Coppernob
graduate
At last I can get back on the site. I'm post-op but it was a bit of a rollercoaster and things didn't go quite as expected. I had my surgery on Mon 17th as planned (tibial tray replacement) and all was fine. By Thurs 20th I had flex of 97 and could go up and down stairs, and I was told I could go home. Just as I was ringing my husband to ask him to come and and pick me up I noticed my foot was sitting in a puddle of blood and liquid which was pouring out of my knee. No going home that night then! By Friday 21st the leaking hadn't stopped but had slowed down a lot and so I was able to go home in the afternoon.
Saturday 22nd was as good as the first day out of hospital can be, but when I woke on Sunday 23rd my dressing was soaked through again. So it was back to hospital via Casualty and I was re-admitted. On Sunday night I lay in my hospital bed and wept! To cut a long story short, after various blood tests, injections and physio I was finally allowed home again on Wednesday 26th. The District Nurse has been to re-dress the wound and is coming again tomorrow to take the first of the staples out - she thinks to start with she may only be able take every other one out so I'll have to go through that ordeal twice! The good news is that my ROM wasn't unduly affected and on Wednesday was at 86. I'm exercising regularly so hopefully it's more than that now. I go to the Outpatients Clinic on Thursday 4th Dec (providing I get an appoointment through) so they can check that everything is ok. It's definitely better than it was but I can tell by the dressing that there is still some leakage. Has anyone else had this problem? The general opinion seemed to be that it was because this was the third time the same site has been used for access and so the scar tissue isn't healing very quickly.
I've loads of posts to catch up on so I'd better get reading. It's good to be back! Linda x
Saturday 22nd was as good as the first day out of hospital can be, but when I woke on Sunday 23rd my dressing was soaked through again. So it was back to hospital via Casualty and I was re-admitted. On Sunday night I lay in my hospital bed and wept! To cut a long story short, after various blood tests, injections and physio I was finally allowed home again on Wednesday 26th. The District Nurse has been to re-dress the wound and is coming again tomorrow to take the first of the staples out - she thinks to start with she may only be able take every other one out so I'll have to go through that ordeal twice! The good news is that my ROM wasn't unduly affected and on Wednesday was at 86. I'm exercising regularly so hopefully it's more than that now. I go to the Outpatients Clinic on Thursday 4th Dec (providing I get an appoointment through) so they can check that everything is ok. It's definitely better than it was but I can tell by the dressing that there is still some leakage. Has anyone else had this problem? The general opinion seemed to be that it was because this was the third time the same site has been used for access and so the scar tissue isn't healing very quickly.
I've loads of posts to catch up on so I'd better get reading. It's good to be back! Linda x