Re: Re: I've been invited to speak at a conference!

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Thanks for this Diva

Which of the questions did you not know to ask about before hand? One of

the points I'll be making is that we don't necessarily know what to ask at

the time we're sat in front of the professional.

My surgeon was very helpful and would answer anything I asked him and

explain in as much detail as I wanted. I tried to prepare for our

consultations but always found I'd not thought of something or had an

important follow on quesiotn.

Like others I had questions about whether I was healing at the " right "

pace and whether my hip should still get these weird pains and vibrate.

Yes every now and then my hip gives a prolonged and pronounced shiver -

they say it may be the prelude to it starting to squeak. Yikes.

all the best

Pamela

Hello, I needed to know a complete overview of the process of the surgery,

> the possible pain level, and the process of PT. I needed to know how long

> it would be before I could go back to work. I needed more help and

> support with pain management. I needed to know that I had to fight for

> the flexion and extension. I went into this blindly. I had to go back to

> work in 3 weeks. Nobody, even my PT, told me soon enough about what would

> happen if the PT didn't go well. (I have 90-95 degrees flexion) I had no

> idea how painful it would be. I was never out of pain and suffered with

> every PT session. Even if I had proper pain meds, I couldn't take them

> because I was driving myself to PT by the 11th day.

> Because of what I learned from my first TKR, for my second TKR, I am

> planning on having home health and PT. I will also have 6 weeks off of

> work in the summer. Another thing I learned was that more people need MUA

> during the winter. Because I did my TKR before the coldest and wettest

> part of the year, I didn't feel like moving as much as I should have. I

> know doctors want to do surgery all year long, but I believe patients do

> better in warmer weather.

> Another question I have for doctors, is how much does the state of all

> your soft tissue effect the extension and flexion of the knee after TKR. I

> thoroughly believe that because I limped for a couple years before the

> surgery, that the tightness of my soft tissues contributed to my

> difficulty in flexion.

> Sincerely, Devora

>

>

>>

>>

>> The questions I have been asked to talk on are

>> 1. What do patients need to know (I'd say want to know as well)

>> 2. How could the patient pathway from diagnosis to recovery be

>> improved.

>>

>> I'd really like to hear other people's ideas of what I should say as I

>> really don't just want to give them my opinion.

>>

>> Any help much appreciated

>> Thanks

>> Pamela

>>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Could you tell me what MUA means please?

Thanks

Lin

Hello, I needed to know a complete overview of the process of the surgery,

the possible pain level, and the process of PT. I needed to know how long

it would be before I could go back to work. I needed more help and support

with pain management. I needed to know that I had to fight for the flexion

and extension. I went into this blindly. I had to go back to work in 3

weeks. Nobody, even my PT, told me soon enough about what would happen if

the PT didn't go well. (I have 90-95 degrees flexion) I had no idea how

painful it would be. I was never out of pain and suffered with every PT

session. Even if I had proper pain meds, I couldn't take them because I was

driving myself to PT by the 11th day.

Because of what I learned from my first TKR, for my second TKR, I am

planning on having home health and PT. I will also have 6 weeks off of work

in the summer. Another thing I learned was that more people need MUA during

the winter. Because I did my TKR before the coldest and wettest part of the

year, I didn't feel like moving as much as I should have. I know doctors

want to do surgery all year long, but I believe patients do better in warmer

weather.

Another question I have for doctors, is how much does the state of all your

soft tissue effect the extension and flexion of the knee after TKR. I

thoroughly believe that because I limped for a couple years before the

surgery, that the tightness of my soft tissues contributed to my difficulty

in flexion.

Sincerely, Devora

>

>

> The questions I have been asked to talk on are

> 1. What do patients need to know (I'd say want to know as well)

> 2. How could the patient pathway from diagnosis to recovery be improved.

>

> I'd really like to hear other people's ideas of what I should say as I

> really don't just want to give them my opinion.

>

> Any help much appreciated

> Thanks

> Pamela

>

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Tinopener <tinopener@...> wrote:

>Could you tell me what MUA means please?

