Micky010925
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Hello all. My right tkr was on 1/9/25. In the hospital, I had extreme pain at the back of my knee. They had done a spinal with nerve blocks as my anesthesia. The surgery itself seemed to go well. When I said something about the pain at the back of my knee while in hospital, I remember them saying that I had a nerve block there and it must’ve not worked. Anyway, the next day I get a little PT and OT. I’m able to do my slight walk with a little step on the right side using my walker. Very painful but that’s what one should expect after surgery. I learn to use crutches to get up the stairs with that slight right side step and go home. Get into my house okay and everything seems normal 1/10-1/12.
My surgery was a Thursday. On the Sunday, I noticed that my foot was extremely swollen and slightly blue.
So I left a message for my doc to see if this was normal. They initially made me an appt for Monday afternoon but then called me and said the swelling and change in color is normal and to see how things progress as I was to start PT on Wednesday. So Monday night I notice some really odd sores on my leg and that the whole leg is swelling up and turning darker. I send a message with pics Tuesday morning and I’m told to see a doc when I go in for my PT on Wednesday. On Wednesday, I am no longer able to put any weight on my right leg at all. My calf is about 3x its normal size and beyond painful. I go to PT and they immediately get me a wheelchair, because I need to hop on my good foot using the walker. The PT guy immediately then goes to talk to my surgeon. The surgeon comes in about an hour later due to his other patients, looks at my leg, and immediately sends me to X-ray and to get a Doppler ultrasound to make sure I don’t have a DVT. The X-ray shows the new hardware is beautiful in my leg. The ultrasound shows no evidence of a DVT. I’m sent home to await next steps.
Speaking of steps, due to the fact that I cannot now use my right foot at all, it takes over 30 mins to figure out how to get up the three steps outside my home with no railing. I receive a call that the doc wants me to come in first thing on Friday.
Luckily my mom is caring for me due to my inability to do anything since I am now entirely non weight bearing on the right side.
We head into the doc office on Friday (8 days postop). He says he’s honestly never seen a swollen reaction like mine. He decides I should go on a prednisone z-pack for the next several days and see if we can reduce the swelling. He also orders a wheelchair, ramp, and home health aid 4 hrs/day, for my house. It’s a Friday and a holiday weekend so nothing is provided for me and won’t be available until next week. Since my mom needs to fly back home, a good friend comes to stay with me because I’m still 100% dependent due to being non weight baring on right side and no wheelchair.
Start prednisone zpack high dosage on Friday. Swelling of foot and leg has decreased substantially. However I am still unable to put any weight on my right leg. Pain is primarily in my calf, but a little up the leg as well.
I think the prednisone is doing the job it’s created to do which is reduce swelling. That’s good. However, the underlying issue that caused the swelling isn’t known. I am posting here to see if anyone has any ideas? I’m not wanting to fully go on leave and I’m trying to work remotely through all of this. I need to find answers as I travel a lot for work as well. Anyone have something like this and have any ideas?
Currently, I’m leaning toward the idea that the nerve block maybe hit the wrong thing and that’s causing the pain and issues. That’s just from my own reading though. I hope folks on this forum may have ideas. I want to start PT before it’s too late and I am unable to get full use of my right knee.
I tried to put a bunch of pics on here but they were too large. Just a couple from the early symptoms are provided.
Thanks!!
My surgery was a Thursday. On the Sunday, I noticed that my foot was extremely swollen and slightly blue.
So I left a message for my doc to see if this was normal. They initially made me an appt for Monday afternoon but then called me and said the swelling and change in color is normal and to see how things progress as I was to start PT on Wednesday. So Monday night I notice some really odd sores on my leg and that the whole leg is swelling up and turning darker. I send a message with pics Tuesday morning and I’m told to see a doc when I go in for my PT on Wednesday. On Wednesday, I am no longer able to put any weight on my right leg at all. My calf is about 3x its normal size and beyond painful. I go to PT and they immediately get me a wheelchair, because I need to hop on my good foot using the walker. The PT guy immediately then goes to talk to my surgeon. The surgeon comes in about an hour later due to his other patients, looks at my leg, and immediately sends me to X-ray and to get a Doppler ultrasound to make sure I don’t have a DVT. The X-ray shows the new hardware is beautiful in my leg. The ultrasound shows no evidence of a DVT. I’m sent home to await next steps.
Speaking of steps, due to the fact that I cannot now use my right foot at all, it takes over 30 mins to figure out how to get up the three steps outside my home with no railing. I receive a call that the doc wants me to come in first thing on Friday.
Luckily my mom is caring for me due to my inability to do anything since I am now entirely non weight bearing on the right side.
We head into the doc office on Friday (8 days postop). He says he’s honestly never seen a swollen reaction like mine. He decides I should go on a prednisone z-pack for the next several days and see if we can reduce the swelling. He also orders a wheelchair, ramp, and home health aid 4 hrs/day, for my house. It’s a Friday and a holiday weekend so nothing is provided for me and won’t be available until next week. Since my mom needs to fly back home, a good friend comes to stay with me because I’m still 100% dependent due to being non weight baring on right side and no wheelchair.
Start prednisone zpack high dosage on Friday. Swelling of foot and leg has decreased substantially. However I am still unable to put any weight on my right leg. Pain is primarily in my calf, but a little up the leg as well.
I think the prednisone is doing the job it’s created to do which is reduce swelling. That’s good. However, the underlying issue that caused the swelling isn’t known. I am posting here to see if anyone has any ideas? I’m not wanting to fully go on leave and I’m trying to work remotely through all of this. I need to find answers as I travel a lot for work as well. Anyone have something like this and have any ideas?
Currently, I’m leaning toward the idea that the nerve block maybe hit the wrong thing and that’s causing the pain and issues. That’s just from my own reading though. I hope folks on this forum may have ideas. I want to start PT before it’s too late and I am unable to get full use of my right knee.
I tried to put a bunch of pics on here but they were too large. Just a couple from the early symptoms are provided.
Thanks!!