Hi Everyone
At long last I can say I am now feeling relief from the pain I have been through. I still stand by my never will I go through this again though. I feel like I have been to hell and back with thisTKR. The most recent thing they have discovered is the low Iron level I have. Maybe totally unrelated to the knee. I had to have an iron infusion and am now on iron tabs 3 times a day coupled with the vitamin c to make it absorb better. I didnt realise that the bones stored iron as well as you have it in your blood. Well the iron stores in my bones was totally depleted and the iron level in the blood was low with the red cells having funny shape. Im not a doctor so this was the explaination I was given. I kept saying how tired I was but felt like I was talking to a brick wall until a doctor I have known for many years who is a friend gave me a form for a total blood count etc and that was when this was discovered. No wonder I was too tired to want to go on anymore! I am very grateful for the relief from pain and swelling now in the knee (unrelated ? maybe) I do still feel like I have a foreign body in my knee But then as it has beeen pointed out to me I do have a foreign body there. I can do stairs, walk the mall, shop and work so I am grateful. I still find heat sooths the knee area when it is a bit niggly. I can put up with niggly in fact often dont recognise it till im in bed. Getting up after sitting for a length of time has me hobbling a bit but comes right quickly. I wish everyone well with their recovery and something Ive found to be true for me is 'the only way out is through',
regards
Budafli
At long last I can say I am now feeling relief from the pain I have been through. I still stand by my never will I go through this again though. I feel like I have been to hell and back with thisTKR. The most recent thing they have discovered is the low Iron level I have. Maybe totally unrelated to the knee. I had to have an iron infusion and am now on iron tabs 3 times a day coupled with the vitamin c to make it absorb better. I didnt realise that the bones stored iron as well as you have it in your blood. Well the iron stores in my bones was totally depleted and the iron level in the blood was low with the red cells having funny shape. Im not a doctor so this was the explaination I was given. I kept saying how tired I was but felt like I was talking to a brick wall until a doctor I have known for many years who is a friend gave me a form for a total blood count etc and that was when this was discovered. No wonder I was too tired to want to go on anymore! I am very grateful for the relief from pain and swelling now in the knee (unrelated ? maybe) I do still feel like I have a foreign body in my knee But then as it has beeen pointed out to me I do have a foreign body there. I can do stairs, walk the mall, shop and work so I am grateful. I still find heat sooths the knee area when it is a bit niggly. I can put up with niggly in fact often dont recognise it till im in bed. Getting up after sitting for a length of time has me hobbling a bit but comes right quickly. I wish everyone well with their recovery and something Ive found to be true for me is 'the only way out is through',
regards
Budafli