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  1. morningstar

    Progress report,12/19/2013

    I hope I'm in the right forum. I was looking for the recovery thread to give a progress report and got confused the last time I posted a thread. I'm 3 months and 10 days post opt from LTKR and I'm doing a lot better. I don't have any more pain in my hip and the swelling and numbness I had...
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    previous post of pain meds and insurance companies

    Jamie Where are the recovery threads:scratch:,I'm getting confused about threads,recovery threads and everything else. I don't know if things have changed,areas where and how you post have changed? It's all too confusing.:doh::hissy:
  3. morningstar

    Progress report,12/19/2013

    This thread is primary for Josephine. I'm confused,does this mean that I only post one recovery thread for the whole time I am recovering from the knee recovery with the Left knee. I know I can post updates on how I'm doing from time to time but I'm confused about the other stuff. Also I...
  4. morningstar

    TKR On the road to recovery

    Hi,Maggie May,and welcome:flwrysmile: to BoneSmart and the other side. Congrads on your new knee and you couldn't be in a better place with people who can encourage,help and offer suggestions expecially Josephine,our mother hen. I can't speak for anyone else and what they had done, but had my...
  5. morningstar

    TKR Pain and good support system

    To Probertson: I sorry to hear you had you were in allot of pain and that you have worked out some of the problems. I agree with everyone about the information and went through some of the same problems you went through with pain and P.T. and even though I didn't go to walmant to get my meds...
  6. morningstar

    Taking Tylenol or any painkiller with acetaminophen?

    Thanks pdx and Jamie about taking pain meds with tylenol and I was taking Oxcodone APAP.5/325 every 4 hours and was concerned about taking that much tylenol and ask the OS PA today when I went to see them today for my postopt checkup after RTKR in September and he said that was okey and that I...
  7. morningstar

    previous post of pain meds and insurance companies

    This post might be Josephine,I don't know but I just posted a thread and clicked on create a thread,and received an error message that said I must be logged in to create thread or even do preview. I tried to click on other stuff and I still received the error message and finally clicked on log...
  8. morningstar

    Progress report,12/19/2013

    Pain meds, pharmacies, and doctors. maryo52,the pain meds I'm on,Oxycodone for(Percocet)has Tylenol in it,325 mg so I can't take anymore Tylenol. They gave Oxycodone without Tylenol and nurse gave me 1000 mg in the IV and they told me it wouldn't do me any harm. The DEA need to go after drug...
  9. morningstar

    Progress report,12/19/2013

    I had a LTKR on September 9th and had pain meds in the hospital. They gave me Oxycodone and Dilaudid and I don't know if they gave me anything else by iv. I just noticed that the Dilaudid didn't last very long and a nurse told me that it wears off after about 45 minutes after you are given it...
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    Progress report,12/19/2013

    mitzio Sorry for spelling and I agree with Jamie and everyone esle on what to do, when the Bonesmart Mantra. I had a LTKR in June,2010 and every knee is different. I had a RTKR on September 09 2013 and OS used a implant, a nerve block that really helped with pain and I had never had one before...
  11. morningstar

    quotes

    Sorry about that Josephine and I'll only post where you normally would. I didn't remember if I could reply in quotes or not and will hunt up my rules and regulations on bonesmart.
  12. morningstar

    Meds at hospital

    Gaborik2013 I forgot about asking the doctor or care coordinator about bringing the meds you are already on the hospital. I had ask at the Joint class I took about bringing my prescription meds to the hospital with me because I remembered when I had my first knee replacement that the pre-op...
  13. morningstar

    Chemical stress test info?

    Judy,I'll keep you in my prayers and I'm glad you went through part of the test or and you are less stressed about it. I remember when I went through mine and my sister in law/prayer partner had went through it before, and helped me to prepare and what to expect. She has a Mitro Valve prolapse...
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    Chemical stress test info?

    I had a chemical percentine stress test about Two to Three years ago and that time what they told me to do was make a high protein sandwich to eat later before they injected a certain type of medicine in arm but first of all they have you lie down on a table and a machine goes around and over...
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    My notes for my appt on Thursday

    Also I forgot if you haven't watched a video in the library on the website on joint replacement, that really helped me also although I watched for the first time after my LTKR and would of probably not had it done if I had known what they do and the site of blood and surgery doesn't bother me...
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    My notes for my appt on Thursday

    Gaborik2013 You are on the best website and place you can with people who can encourage, help and be there for you especially Josephine, and senior moderators. This is the best group of family you could ever be with. List of stuff, questions to take and ask doctor. I remembered some stuff I...
  17. morningstar

    Health issues when having knee replacement

    Jaycey,I don't know if this is the right place for an answer on the cardio doc but I called they Friday and my cardio doc's nurse has to read the Ultro sound test results Tuesday,September 2th and I'll call them Tuesday afternoon or stop by there. I don't want anything holding up this surgery...
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    Avatar

    From Morningstar: To: jsankowski Thanks so!! much for that Avatar and I really like it. I wanted to put something by my name but I haven't had a chance to ask of figure out how to do it. I might change it later on but for now I will leave it like it is. That is so cool and beautiful.Thanks...
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    Health issues when having knee replacement

    Thanks for the information and I will look in the link from the library for that information. The problem most of the time is that the doctors forget the patient has the last say,word in the decision and they tend to leave the patient out of the decision making. When you have a new doctor,they...
  20. morningstar

    Health issues when having knee replacement

    I have a diagnosis of high blood pressure that I'm on meds for and mitral valve insufficiencies diagnosed by heart doc. Does anyone know of any problems I might possibly have other than blood pressure going up during surgery. Also the OS is doing a femoral nerve block and I don't know anything...

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