Re: Partial Knee Replacement

Cheryl,
Sounds like you are progressing quite well - it sure hasn't been too long
and relying on your crutches seems to me to be reasonable. Talk to your
doctor and your physio.

Oh and welcome! It is a little quiet here right now and could be our "knee"
people are offline and gardening at the moment.

kelly

"4him" <jubilater1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jun 17, 5:19 pm, RoseB <Imarosa...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow!! You must have lost a great deal of weight if you are 138 pounds
at 5'8". How did you do it?? (LOL)
Welcome to the group. I feel thawt you have not been welcomed properly
probably as a result of most people not having an experience to share
regarding the partial TKR.
I have had both knees replaced, and one of those revised- but that was
many years ago now. My last surgery was in 1985. I was 24 with my
first tkr.

I had total knees done, and in those days the protocol was for a
lengthy hospital stay with intensive on-site rehab. I was in hospital
for a total of 6 weeks with each of my surgeries. What is missing in
today's model of rapid discharge is the post-op care. As part of my
post-op regimen I had exercise class, walking re-education, physio
treatment (ice packs), and other such sessions. The day was full, but
the results were well worth it. I think walking re-education was most
helpful to improve gait issues cause by long term problems associated
with flexion contractures. Anyway enough about me.

My point in all that was that postop care included pain management.
From what I recall, having pain at 9 days post-op does not seem
unusual.

Do you ice the area? Do you elevate the leg? Are you careful not to
weight bear, or to not overdo?

Icing is helpful, as is using pain management prophylactically-before
the pain becomes too intense.

Please keep us updated on your progress.
Rose @}>->--
Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks
to understand it. RB



Thanks for the welcome Rose. Yes, I have lost a lot of weight; 160
lbs to be exact. As I mentioned, this my 5th surgery in 4 years; the
first was a gastric bypass for weight loss. Out of the 4 that
followed, only 1 was related to the bypass; a panniculectomy (sp?) or
tummy tuck.

I do ice my knee several times a day, and always following PT. I'm
most comfortable in bed with a pillow under my knees but I'm not sure
that qualifies as 'elevating my leg'. I admit to 'sucking it up' in
an attempt to use less pain medication, mostly because I seem to be
going through it so fast (about 2 percocet every 5-6 hours). I don't
think I'm over doing it and I'm still relying pretty heavily on my
crutches. Hmmm...maybe I'm expecting too much and am progressing just
as I should be. That would be fine with me ;)

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. I hope to speak with my
doctor tomorrow and will keep you posted.

Blessings, Cheryl



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