Thatbpguy
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Do be sure to pace yourself, though, and ice and elevate when you get home.
Thanks for the reminder. Am doing so now.
Do be sure to pace yourself, though, and ice and elevate when you get home.
Hope I did the quote thing correctly. WHOO HOO for moving to a walker @ThatbpguyI just went for my first solo walk with my cane. About 5 blocks. Weathered it well.
I don’t remember how many weeks post op I was, probably at least 4 and probably more, when I took my first solo walk. My husband was not home and I just felt like taking a walk, so I did. Two houses away I met up with a cat. You know how cats like to walk close to you and weave back and forth. I said to the cat, don’t you trip me, I’ll never be allowed out by myself again! (My husband was a bit over protective in my recovery ). Thankfully all went well and I arrived home safely.I just went for my first solo walk with my cane. About 5 blocks. Weathered it well.
Truly, this site is invaluable. It has given me a LOT of comfort.In my few weeks of recovery I spent many middle of the night hours on Bonesmart. It's nice to know that whatever the hour is, someone is here to talk to and share our recoveries with. People that haven't had a joint replacement just don't understand like we do!
Mine at 1:30 to 2:30 is a root beer float.I'm finally sleeping a bit better now....but my treat at 2:30 to 3:30 was a peanut butter toast with bananas and Bonesmart! Yes, it is very comforting!
I can't believe it, I named my knee Maleficent because I had set myself a goal of seeing the movie 2 weeks after my surgery. Love Angelina Jolie and knew it would help motivate it. It's worked!For what it's worth, my new knee is named Sammy. We had a great dog named Sammy that we had to put down due to terrible knee injury to a hind leg. He was a water dog that was afraid of the water. Lived to chase rabbits. So the spirit of Sam is now in my knee. Let's go, Sammy.
You have the right to say no to a MUA, besides, you have already hit 90. The majority of OSs don't expect that until 6 weeks and you are aread of that.Ok, 5 full weeks in the books. ROM around 90, extension 7. Hopefully this will appease my ortho and we can skip a MUA for now. I meet with him in 2 weeks.
Don't be surprised if your knee swells more causing bend to go down. Sitting down is hard on a knee, too, because you can't elevate properly. Don't get discouraged, the swelling will go down when your knee's inflammation goes down.Today I return to work. Mostly a sit down job and 5 10 hour days per week. It's going to be hard, but gotta do this.
Exercises that cause you to be this tired are not necessary. You are not helping yourself by doing this. Being back to work, and everything else you do in the natural course of your day, will give your knee all the exercise it needs.Well, dead tired from morning exercises.
Thank you for this post. I will not get discouraged if this happens. BTW, it was hell, but made it thru. I work with some really good people and it was nice to be back. Blessings to you, Jockette.You have the right to say no to a MUA, besides, you have already hit 90. The majority of OSs don't expect that until 6 weeks and you are aread of that.Ok, 5 full weeks in the books. ROM around 90, extension 7. Hopefully this will appease my ortho and we can skip a MUA for now. I meet with him in 2 weeks.
Don't be surprised if your knee swells more causing bend to go down. Sitting down is hard on a knee, too, because you can't elevate properly. Don't get discouraged, the swelling will go down when your knee's inflammation goes down.Today I return to work. Mostly a sit down job and 5 10 hour days per week. It's going to be hard, but gotta do this.
For sure, my knee is swollen. Not sure how I can elevate it at work. But I can elevate and ice it 2 or 3 times. Any, like you, my 50 minute commute is killer on the knee.@Thatbpguy, I'm hitting 2 weeks of 4 hour days, plus the 35 minute drive one way, and my knee has been more swollen and sore from driving and walking more! My PT is done, and I just get 1x a week massages....but the poor knee hasn't settled down yet ! I also elevate and ice with a rolling ottoman and pillow under my desk, just beware, now that you are working such long days!!