Re: Re: Lower leg pain after replacement

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Thanks for the info, Bill! I do have an appointment on Monday to get things

checked out. There is no reddness on the skin, it feels more like it's in the

bone (shin area). I was trying to find things about it on the internet and it

came up with things like shin splints....or tendons.  It could even be a stress

fracture! So, until Monday I'm just going to take it easy and put ice on it.

I'll let you know what I find out!

Take care and God bless!

Patty

  Patty

From: Bill <wwblues2@...>

Subject: Re: Lower leg pain after replacement

Joint Replacement

Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:48 AM

>

> Hi everyone! I am just wondering...I had my right knee replaced almost

> a year ago and have been doing great except for four weeks ago...I did

> alot of sitting and standing and now my lower leg (shin area) has been

> very painful! Has anyone else had this problem? I don't know what

I've

> done to it, but the pain is constant and sometimes it feels like my

> knee is burning! I put ice on it and rest as much as I can and I also

> have a doctors appt. next week to find out what is going on. Any ideas

> of what may be going on would be helpful!! Thanks and God bless!

>

Is the pain in the skin, in the bone or in the muscle? When you say

your knee feels like it is burning, do you mean in the joint area of

the bone?

Is the skin painful to light touch? Is it red? If there is a red

area, draw an outline around it right on the edge with a ball point

pen so you can see if the red area is expanding. If it is expanding,

leave the pen marks on it so the doc can see its growth. Is your calf

swollen?

Why don't you call your orthopedic surgeon's office in the next couple

of minutes and describe what you feel to them. They typically take

emergency calls on weekends, too. If that appointment is with your

family doctor, I'd be on the phone to your ortho surgeon immediately.

Don't blow it off until next week. If there is an infection, even if

it is in the skin like cellulitis, they need to get on it immediately

if not sooner so it doesn't get into the joint. If it is a blood clot,

you need to get right on that, too.

Hopefully it will be something easy.

Bill in Minneapolis

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