18 weeks and kinda worried

[lyn]

I was sort of concerned as the last week or so my knee seems to be more swollen and hotter than it was before, whats up with that? It is better today but still sort of warm and bigger on one side. I am in California and the weather has been quite warm the last couple of days so thats not it. Anyone else have this? Lyn

 

[beachcomber]

Lyn,
I am around 15 weeks and just had exactly the same thing happen. Spiked a big inflammatory spell.... weather here in Oregon has been fabulous too. I know mine was at the end of a a very long and hard week at work and assume it was due to that. With a long weekend of rest, elevation, and ice I am feeling much better today and the swelling is down. My knee was swollen, felt like razor blades along the incision line and was very noticeably warm to the touch, despite icing. I was barely able to put weight on it. But since I had no fever it is unlikely to be anything to worry about.

I see my OS tomorrow (routine visit) and will ask him. I also have an auto-immune disease that causes joint pain and inflammation and since my little "spell" was bilateral I am assuming it was actually not related to my KR, but it acted up differently than my non-KR knee.
All I can say is ice, ice, ice and elevate. Take anti-inflammatory meds like ibuprofen if you are not already on other types of AIs.
Good luck.

 

[Jamie]

Hi, Lyn....if this still bothers you after a day or so, you might want to check in with your surgeon's office to make sure it's nothing to be concerned about. If you have a fever, though, you need to have someone take a look right away. I'm only at 6 weeks, but let me tell you, funny things happen some days.....it's just the way our bodies respond to the healing process, our activity levels as we get back to normal, and in some cases the weather. Let us know how things go, okay? Jamie

 

[Skeet]

I'm at 17 weeks tomorrow and I overdid it on Friday and Saturday cleaning, so I am having swelling and heat issues. I didn't realize I had overdone it until today when I have absolutely no energy. Got up and got dressed for church, went to service and came home to the recliner and movies. Haven't done a thing since... even had lunch made for me.

Our weather did warm up this week, so maybe that is part of it. I just think we are doing more and more as we feel better and sometimes we don't realize we aren't totally healed yet.

God bless you. I agree with Jamie - call your doctor if you are concerned or it doesn't get better. I'm sure you won't be the first person to ask about this.

Hope you are better soon!
Skeet

 

[Pattipoo]

Our temp is in a nose dive....we've dropped 30 degrees since SUPPER!!!!

I overdid it, too, Skeet. Weekends are brutal.

 

[Doug]

It has dropped here too. global warming.

 

[JenniferG]

The monkeys better watch out for dinosaurs, duckies and melting glacial polar caps.