Re: recent knee replacement surgery issues

[Guest guest]

Hi there. you are right on target with your pain. So many people complain

about not being able to sleep, they say, " Well, it doesn't hurt that much, I

just can't get comfortable.... " I am a PT, and I can't tell you how many times

I've heard this.... Well, now that I've been the PATIENT I understand....

I am 8 weeks out on my second knee joint replacement, and I have felt it

too. Sometimes it feels almost like restless leg syndrome, little fluttery

muscle cramps on the top or the back that come and go. Sometimes

they are painful but mostly they are annoying. For a long time too, I

couldn't lie on the opposite side to the knee surgery, too much twisting

of my new knee. I think it is part of the soft tissue healing and also may

be a circulatory issue too. Just my theories.

The only relief I have found is gentle stretching (not the hard stretching),

and heat. I found those stick on pads that keep warm for 8 hours or so

immensely helpful. Sometimes using both cold and heat, cold first, also

works, like contrast baths. You should wait until you are off the blood

thinners before you use heat but that is usually around 1 month anyway.

I am still experiencing this, only in different muscles around my knee,

for instance lately I've been working maybe too hard on stretching my

hamstrings so they are sore and the flutters and cramps wake me up

at night.

Just thought it would help you to know how " normal " this feeling is. I

know it's hard to heal when you are losing sleep like that.

Hang in there

Annie Pal

PT in SC

On 5/10/08, andie_alex_mom37 <skippy62670@...> wrote:

> I had total knee replacement surgery about a month ago, and while

> the pain is subsiding from being bad, I am only able to get about 2

> to 3 hours of sleep a night. I wondered if anybody else has

> experienced this problem and have any suggestions.. I have tried

> everything all the way up to prescribed sleeping pills and nothing

> works. I wouldn't complain much but I have 2 young kids at home I

> have to take care of and I am missing alot of sleep which has me

> wore out all the time.. any ideas are appreciated..

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[Guest guest]

thank you for your comments.. it makes me feel like I'm not the only

experiencing this.. you would think they would come up with

something to help with the sleep though.. It can't be good for

people to lose so much sleep and the doctor expects you to be back

to normal within 6 weeks..

Thanks again

> > I had total knee replacement surgery about a month ago, and

while

> > the pain is subsiding from being bad, I am only able to get

about 2

> > to 3 hours of sleep a night. I wondered if anybody else has

> > experienced this problem and have any suggestions.. I have tried

> > everything all the way up to prescribed sleeping pills and

nothing

> > works. I wouldn't complain much but I have 2 young kids at home

I

> > have to take care of and I am missing alot of sleep which has me

> > wore out all the time.. any ideas are appreciated..

> >

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, , you'd think they would. Ambien and Lunesta were no help

at all. I'm dealing with a lot of shoulder pain at night too, blew

my shoulders

being on crutches and the walker so much before my surgery and in the 2

weeks after.

It's frustrating, because we DO need sleep to heal.

Annie

On 5/10/08, andie_alex_mom37 <skippy62670@...> wrote:

> thank you for your comments.. it makes me feel like I'm not the only

> experiencing this.. you would think they would come up with

> something to help with the sleep though.. It can't be good for

> people to lose so much sleep and the doctor expects you to be back

> to normal within 6 weeks..

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> Thanks again

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>> > I had total knee replacement surgery about a month ago, and

> while

>> > the pain is subsiding from being bad, I am only able to get

> about 2

>> > to 3 hours of sleep a night. I wondered if anybody else has

>> > experienced this problem and have any suggestions.. I have tried

>> > everything all the way up to prescribed sleeping pills and

> nothing

>> > works. I wouldn't complain much but I have 2 young kids at home

> I

>> > have to take care of and I am missing alot of sleep which has me

>> > wore out all the time.. any ideas are appreciated..

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I USED to sleep with my leg propped up on pillows.? My TKR was in Jan.? I fell

about 5 weeks ago and dr thought i had cracked my knee cap.? had bruises fro 2

weeks.? His exray was broken so had to go back a couple days later.? I have

extensive soft tissue damage.? I feel I am back to 6 months out of surgery.? I

ahve no trouble sleeping most of the time, but with our weather the arthritis in

the other knee, hip and ankle are sore.? The TKR knee still hurts if I am on it

for long periods and have to keep getting up and down or in and out of car.? At

times i wish i had never had it done.? Dont think i have had a day without pain

in the last 5 months, worse pain then just the bone on bone i had before.

Any one else have this problm

Re: recent knee replacement surgery issues

thank you for your comments.. it makes me feel like I'm not the only

experiencing this.. you would think they would come up with

something to help with the sleep though.. It can't be good for

people to lose so much sleep and the doctor expects you to be back

to normal within 6 weeks..

Thanks again

> > I had total knee replacement surgery about a month ago, and

while

> > the pain is subsiding from being bad, I am only able to get

about 2

> > to 3 hours of sleep a night. I wondered if anybody else has

> > experienced this problem and have any suggestions.. I have tried

> > everything all the way up to prescribed sleeping pills and

nothing

> > works. I wouldn't complain much but I have 2 young kids at home

I

> > have to take care of and I am missing alot of sleep which has me

> > wore out all the time.. any ideas are appreciated..

> >

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