and have been using a cane or even just hobbling without. I stopped using Oxy about eight days ago except for for three single tabs taken on different days for breakthrough pain; I’m using Tramadol and Tylenol only. I really felt I was ahead of the game!
My luck has changed though this past week though, coincidentally as soon as I began outpatient PT. I had two sessions this week, both pretty gentle, but now the past three days I’ve had terrible swelling, that band-like tightness, pain in my lower quad, and an overall “malaise”, just having difficulty maintaining my temperature and overall feeling exhausted and a little dizzy. My ROM has decreased in both measures. Lots of difficulty sleeping and still totally unable to sleep on my side. I’m not sure if this latest bout of discomfort is from PT, or if I’m just experiencing the three-week “downer” that I’ve read about.
Any advice or words of wisdom from fellow forum folk will be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Mika