marieltha
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I am requesting input about medial knee ligament sprain complication (on “good leg”, not recovering leg).
I had a great PKR April2018 in right leg. Planned to do left knee in the fall. Then, in August, I suffered posterior tibial tendonitis in left foot/arch (lengthy, painful recovery) and had to reschedule needed left PKR to May 2019. Then in late January, tore a shoulder rotator cuff on my right/dominant side and moved up the left PKR surgery to March27, 2019, so I would have 2 good legs to get around during the much, much slower and longer recovery from the shoulder RCR.
PKR in late March went very well, as did the shoulder RCR 6 weeks later (May22,2019). But then, 12 days after the shoulder surgery, the inside of the right knee (the “good leg”) started to hurt. I was due to see the ortho surgeon at day 14. That night, I bent down (to feed my beloved cat), and instead of bending at the waist - famous last words - I lost focus, I bent both knees and the right one screamed and then wouldn’t hold my weight.
Thank God my husband (the best caretaker anyone could ever have) quickly came to my rescue. Also, my ortho had urged me to do the balancing exercises a bit earlier on the new partial knee, which I had, so I was balanced on my left leg with excruciating pain in right leg and did not fall.
It calmed down a bit after a short while, so we opted to not go to the ER that night. Instead, I called my ortho doc’s RN who is on call 24/7 for pre and post-surgery patients. This service is a godsend! She has access at home to the Dr's schedule and added me for the next day.
Based on his “hands on” and visual exam (including xrays to detect breaks, fractures, etc), the doc concluded I had a sprain (not a tear) of the medial ligament in the right knee. This holds the knee in place.
Good news: Not a tear or worse. Can heal on its own.
Bad news: Very painful. Five days of bad pain. Followed by a healing period.
So my recoveries from the left PKR and the right shoulder RCR, now include a five-week recovery for the right knee medial ligament. And I have to wear an OTC knee brace when walking.
Please share input with these:
1) Knee medial ligament sprains
2) Wearing a knee brace
3) How to best position the knee in bed to sleep
Keep in mind, I’m sleeping propped up in the bed for the shoulder.
Thanks!
I had a great PKR April2018 in right leg. Planned to do left knee in the fall. Then, in August, I suffered posterior tibial tendonitis in left foot/arch (lengthy, painful recovery) and had to reschedule needed left PKR to May 2019. Then in late January, tore a shoulder rotator cuff on my right/dominant side and moved up the left PKR surgery to March27, 2019, so I would have 2 good legs to get around during the much, much slower and longer recovery from the shoulder RCR.
PKR in late March went very well, as did the shoulder RCR 6 weeks later (May22,2019). But then, 12 days after the shoulder surgery, the inside of the right knee (the “good leg”) started to hurt. I was due to see the ortho surgeon at day 14. That night, I bent down (to feed my beloved cat), and instead of bending at the waist - famous last words - I lost focus, I bent both knees and the right one screamed and then wouldn’t hold my weight.
Thank God my husband (the best caretaker anyone could ever have) quickly came to my rescue. Also, my ortho had urged me to do the balancing exercises a bit earlier on the new partial knee, which I had, so I was balanced on my left leg with excruciating pain in right leg and did not fall.
It calmed down a bit after a short while, so we opted to not go to the ER that night. Instead, I called my ortho doc’s RN who is on call 24/7 for pre and post-surgery patients. This service is a godsend! She has access at home to the Dr's schedule and added me for the next day.
Based on his “hands on” and visual exam (including xrays to detect breaks, fractures, etc), the doc concluded I had a sprain (not a tear) of the medial ligament in the right knee. This holds the knee in place.
Good news: Not a tear or worse. Can heal on its own.
Bad news: Very painful. Five days of bad pain. Followed by a healing period.
So my recoveries from the left PKR and the right shoulder RCR, now include a five-week recovery for the right knee medial ligament. And I have to wear an OTC knee brace when walking.
Please share input with these:
1) Knee medial ligament sprains
2) Wearing a knee brace
3) How to best position the knee in bed to sleep
Keep in mind, I’m sleeping propped up in the bed for the shoulder.
Thanks!