TKR Diane's KneeQuest, NewKnee Inn Recovery

[dianehelen]

My boss just told us not to come in tomorrow an

YAY a rain day!

 

[uva55]

I take what I can get... I need a day of rest!!!

 

[sistersinhim]

Diane, you are doing so good!! You might be sore tonight, but it was worth it! You are taking these baby steps really quickly!

 

[dianehelen]

ya @sistersinhim I am a bit sore now. But Im up, and iced, and will rest till dinner is served. Nice easy, leftovers from last night.

 

[mamazipp]

Wow Diane. Very good!

 

[greatlakes]

I like your terminology of "careful" trips. At two days, mine are "cautious" trips. "Careful" will now be my improvement goal for a couple of weeks from now!

 

[uva55]

You are doing great, it looks like tummy is better also.

You are at the point now that you are finding what works better for you an getting a routine, things should start to get a little easier now!!!!

I'm happy for you

 

[dianehelen]

tummy is better also

yes, feeling pretty good, but now since I have not been eating much, Im also not "going" , but a bit of appetite is returning, and I have started eating more so hopefully it will all catch up/

 

[LoveGiants]

Glad you had a good night. I. Think you're right about someone having issues with their ice machine. Someone realized their machine wasn't working correctly after a few weeks because it wasn't getting cold enough. Can't remember who though...

That was me. I had to clean the filter, drain the hoses, and let it run.

 

[LoveGiants]

Hey Florida peeps...can I have your rain, please?!?!??!?!

 

[dianehelen]

Please! @LoveGiants take LOTS, we are over it... glug glug glug...

 

[uva55]

@LoveGiants you can have mine, it was terrible driving to work this morning, it was still very dark and I couldn't see. At least I don't have to work tomorrow!!!

 

[KarriB]

It's raining here in PA also.

 

[Diane LTKR]

Diane, sounds like you are doing great and really progressing. Very happy for you.

 

[dianehelen]

Thanks @Diane LTKR "great" may be a bit of an exaggeration, But all in all I guess today was my best day so far. Maybe there is hope for it to continue. I would love to get out of the house, but dont think I could sit in a restaurant long enough with my leg down to have a meal. But again, today was halfway decent, lets hope for some more of these. Im still puzzled about my surgeons seemingly outlier 3 week staple removal time frame. But I guess I have to have something to worry about...

@Josephine any thoughts on the 3 week staple removal time, vs what the norm seems to be 2 weeks?

 

[Diane LTKR]

I understand wanting to get out to a restaurant. I think I first went out at about 2½ weeks to Cracker Barrel. It felt great. I took my ice wrap with gel packs in with me and velcroed it on my knee while I ate. It felt wonderful and I was able to enjoy the meal and time out. We eat out a lot and up till about last week, I continued to take my ice wrap into the restaurants and had no problems....a few funny looks but who cares!

 

[dianehelen]

gel packs in with me and velcroed it on my knee while I ate

maybe I will try to be brave and try that Friday for my birthday... Tho the chairs at cracker barrell are low and hard to get up from. Wonder where I could go and be able to get up from a chair without looking like a total dork.. Im ok with partial dork, so maybe a balance somewhere

 

[uva55]

I think it was probably around one month before I went out to breakfast, I could not sit with my leg hanging down for than 15-20 min tops before it started hurting.

 

[dianehelen]

ya @uva55 thats kinda my thinking too, I may try, and I may not. Just , Im such a baby about my birthday, Id feel deprived if I didnt try to get out , even if for a quick breakfast. I'll see how I feel Friday when I get up.

A month huh?

 

[KarriB]

I went out to eat often while in an imbolizer. I hadn't been out except for PT after the tkr, then the infection surgery gave me 22 total days in the hospital between both surgeries. So I needed to do something to feel normal. We always went somewhere with a booth so I could sit with my right leg up on the booth seat, my back leaning against the side of the booth. We startee this about 2 weeks after the infection surgery on the way home from OS or ID appointments. Don't try to do it with your leg hanging down, especially at this point, but I didn't do that until nearly 6 weeks after infection surgery/10 weeks after TKR. I was miserable, but had tickets to see Wicked and I wasn't missing that. By the time I got home my knee was so swollen I had to lay with toes above nose for a couple of hours before bed.