Hello fellow TKR friends!
Thankfully I found this website tonight. I thought I'd gotten off to a good start after my TKR January 7th. Well, all but not getting my leg straighter than 6 degrees even after PTs pushed, pulled, weighted, exercised, stretched, scraped and iced! I felt like a "bad girl" and often sat at home with my leg straight and weighted.
I can bike, "run" on treadmill at 2.1 mph, step up and down, walk backwards … you name it, but then go home and almost cry for up to 36 hours: pain, pain, pain. About the time the pain subsides it is time for PT again. Last week I called and cancelled PT, but have signed up to go tomorrow; thinking to ask for the kinder, gentler path.
Sitting with leg properly elevated with ice this evening and hoping that will bring relief from pain that feels like a metal rod wanting to poke out from my op knee (R) toward the outside/right when I walk.
Guess it was not such a good start to come home on day 2 to do most everything for myself. I did have only to warm food the first week as a number of friends brought prepared dishes and also transported me to the dreaded PT. Praising God I've been able to drive myself since day 10 and have been able to take care of all my own needs … but maybe this has meant too much time standing/walking and has brought on some of this pain.
Trying to manage with few NSAIDS (1 Aleve, 1 Diclophenac per 24 hours) as they mess with my blood pressure and 2.5 mg of Oxycodone two to three times per 24 hours ... mostly at night when knee and ankle are almost as painful as walking/standing.
Thankfully I found this website tonight. I thought I'd gotten off to a good start after my TKR January 7th. Well, all but not getting my leg straighter than 6 degrees even after PTs pushed, pulled, weighted, exercised, stretched, scraped and iced! I felt like a "bad girl" and often sat at home with my leg straight and weighted.
I can bike, "run" on treadmill at 2.1 mph, step up and down, walk backwards … you name it, but then go home and almost cry for up to 36 hours: pain, pain, pain. About the time the pain subsides it is time for PT again. Last week I called and cancelled PT, but have signed up to go tomorrow; thinking to ask for the kinder, gentler path.
Sitting with leg properly elevated with ice this evening and hoping that will bring relief from pain that feels like a metal rod wanting to poke out from my op knee (R) toward the outside/right when I walk.
Guess it was not such a good start to come home on day 2 to do most everything for myself. I did have only to warm food the first week as a number of friends brought prepared dishes and also transported me to the dreaded PT. Praising God I've been able to drive myself since day 10 and have been able to take care of all my own needs … but maybe this has meant too much time standing/walking and has brought on some of this pain.
Trying to manage with few NSAIDS (1 Aleve, 1 Diclophenac per 24 hours) as they mess with my blood pressure and 2.5 mg of Oxycodone two to three times per 24 hours ... mostly at night when knee and ankle are almost as painful as walking/standing.