Moriah
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So my surgery was Tuesday, home Weds AM.
Surgery went without a hitch and was surprisingly easy. robot assisted.
I was very surprised and pleased that my knee/leg is no longer pigeon toed; toes now go parallel to the other foot.
Bruising is almost unbelievably light for the surgery.
Surgery started an hour and half late so I wasn't to the overnight room until close to 4.
With recovery, I got behind on sleeping, maybe 3 hours the first night, dozing.
The PT came over on Weds early afternoon, had made sure I had taken my meds an hour before. Going down the stairs with PT had significant pain.
Nerve block must have been wearing off and despite taking meds as prescribed by 7 pm my pain was at 9 1/2. We called the on call and they redid the meds, the top amount per day of ibuprofen and top amount per day of Tylenol (Tylenol has never done anything for me). I have been prescribed oxy but the script said every 4-6 hours and I was prescribed 30 tabs. The nurses used my prescription of oxy overnight on Tues.
On call told me to take it every 3 hours instead of 4.
Pain didn't settle down until 3 am so another night of little sleep. I have an ice machine and compression and was using elevation the whole time.
Thurs, in a complete zone. Friday talked to my PA because I was worried that I would run out of oxy over the weekend.
She had me count them and told me that I could be waiting to take them every 4 or 5 or 6 hours to get me through the weekend.
Friday some walking in addition to bathroom. During the day, Friday pain was 3-4 and Saturday 1-2 with shower and more around the house walking.
The problem is nighttime. I am awake every couple of hours and the pain is 8-9. Meds don't really help with it, I'm taking oxy every 3 hours at night and am watching the clock to take it. My husband has to lift my leg even to get a pillow in because I'm in so much pain. Once I get up in the morning and walking some, pain goes down again.
My husband is up throughout the night putting the ice machine on, frozen bottles of water behind my knee, helping me elevate. As of right now, I have 5 oxy left, last one was early am and I take them every 3 hours overnight so I would have to make sure I take only one during the day today to have enough overnight.
I'm going to have to call tomorrow especially if tonight has the same pain as the other nights. PA says ibuprofen and Tylenol are enough to take before PT and seems to think that I have had more than enough pain meds to get me through. Any suggestions on overnights? my guess is that I am swollen due to day time activity yet I'm not overdoing it in any way.
Things that have helped me: I take Miralax one to two times per day in addition to 2 Sennas a day. This has made me as regular as normal even with oxy. I drink Gatorade also which I think helps with some pain too. I can tell I am much more steady walking than being pigeon toed so looking forward to the future!
Surgery went without a hitch and was surprisingly easy. robot assisted.
I was very surprised and pleased that my knee/leg is no longer pigeon toed; toes now go parallel to the other foot.
Bruising is almost unbelievably light for the surgery.
Surgery started an hour and half late so I wasn't to the overnight room until close to 4.
With recovery, I got behind on sleeping, maybe 3 hours the first night, dozing.
The PT came over on Weds early afternoon, had made sure I had taken my meds an hour before. Going down the stairs with PT had significant pain.
Nerve block must have been wearing off and despite taking meds as prescribed by 7 pm my pain was at 9 1/2. We called the on call and they redid the meds, the top amount per day of ibuprofen and top amount per day of Tylenol (Tylenol has never done anything for me). I have been prescribed oxy but the script said every 4-6 hours and I was prescribed 30 tabs. The nurses used my prescription of oxy overnight on Tues.
On call told me to take it every 3 hours instead of 4.
Pain didn't settle down until 3 am so another night of little sleep. I have an ice machine and compression and was using elevation the whole time.
Thurs, in a complete zone. Friday talked to my PA because I was worried that I would run out of oxy over the weekend.
She had me count them and told me that I could be waiting to take them every 4 or 5 or 6 hours to get me through the weekend.
Friday some walking in addition to bathroom. During the day, Friday pain was 3-4 and Saturday 1-2 with shower and more around the house walking.
The problem is nighttime. I am awake every couple of hours and the pain is 8-9. Meds don't really help with it, I'm taking oxy every 3 hours at night and am watching the clock to take it. My husband has to lift my leg even to get a pillow in because I'm in so much pain. Once I get up in the morning and walking some, pain goes down again.
My husband is up throughout the night putting the ice machine on, frozen bottles of water behind my knee, helping me elevate. As of right now, I have 5 oxy left, last one was early am and I take them every 3 hours overnight so I would have to make sure I take only one during the day today to have enough overnight.
I'm going to have to call tomorrow especially if tonight has the same pain as the other nights. PA says ibuprofen and Tylenol are enough to take before PT and seems to think that I have had more than enough pain meds to get me through. Any suggestions on overnights? my guess is that I am swollen due to day time activity yet I'm not overdoing it in any way.
Things that have helped me: I take Miralax one to two times per day in addition to 2 Sennas a day. This has made me as regular as normal even with oxy. I drink Gatorade also which I think helps with some pain too. I can tell I am much more steady walking than being pigeon toed so looking forward to the future!