Michigan Mitten
junior member
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2020
- Messages
- 26
- Age
- 67
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
Hello all. So glad to have found this site as it has helped me get thru some rough days due to my RTKR on June 25, 2020. I found comfort knowing that others have had struggles with recovery and that I was not alone in my journey. I am not the patient who was able to go golfing or ride a bike marathon 3 weeks out of surgury! I too have had some rough nites sleeping, finding a comfortable position and also have experience insomnia of which I started taking melotonin 5 mg. I was wondering if I should be concerned about not being able to straighten knee. I can’t get past 15! I go to pt twice a week for a hour and my pt massages, stretches my leg and has me hang my leg of table so gravity can help straighten. I stretch at home thru out the day and feel like I am not making any gains.
should I be pushing myself harder to stretch ligaments and tendons ? Will my rom improve with time? I am worried my dr will want to cut me open to remove scar tissue. I am using a cane still at 10 weeks but able to go 10 feet without. I still have fatigue and wake up with stiff knee.
some days I have numbness in my feet and my sciatica tingles. Probably frim to much sitting. Any help, comfort or suggestion would be appreciated
should I be pushing myself harder to stretch ligaments and tendons ? Will my rom improve with time? I am worried my dr will want to cut me open to remove scar tissue. I am using a cane still at 10 weeks but able to go 10 feet without. I still have fatigue and wake up with stiff knee.
some days I have numbness in my feet and my sciatica tingles. Probably frim to much sitting. Any help, comfort or suggestion would be appreciated