Update, day 12. I never did see a VNA nurse for my fainting spell because evidently I do not have orders for a nurse, just physical therapy. PT came today. He took a look and asked of questions and examined the area. He thinks the knee looks fine and that I avoided a serious issue. One thing that appears to have happened is I pulled a thigh muscle when I fell. I think he said the medial quad. This was sore after surgery and now it is REALLY SORE, as in, it make it hard to bend my knee.
We did some gentle PT today and he encouraged me to try one more round but not hurt anything. He also said I should get ice on the muscle as well as the knee and it should calm down in a few days. The trick now is to keep things loose and move without irritating anything further.
The doctor actually took the day off but PT called his service and they promise to call me tomorrow to see how I am doing. I guess that means I am ok and no one is overly concerned! And I think that is right.
Other than that muscle, my knee pain is not bad and the swelling is down a lot. And, we are wondering if oxycodone is the issue with the fainting - both making me loopy but also giving me night sweats, leading to dehydration. He suggests I try to cut back on the oxycodone if I can tolerate it and one way to do that is to split the pills since right now I am only taking 1 pill 3 times a day. So, hubby came home early from work with a pill splitter and some extra ice gel packs. I am going to try a half oxycodone for my 3 pm dose and see if I tolerate that ok. From there, I begin to go with a half dose at morning and night and eventually remove the 3 pm pill. Sounds like a good plan to keep me from fainting again. I also have an Amazon order for coconut water coming tomorrow to keep the electrolytes up. I love online shopping!!!
I felt with it enough today to go up the stairs this morning for a shower and shampoo - what a nice feeling.
Other than that, reading, sleeping, found a new TV show, icing, elevating, and generally sort of enjoying this break from all the action that is typically in my life.