JDinCT
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Had my right knee TKR in 2019. Had my left knee TKR yesterday 9/3/24. Unfortunately I inherited my mothers knees with osteoarthritis.
My procedure was performed at Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, FL. My surgeon was Dr. Alan Valadie. I cannot say enough good things about my experience from the initial consult, to pre-op planning, to day of surgery prep by a caring, well informed and well prepared team of professionals. If anyone is considering TKR in the Tampa, St. Pete, Sarasota area, I would highly mu surgeon and this facility.
My surgeon used the Stryker implant with the Mako robotic assist.
My surgery was performed in the Coastal Orthopedic surgical center and was on an out-patient basis. My right TKR was performed in a hospital and I stayed overnight and discharged the next day. Initially I was skeptical about having the surgery on an out patience basis but now I'm an advocate. I was able to be home is my own surroundings and in my own bed. In the hospital, they wake you every two hours for a BP check, or for meds, etc. Last night I was fortunate to get a fill night's sleep interrupted. I contribute that to being at home in familiar surroundings.
I had an almost pain free overnight. Some of that is likely contributed to the surgical nerve block wearing off. My primary pain meds is 1000 mg Tylenol three times daily and 50 mg Tramadol every 4-6 hours. Right now I'm taking the Tramadol every 5 hours. I have OxyContin as my back stop for break through pain, however, I'm trying to avoid that if possible as I don't like the side effects of OxyContin.
I'm also taking 75 mg Lyrica 2X daily for nerve pain; 200 mg Celebrex 1X daily for swelling and 81 mg of Aspirin 2X daily to avoid blood clotting.
I'm doing 15 minutes of walking with assistance from my walker every hour immediately followed by 30 minutes of cryo-compression therapy.
Had some swelling overnight which is to be expected.
Have my first outpatient PT at 3 PM today.
Best of luck to all those in the recovery phase of their procedures!
My procedure was performed at Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, FL. My surgeon was Dr. Alan Valadie. I cannot say enough good things about my experience from the initial consult, to pre-op planning, to day of surgery prep by a caring, well informed and well prepared team of professionals. If anyone is considering TKR in the Tampa, St. Pete, Sarasota area, I would highly mu surgeon and this facility.
My surgeon used the Stryker implant with the Mako robotic assist.
My surgery was performed in the Coastal Orthopedic surgical center and was on an out-patient basis. My right TKR was performed in a hospital and I stayed overnight and discharged the next day. Initially I was skeptical about having the surgery on an out patience basis but now I'm an advocate. I was able to be home is my own surroundings and in my own bed. In the hospital, they wake you every two hours for a BP check, or for meds, etc. Last night I was fortunate to get a fill night's sleep interrupted. I contribute that to being at home in familiar surroundings.
I had an almost pain free overnight. Some of that is likely contributed to the surgical nerve block wearing off. My primary pain meds is 1000 mg Tylenol three times daily and 50 mg Tramadol every 4-6 hours. Right now I'm taking the Tramadol every 5 hours. I have OxyContin as my back stop for break through pain, however, I'm trying to avoid that if possible as I don't like the side effects of OxyContin.
I'm also taking 75 mg Lyrica 2X daily for nerve pain; 200 mg Celebrex 1X daily for swelling and 81 mg of Aspirin 2X daily to avoid blood clotting.
I'm doing 15 minutes of walking with assistance from my walker every hour immediately followed by 30 minutes of cryo-compression therapy.
Had some swelling overnight which is to be expected.
Have my first outpatient PT at 3 PM today.
Best of luck to all those in the recovery phase of their procedures!