JDC
junior member
Well had my surgery on 4th March so thought I would give you an update on how things went. Had the operation at about 4:30 Friday afternoon, I was very nervous by that stage but the nurses and anaesthetist were great and really put me at ease. I had a spinal and didn’t feel or see anything, next thing I knew was in the recovery room and then being wheeled back to my room. My OS came and saw me later that night and said things had gone well and he would come and check up on me over the weekend.
The femoral block was working well as I had no pain at all but I must had had a reaction to the anaesthetic or pain meds as I started to vomit quite a bit, not nice and I felt really ill. This continued for a while and they had to give me an injection to stop the nausea. Managed to sleep a bit but the next morning couldn’t face much food at breakfast or lunch, so when PT came to see if I could get up and walk I passed out, back into bed and put me on oxygen. Not a great start to my recovery!
Things have improved dramatically since then, the only other hitch has been my pain meds which had to be changed so now on Tramadol which is working well. By Tuesday I was walking really well on the crutches, could do the stairs in the hospital and had a ROM of 90. :yes 4:PT were really pleased with my progress so they said I could go home on Tuesday afternoon. My OS came to see me before I went and said progress was looking good and good luck with things, the hard work starts now and he would see me in a few weeks time.
So today is my first full day at home and I feel so much better now, the pain is being controlled well and the swelling in my leg has reduced quite a bit although the bruising is coming along nicely! I’m doing my exercises and have my next PT session on Monday when I’m hoping my ROM will have improved. So overall apart from the first day and and a half, things have gone pretty well and I’m pleased with things so far, just hope I can continue to improve.
I can’t tell you how much this forum has helped me with the whole experience, in fact I would describe it as invaluable. So thanks for everything so far!!:ThankYou:
PS . This a photo of my knee 2 days post op
The femoral block was working well as I had no pain at all but I must had had a reaction to the anaesthetic or pain meds as I started to vomit quite a bit, not nice and I felt really ill. This continued for a while and they had to give me an injection to stop the nausea. Managed to sleep a bit but the next morning couldn’t face much food at breakfast or lunch, so when PT came to see if I could get up and walk I passed out, back into bed and put me on oxygen. Not a great start to my recovery!
Things have improved dramatically since then, the only other hitch has been my pain meds which had to be changed so now on Tramadol which is working well. By Tuesday I was walking really well on the crutches, could do the stairs in the hospital and had a ROM of 90. :yes 4:PT were really pleased with my progress so they said I could go home on Tuesday afternoon. My OS came to see me before I went and said progress was looking good and good luck with things, the hard work starts now and he would see me in a few weeks time.
So today is my first full day at home and I feel so much better now, the pain is being controlled well and the swelling in my leg has reduced quite a bit although the bruising is coming along nicely! I’m doing my exercises and have my next PT session on Monday when I’m hoping my ROM will have improved. So overall apart from the first day and and a half, things have gone pretty well and I’m pleased with things so far, just hope I can continue to improve.
I can’t tell you how much this forum has helped me with the whole experience, in fact I would describe it as invaluable. So thanks for everything so far!!:ThankYou:
PS . This a photo of my knee 2 days post op
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