Hi Y’all! I’m so happy to have recently found this forum. Somehow my idiot self ended up in the hip recovery group. It must have been the pain distraction that made me screw that one up.
I had right TKR done in April and just went to my 1 month follow up. Needless to say it didn’t go well. I found that due to the fact my therapy didn’t start until the week after surgery (insurance takes a week to approve), I am way behind. My Dr. Is not happy with me and basically read me the riot act. I’m at 90 degrees and have been told that I need to be at 120 by next month or they will do a procedure to force the knee and break up the scar tissue.
I also found that I’ve been taking the pain meds all wrong. Now he wants me to take 2 before PT and that’s it. Stop taking them every 6 hours and only take Tylenol. He called the PT place and told them to be aggressive.
Up till now I have done everything single thing that the PT folks have told me to do and have taken my meds according to all of the literature I was given from the Hospital.
This next month will be very unpleasant, I predict. So frustrated.
I didn’t mean to vent. I’m usually very laid back
KG
I had right TKR done in April and just went to my 1 month follow up. Needless to say it didn’t go well. I found that due to the fact my therapy didn’t start until the week after surgery (insurance takes a week to approve), I am way behind. My Dr. Is not happy with me and basically read me the riot act. I’m at 90 degrees and have been told that I need to be at 120 by next month or they will do a procedure to force the knee and break up the scar tissue.
I also found that I’ve been taking the pain meds all wrong. Now he wants me to take 2 before PT and that’s it. Stop taking them every 6 hours and only take Tylenol. He called the PT place and told them to be aggressive.
Up till now I have done everything single thing that the PT folks have told me to do and have taken my meds according to all of the literature I was given from the Hospital.
This next month will be very unpleasant, I predict. So frustrated.
I didn’t mean to vent. I’m usually very laid back
KG