smokey1
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Good morning,
It’s early but time means nothing in a hospital. Well, I had my total right knee replacement surgery yesterday. I had General Anesthesia and I woke up fine with no nausea or dizziness. They gave me a local in my knee before they stitched me up. That helped with the pain for most of the day. My surgery was at 10:30 AM. PT came about 4 and I was able to lift my knee about 2 inches and bend my knee about 70 percent . No problem using the walker and down the lobby and then to the bathroom. But at 7 PM , I needed Ocycotin and lifting my knee and my knee in general was a lot more painful, as they said it would be, because the local wore off. But still can manage walking with walker okay and lifting my leg , it just hurts more. I am going to try to stay ahead of the pain by keeping up with my meds. Good news , my leg is finally straight after years of being misaligned and knocked knee. No unusual nerve pain yet and can bend my toes. The journey begins...
It’s early but time means nothing in a hospital. Well, I had my total right knee replacement surgery yesterday. I had General Anesthesia and I woke up fine with no nausea or dizziness. They gave me a local in my knee before they stitched me up. That helped with the pain for most of the day. My surgery was at 10:30 AM. PT came about 4 and I was able to lift my knee about 2 inches and bend my knee about 70 percent . No problem using the walker and down the lobby and then to the bathroom. But at 7 PM , I needed Ocycotin and lifting my knee and my knee in general was a lot more painful, as they said it would be, because the local wore off. But still can manage walking with walker okay and lifting my leg , it just hurts more. I am going to try to stay ahead of the pain by keeping up with my meds. Good news , my leg is finally straight after years of being misaligned and knocked knee. No unusual nerve pain yet and can bend my toes. The journey begins...