Las Vegas Grandmom
junior member
Hi, i'm just 11 days out of having my left knee replaced. I too was contemplating getting both done at the same time and spoke to a friend of a friend who had it done and thought I couldn't ever do that.
My big problem is, I can't take pain medication. I was on Percocet in the hospital got excruciating migraine headaches came home taking half the dose of Percocet and wound up with the same kind of headache situation. I tried Norco and tramadol separately of course and neither took any pain away. So I think I'm a good barometer for you to say that once you get over the first couple days the pain does subside a bit. If You're lucky enough to tolerate pain meds and they work for you then you should be in great shape. I was petrified of this as well. And still don't know when the heck I'll get the next knee done. Right now never.
One of my big problems is, I don't have a lot of patience for this. Luckily my husband and daughter are very very supportive which helps a lot. I agree with the other people if you need to have your family watch the YouTube video of the operation. That should do it. My PT guy said he couldn't watch it. Don't you watch tho.
Don't know if this helped you a little, these boards have been fantastic! Good luck to you.
My big problem is, I can't take pain medication. I was on Percocet in the hospital got excruciating migraine headaches came home taking half the dose of Percocet and wound up with the same kind of headache situation. I tried Norco and tramadol separately of course and neither took any pain away. So I think I'm a good barometer for you to say that once you get over the first couple days the pain does subside a bit. If You're lucky enough to tolerate pain meds and they work for you then you should be in great shape. I was petrified of this as well. And still don't know when the heck I'll get the next knee done. Right now never.
One of my big problems is, I don't have a lot of patience for this. Luckily my husband and daughter are very very supportive which helps a lot. I agree with the other people if you need to have your family watch the YouTube video of the operation. That should do it. My PT guy said he couldn't watch it. Don't you watch tho.
Don't know if this helped you a little, these boards have been fantastic! Good luck to you.