MAMAYAMA
junior member
Can I get some answers on questions that will help me and probably many other people.
1. When did you have your surgery?
2. When did you return to work?
3. How long did you take pain meds?
4. How long were you swollen and sore?
5. How long did you go to PT?
6. When did you reach 120?
7. When were you able to sleep through the night?
8. How long were you in the hospital?
9. Did you go into a convalescent home before returning home?
10. How old are you?
11. When did you finally feel normal again?
1. July 11, 2008
2. At five weeks and it was too soon. Once at work I was doing too much. I was up and down from my desk and walking too much. I got home exhausted and sore. I also was not doing my PT exercises as often as I was while at home. I could not do them in the morning because I needed to get to work.
3. I am still taking Vicodin. One when I get up, one between 2-3, and since being back to work two at night.
4. I am still very swollen and sore.
5. I had in-house PT for three weeks, and then began out-patient. I was given three times a week for four weeks, but my OS just put in another order to extend it because I still have about 10 degrees to go before he is happy.
6. I haven't yet and am frustrated. I'm at about 110.
7. I started sleeping through the night at about 5 weeks post-op, but that was taking Vicodin and Tylenol PM. I don't know if that was a good thing to be doing, but it worked for me.
8. I was in the hospital for four days.
9. My OS sent me to a convalescent home for nine days. I hated it. It was very depressing, the food was inedible. The bed was uncomfortable. But the good thing was I received PT every day and it put me way ahead.
10. I am 56 and glad I did not wait any longer. After my surgeon actually got inside, he even said I could have had my surgery earlier.
11. I'm anxiously waiting for the day when I feel normal and am not reminded constantly that I'm still on the mend.
1. When did you have your surgery?
2. When did you return to work?
3. How long did you take pain meds?
4. How long were you swollen and sore?
5. How long did you go to PT?
6. When did you reach 120?
7. When were you able to sleep through the night?
8. How long were you in the hospital?
9. Did you go into a convalescent home before returning home?
10. How old are you?
11. When did you finally feel normal again?
1. July 11, 2008
2. At five weeks and it was too soon. Once at work I was doing too much. I was up and down from my desk and walking too much. I got home exhausted and sore. I also was not doing my PT exercises as often as I was while at home. I could not do them in the morning because I needed to get to work.
3. I am still taking Vicodin. One when I get up, one between 2-3, and since being back to work two at night.
4. I am still very swollen and sore.
5. I had in-house PT for three weeks, and then began out-patient. I was given three times a week for four weeks, but my OS just put in another order to extend it because I still have about 10 degrees to go before he is happy.
6. I haven't yet and am frustrated. I'm at about 110.
7. I started sleeping through the night at about 5 weeks post-op, but that was taking Vicodin and Tylenol PM. I don't know if that was a good thing to be doing, but it worked for me.
8. I was in the hospital for four days.
9. My OS sent me to a convalescent home for nine days. I hated it. It was very depressing, the food was inedible. The bed was uncomfortable. But the good thing was I received PT every day and it put me way ahead.
10. I am 56 and glad I did not wait any longer. After my surgeon actually got inside, he even said I could have had my surgery earlier.
11. I'm anxiously waiting for the day when I feel normal and am not reminded constantly that I'm still on the mend.