Found the forum at 1 am after googling to see if I would ever sleep again.
TKR on 2/23 after almost 30 years of knee scopes and an elusive meniscus tear. I’m on the “younger” side at 49 and have known this day would come for about 10 years.
Surgery was performed at 9 in the morning and I was home by 5 that evening only to realize that either (a) nerve block wasn’t correct or (b) I was having massive calf cramps. Regardless, a follow up femoral nerve block and loads of calf massages later, I’ve lived to tell the tale.
Starting to think I was a bit too cavalier going into this even though I’ve witnessed both parents have TKRs as well. This is not for the faint of heart.
I’ve got a preschooler and am looking forward to adventures with my kiddo and skiing vacations again someday, but at six days in, it all seems like a pipe dream….
TKR on 2/23 after almost 30 years of knee scopes and an elusive meniscus tear. I’m on the “younger” side at 49 and have known this day would come for about 10 years.
Surgery was performed at 9 in the morning and I was home by 5 that evening only to realize that either (a) nerve block wasn’t correct or (b) I was having massive calf cramps. Regardless, a follow up femoral nerve block and loads of calf massages later, I’ve lived to tell the tale.
Starting to think I was a bit too cavalier going into this even though I’ve witnessed both parents have TKRs as well. This is not for the faint of heart.
I’ve got a preschooler and am looking forward to adventures with my kiddo and skiing vacations again someday, but at six days in, it all seems like a pipe dream….