JDonovan
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- Glens Falls, NY
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Even though I already had a previous TKR, I HAD to attend "class" (granted, it was 2 years ago and with a different surgeon and a different hospital).
They went over all the standard stuff that I remember quite well from my first TKR. What struck me was the fact that each department (i.e, nursing, nutrition, anesthesia and PT), gave a different length of stay expectation.
First off, my surgeon said 3 days, which was better than my previous 5 day experience. The nurse in the class said "some of you will go home the next day, a few will stay 2", anesthesia said "1 day, possibly 2", nutrition had no idea....then PT came in....first words "uh, plan on being here 3 days, you don't leave here till WE say you can leave here".
For me, it's not a big deal, but there were some clearly and understandably confused people in the class.
They went over all the standard stuff that I remember quite well from my first TKR. What struck me was the fact that each department (i.e, nursing, nutrition, anesthesia and PT), gave a different length of stay expectation.
First off, my surgeon said 3 days, which was better than my previous 5 day experience. The nurse in the class said "some of you will go home the next day, a few will stay 2", anesthesia said "1 day, possibly 2", nutrition had no idea....then PT came in....first words "uh, plan on being here 3 days, you don't leave here till WE say you can leave here".
For me, it's not a big deal, but there were some clearly and understandably confused people in the class.