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    TKR mjhandle's recovery thread

    Do I need to elevate when I sleep? I forget! Ice at night? I feel like this is my first time! Got home this afternoon and very happy about that. Except that the block wore off late afternoon and the swelling went up. Now I know that’s exactly what’s supposed to happen, but I’d forgotten! I’d...
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    Tomorrow's the day!

    I think I'm all ready for tomorrow. Luckily, Im scheduled for early morning...don't like sitting around waiting. The house is ready and I think my husband has all under control! Now if I could get my nerves under control as well!!
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    TKR Beachy in recovery<

    Sorry...@beachy
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    TKR Beachy in recovery<

    Hi Beach, each day means recovery is one step closer! Take care!!
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    2018 October Feisties - Are you having knee surgery in October?

    Thanks! I’m getting a little nervous, but anxious to get going! I know this support site will be a big help!
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    Now or Later?

    Of course! My surgery is scheduled for October 25. I’m a bit more nervous this time...I think because I know what’s coming. But I’m ready and anxious to start recovering! Trying to do my exercises and getting meals ready, etc. I’ll continue to check this website for encouragement and...
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    Now or Later?

    Good morning! I was so happy to read this thread. I have scheduled a RTKR for late October. My knee barely aches, after lots of aching during the summer. I stopped water aerobics and long walks, and by the time I saw the surgeon, very little ache. Surgeon confirmed what I though...bone on bone...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    Thanks again, Josephine. I know you are absolutely right! I revisit that chart from time to time. We all seem to know what to expect, but have our days when we just want it to get better fast. This is such a great place to vent. And the best part is being among friends who are going through...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I have been reading some of the other posts and I feel like such a big baby!! I know I'll be fine...I will take my pain pills, rest, ice and elevate!
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    So, just to be clear, at 7 weeks, I can still expect my new knee to be stiff much of the time, right? The last couple of days have been very low energy days for me. I'm sleeping pretty well at night, waking up every few hours, but falling right back to sleep, and only taking one pain pill...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    Wednesday makes 7 weeks since my LTKR. I have 3 more weeks of PT ahead of me. I am still taking my pain pills, hydrocodone, as needed, maybe 4 in a 24 hour period. I've thought about going to extra strength Tylenol to see if that will help, but it might be too soon. Ibuprofen doesn't really...
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    Things do get better eventually!

    Even though I am just over 6 weeks after my ltkr, I am having bad days...knowing that is not unusual. I am very encouraged by your post...I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel...just wish the tunnel weren't so long!!
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I did do the cooking (nothing elaborate) but my wonderful husband did all the cleaning up...he always does!! I was icing on the couch right after we ate! Also, I put a call in to my OS for another prescription for my pain med. I am not sure they'll send the same med or not, but I will...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I am using Bonesmart as my daily emotional therapy! I am so comforted each time I read responses by knowing that everything I'm feeling is normal, even though I don't like it at all! I'm just 6 weeks out of my LTKR, so the fact that this is a long recovery is still hard to face. I've decided...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    Home from PT and happy to report that even though I had a good workout, my therapist did not have to push on my knee because it's at 0!! I was so happy to hear that. It also helped that I took one pain pill about an hour before therapy. The ibuprofen just wasn't helping. My hope is that...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I just went to control panel, as you suggested, and hopefully, my edited signature will show up. I've had a couple better nights because I've taken my pain med without worrying I'm taking it too often. I have PT this afternoon, and I will tell her that my knee pain was pretty rough after my...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I just read Josephine's library article "Improving Extension and Flexion". It's the extension I'm having trouble with, and I will try some of the suggestions I read about. I do the one on the bed and I've started hanging a little purse with a tomato sauce can inside from my ankle. I also...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    Re: 2 weeks out 7/20/2011 Oh, my aching knee. I'm just past 5 weeks now, going to PT 3 times a week. Yesterday, she worked me a little too hard, I think. Also, having trouble getting to 0 degrees (is that flex?) so in addition to my knee extension exercise, the PT pushed on my knee. That...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    Re: 2 weeks out-LKR 7/20/11 Thanks Jamie! You don't know how much those words help me. I still keep forgetting I'm in the early stages of recovery. It feels like forever. Funny thing...I remember asking my doctor's nurse if I'd be able to go to Las Vegas at the end of August. I thought...
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    TKR 2 weeks out

    I am now just past 4 weeks from having my left knee replacement. I had 3 weeks of at home therapy, which was very mild, I thought. At the end of the 3 weeks, I was using my cane and not the walker anymore. I've finished my first week of out patient PT and now I rarely even use my cane. My...

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