Lftknerplcment
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I had total left knee replacement surgery on July 22nd, 2022. The surgery went well from what I was told. It took me longer to wake in recovery than others but the nurses had me up and walking with the help of a walker before I checked out late that evening.
I got sick off the Dilaudid. I was nauseated and threw up for 3 days after I went home. I was given exercises to do and I did them as best I could until I went to PT on the following Monday. PT only lasted 20min and it wasn't intense.
I went back to PT on Thursday and had a different trainer and he had me do more difficult exercises. I did them went home and felt okay until I woke up the next morning. I felt like I had pulled a muscle. It was painful walking with the walker and I began having pain around the center of my knee. It wasn't constant and happened more when I wasn't moving than when I was. So I stayed off my knee as much as I could and I iced it twice a day for 20min for 5 days and I skipped PT today because I just don't think my knee can take it and since it's now feeling better
I don't wanna have a setback. I'm supposed to go Friday and I might but I may ask them to keep the exercises light and not difficult. But if I'm feeling even better I may skip PT altogether this week because today I began walking using a cane and my knee is able to bend more without me doing any exercises which surprised me.
The only major problem I'm having is sleep. I can't get comfortable at night. The knee still hurts enough to keep me awake and since I stopped taking the oxycodone cause it keeps me nauseated I'm up at night. I tried Benedryl and it doesn't help so I think I'm gonna try dicyclomine and see if it will help me sleep. I'm glad I got the surgery because I was having radiating pain in my arms, legs, and buttocks and all that pain has vanished. I can say that I'll be relieved when these stitches are removed because in my opinion, they hinder my knee movement plus I can feel them at times and they are painful. I did want to get the wedge pillow to prop up my knee but the nurses and PT told me not to. They said it wasn't good to use for long periods of time. So I guess I'll suffer without it. But so far this has been my experience and hasn't been as bad as I thought it would.
I got sick off the Dilaudid. I was nauseated and threw up for 3 days after I went home. I was given exercises to do and I did them as best I could until I went to PT on the following Monday. PT only lasted 20min and it wasn't intense.
I went back to PT on Thursday and had a different trainer and he had me do more difficult exercises. I did them went home and felt okay until I woke up the next morning. I felt like I had pulled a muscle. It was painful walking with the walker and I began having pain around the center of my knee. It wasn't constant and happened more when I wasn't moving than when I was. So I stayed off my knee as much as I could and I iced it twice a day for 20min for 5 days and I skipped PT today because I just don't think my knee can take it and since it's now feeling better
I don't wanna have a setback. I'm supposed to go Friday and I might but I may ask them to keep the exercises light and not difficult. But if I'm feeling even better I may skip PT altogether this week because today I began walking using a cane and my knee is able to bend more without me doing any exercises which surprised me.
The only major problem I'm having is sleep. I can't get comfortable at night. The knee still hurts enough to keep me awake and since I stopped taking the oxycodone cause it keeps me nauseated I'm up at night. I tried Benedryl and it doesn't help so I think I'm gonna try dicyclomine and see if it will help me sleep. I'm glad I got the surgery because I was having radiating pain in my arms, legs, and buttocks and all that pain has vanished. I can say that I'll be relieved when these stitches are removed because in my opinion, they hinder my knee movement plus I can feel them at times and they are painful. I did want to get the wedge pillow to prop up my knee but the nurses and PT told me not to. They said it wasn't good to use for long periods of time. So I guess I'll suffer without it. But so far this has been my experience and hasn't been as bad as I thought it would.