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hi natalie
how are you feeling now? is the dizzyness easing off?
hope you are getting some rest & ease from the pain
melanie x
 
hi
I was very silly last week went out on Mon, Tues & briefly Wed. Felt a strange pain in back of hip & down side of leg. To cut a long story short I ended up in a & e till midnight they even said had a bed for me at one stage! I was crying thinking how could I be so stupid. I really thought I'd dislocated or done some damage, but it all turned out fine. But it really gave me a fright. I was really struggling to get into the shower too as it's over my bath, but Jo showed me a technique on here & I'm managing. I'm on Tramadol 3 times daily, diclofenic 3 times daily & co-codamol 4 times daily. From yesterday the pain seems to be easing a bit & I'm reducing them slightly. I see you are having mst are you managing to get on top of your pain now?
melanie x
 
Melanie, I'm glad you have realized that you shouldn't overdo things at this early stage of recovery!! I hope you are feeling better now. Take it slow!!! You can't rush healing. Mother Nature is EVEN MORE POWERFUL than Mother Hen!!
 
Hi Rebecca. I read through Martha's post last night and we have a very similar recovery story! Obviously SC makes the recovery slightly different.

I keep meaning to ask you I know the SC isn't active in your hip any more but what will happen if it was? I don't see the doc till end of September and it will be the first question I ask him but I was wondering if it could do me any more damage.

How you feeling?

I managed to do a leg raise today only 1 and boy did it hurt but it made me feel very happy :)
 
Hi Melanie. I read on the hip forum you had a scare. I'd have been terrified glad it all worked out ok xx
MST is helping,it has some very strange side effects I feel very dizzy and when I move my eyes I get a buzzing feeling in my head! Very odd!
 
Nat,

Congrats on the leg raise! That one is still giving me problems (to the point where I'm not doing it for the time being).

I'm glad you asked me that because I forgot to mention what he told me. He said that if the SC did start up again, it probably would not cause me much, if any, pain or problems because there is not much left in there that would feel anything and the pieces would not be able to get between the ball and socket (which was what caused me my worst SC pain). I imagine there would be discomfort if the SC continued for a long time and filled the whole space, but I'm really hoping that doesn't happen! I'm optimistic that it won't, but, if it did, I would want the surgeon who did my replacement to clean it out. He is a great surgeon.

I would be interested to hear what your surgeon says. I have not read up much on knee replacements and how much, if any, of the synovial lining remains. I pray that you never have any more problems! I lost so much of my 20's and 30's to SC because, as you know, it effects every part of your life -- what kind of job you can have, how much energy you have, etc. I don't think I would have had more children, but, after having my son, I knew I physically could not take care of a baby or toddler again as long as I had the SC.

I am feeling really good. The only exercise I'm doing now is walking. I was able to go out and do a number of things with my husband and son today. It was so great! I'm only taking ibuprofen during the day now and one 50 mg Tramadol at bedtime. I am still doing some icing. I needed to get off the Tramadol during the day because I have to drive carpool for my son's school (which starts on August 30).

Keep us posted on how you're doing!
 
Hi Rebecca I really hope I get the same outcome as you when I see my consultant about my SC,my only worry is that this consultant isn't my SC specialist I have been discharged from him to see my new surgeon who did the TKR.
He openly admits that he doesn't know anything about SC but he said he is going to research it.
I think I need to do some research and see if it can re occur and what will happen if it does,I feel a bit silly that I haven't already done it!
Take care hun xxx
 
I think that means it, meaning your bones, may actually be healing! You may experience pains like that for some time.
 
Means it's time for some pain pills or some ice and elevating!

Or to put it another way, why are you surprised at having pain when you've just had surgery?!!
 
I just surprised as it was a different pain to what I'd experienced before,I took some more meds and started feeling a bit sick and took my anti mausea med and I was sick as a dog I felt all hot and just knew I was going to be sick!

I just feel hot and a bit shaky now,I have my ice on my knee and a cold pack on the back of my neck too!
 
Oh Nat,

So sorry!!!!! I hope you are feeling better soon!!!!

xoxoxox,

Linda.
 
Sorry you're hurting, Natalie. You're going to get odd pains now and then. My doc always told me if the pain keeps moving around from week to week, it's soft tissue swelling.

But....if you aren't still taking your pain meds right on schedule, this is a wake-up call to get back on the plan.
 
Natalie
i am so sorry you are having such a time with your surgery. Mine is scheduled for Sept 13. I have been reading your posts prior to surgery and after. Even tho I dont know what you are going thru I send you good thoughts for brighter days ahead. I wish only good thoughts for you !!!:cnsl:
 
Jamie said:
Sorry you're hurting, Natalie. You're going to get odd pains now and then. My doc always told me if the pain keeps moving around from week to week, it's soft tissue swelling.

But....if you aren't still taking your pain meds right on schedule, this is a wake-up call to get back on the plan.
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I'm taking MST and Paracetemol on a regular schedule but the Oramorph is for breakthrough pain and can be taken every 2 to 4 hours and I don't need it all the time so I have been instructed to only take it when pain starts but as you know sometimes it's too late by the time the pain starts to get on top of it?
 
Nat,

You may want to include the Oramorph as part of your regular pain med routine for awhile, so you can stay ahead of the pain. With my hip, I've had all sorts of weird pains and sensations as it's been healing, and some of them were different from anything I had ever felt before (and I thought I had felt everything with that hip!).

I hope you can get more comfortable. As you know, you are still very early in the healing process, but, unlike with your previous surgeries, this time when you're healed, you won't have anymore pain. And not too much longer until the kids go back to school!
 
Hi Nat-
So done with vacation and back to work. Boo!
I'm glad you went back thru my thread on the SC board. Notice we both suffered from freezing. I had a lot of temperature control problems. I did mention it to my PT and they said it was very normal. That lasted for months.
Rebecca was correct and noteing that while our similarities will be common our timeline could be very different. As long as we get there right?! And yes SC can make your healing different. You had a synovectomy right along with a TKR. A double surgery!
I did ask my doctor if it could come back and he said yes. A replacement would slow it down but there is a possiblity that it might yet come back. I asked also if it would hurt the prosthetic and he said no. It could still fill up your knee and you can still have soft tissue swelling and soreness but no more damage will be done.
Saw that you fell. Be carefull! I did the same thing a few months after. I think we must come from the same clutz tree! It scares you to death doesn't it? I just laid there for a while and was so scared to move but whew I was ok. Just bruised. I did call the doc to make sure.
Hope today is a good day.
Martha
 
Thanks Rebecca I wondered wether it would be ok to do don't get me wrong I'm not in agony anymore but sometimes the pain hits me hard when I least expect it!

Today for example I have had MST 30mg in the morning and 2 paracetemol and then some paracetemol at lunch and at 3pm I was in pain and took the Oramorph and helped instantly but sometimes it doesn't touch it and I wonder if its because I haven't got on top of it quick enough!

This place has been my saviour every single one of you have been wonderful and have given me great advise xxxxxx Thankyou xxxx
 
I think you are correct...take a look in the General FAQ's anda read the article on Pain Management. If you wait until your pain is more than a 3 of 10 it takes longer to get your pain under control.

You seem to be doing better each day.
 
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