>

>Thanks

>

>Lin

>

>Hello, I needed to know a complete overview of the process of the surgery,

>the possible pain level, and the process of PT. I needed to know how long

>it would be before I could go back to work. I needed more help and support

>with pain management. I needed to know that I had to fight for the flexion

>and extension. I went into this blindly. I had to go back to work in 3

>weeks. Nobody, even my PT, told me soon enough about what would happen if

>the PT didn't go well. (I have 90-95 degrees flexion) I had no idea how

>painful it would be. I was never out of pain and suffered with every PT

>session. Even if I had proper pain meds, I couldn't take them because I was

>driving myself to PT by the 11th day.

>Because of what I learned from my first TKR, for my second TKR, I am

>planning on having home health and PT. I will also have 6 weeks off of work

>in the summer. Another thing I learned was that more people need MUA during

>the winter. Because I did my TKR before the coldest and wettest part of the

>year, I didn't feel like moving as much as I should have. I know doctors

>want to do surgery all year long, but I believe patients do better in warmer

>weather.

>Another question I have for doctors, is how much does the state of all your

>soft tissue effect the extension and flexion of the knee after TKR. I

>thoroughly believe that because I limped for a couple years before the

>surgery, that the tightness of my soft tissues contributed to my difficulty

>in flexion.

>Sincerely, Devora

>

>

>>

>>

>> The questions I have been asked to talk on are

>> 1. What do patients need to know (I'd say want to know as well)

>> 2. How could the patient pathway from diagnosis to recovery be improved.

>>

>> I'd really like to hear other people's ideas of what I should say as I

>> really don't just want to give them my opinion.

>>

>> Any help much appreciated

>> Thanks

>> Pamela

>>

>

>

>

>

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Devora:

My questions were similar to this also, and I got alot of information from my

surgeon, but most of what I learned came from this group far ahead of surgery. I

lurked here for a good year before I even knew how to interview the surgeons I

went to. What I found when I did ask questions were the answers were a little

more vague than I would have liked, but they were correct in letting me know

that my recovery would be specific to me. The two most difficult areas I had

were understanding the pain management (and how much pain I should be in) and

how long to stay off work. For my THR, my surgeon said I could return to work on

the third week. I returned on the fourth, but could have handled another week

even.

On May 28, 2011, at 12:34 AM, Diva wrote:

> Hello, I needed to know a complete overview of the process of the surgery, the

possible pain level, and the process of PT. I needed to know how long it would

be before I could go back to work. I needed more help and support with pain

management. I needed to know that I had to fight for the flexion and extension.

I went into this blindly. I had to go back to work in 3 weeks. Nobody, even my

PT, told me soon enough about what would happen if the PT didn't go well. (I

have 90-95 degrees flexion) I had no idea how painful it would be. I was never

out of pain and suffered with every PT session. Even if I had proper pain meds,

I couldn't take them because I was driving myself to PT by the 11th day.

> Because of what I learned from my first TKR, for my second TKR, I am planning

on having home health and PT. I will also have 6 weeks off of work in the

summer. Another thing I learned was that more people need MUA during the winter.

Because I did my TKR before the coldest and wettest part of the year, I didn't

feel like moving as much as I should have. I know doctors want to do surgery all

year long, but I believe patients do better in warmer weather.

> Another question I have for doctors, is how much does the state of all your

soft tissue effect the extension and flexion of the knee after TKR. I thoroughly

believe that because I limped for a couple years before the surgery, that the

tightness of my soft tissues contributed to my difficulty in flexion.

> Sincerely, Devora

>

>

> >

> >

> > The questions I have been asked to talk on are

> > 1. What do patients need to know (I'd say want to know as well)

> > 2. How could the patient pathway from diagnosis to recovery be improved.

> >

> > I'd really like to hear other people's ideas of what I should say as I

really don't just want to give them my opinion.

> >

> > Any help much appreciated

> > Thanks

> > Pamela

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you! I'd not come across the term before.

Lin

manipulation under anaesthetic