hopalong61
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United KingdomHi @Relle,
I'm just back form my consultant appointment. He says my knee is fine and that i'm doing really well, he doesnt need to see me until January next year ! He did ask when i wanted my other knee replacing, i said i would think about it and get back to him ! He said doing the MUA was, for me, the best thing as some people just have problems that won't resolve on their own. I'm glad i didn't have to "wait and see" as the fact that i couldn't bend my knee enough to get in my car or even get in the shower normally was, just like you, getting me down. NO amount of physio was going to get my knee to bend any more. He says MUA's are pretty unusual for him, he does about 200 TKR's a year and in the last 5 years he has only had to do 4 ! BUT, he said that sometimes, for some people, they are just necessary.
I asked him about the pain i still have and the sleeplessness and swelling. The swelling will go, eventually (i realised this anyway), the pain is from the brutal operations i have had and the sleeplessness will improve. I did tell him that i have been using pillows under my leg in bed at night to try to reduce the swelling, i got a right telling off
NO PILLOWS ALLOWED he said, although they make your leg feel better, they cause the back of your knee to tighten up, causing even more pain, so from tonight, flat it will be !
I feel much better after seeing him, i feel as though i can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. I was absolutely petrified on the day of my MUA, i have had several other surgical procedures and a C Section so i'm not a wuss when it comes to hospitals but i can't explain why i was so scared. The feeling of sheer elation when i woke up and could bend my knee was just the best feeling ever ! It makes you feel so much better, i'm sure it will help you a lot, don't be scared, it will be the (re) start of your recovery i'm sure.
I'm just back form my consultant appointment. He says my knee is fine and that i'm doing really well, he doesnt need to see me until January next year ! He did ask when i wanted my other knee replacing, i said i would think about it and get back to him ! He said doing the MUA was, for me, the best thing as some people just have problems that won't resolve on their own. I'm glad i didn't have to "wait and see" as the fact that i couldn't bend my knee enough to get in my car or even get in the shower normally was, just like you, getting me down. NO amount of physio was going to get my knee to bend any more. He says MUA's are pretty unusual for him, he does about 200 TKR's a year and in the last 5 years he has only had to do 4 ! BUT, he said that sometimes, for some people, they are just necessary.
I asked him about the pain i still have and the sleeplessness and swelling. The swelling will go, eventually (i realised this anyway), the pain is from the brutal operations i have had and the sleeplessness will improve. I did tell him that i have been using pillows under my leg in bed at night to try to reduce the swelling, i got a right telling off
NO PILLOWS ALLOWED he said, although they make your leg feel better, they cause the back of your knee to tighten up, causing even more pain, so from tonight, flat it will be !I feel much better after seeing him, i feel as though i can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. I was absolutely petrified on the day of my MUA, i have had several other surgical procedures and a C Section so i'm not a wuss when it comes to hospitals but i can't explain why i was so scared. The feeling of sheer elation when i woke up and could bend my knee was just the best feeling ever ! It makes you feel so much better, i'm sure it will help you a lot, don't be scared, it will be the (re) start of your recovery i'm sure.
