Guest guest Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hm. Well, this is kind of like a riddle, and I think everyone¹s answer will be different. Here are my three: 1. Be prepared for an ordeal. Make no mistake, it will be an awful couple of weeks, but it gets better very fast. Try not to lose perspective. 2. Do your rehab exercises faithfully. No matter what. If you¹re in a lot of pain get adequate pain relief, but recovery depends very much on being very very committed to rehab, whatever it takes. 3. This surgery is successful something like 95% of the time. YOU WILL WALK WITHOUT PAIN once you heal. Hardly anyone, afterwards, says, ³I did this too soon.² Everyone says, ³I can¹t understand why I waited so long.² F TKR 1/15/09 Two years ago! on 1/13/11 11:44 AM, Jeff Tibbs at trimman4133@... wrote: > > > > > > Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is > what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 I agree. -- Re: New TKR Hm. Well, this is kind of like a riddle, and I think everyone¹s answer will be different. Here are my three: 1. Be prepared for an ordeal. Make no mistake, it will be an awful couple of weeks, but it gets better very fast. Try not to lose perspective. 2. Do your rehab exercises faithfully. No matter what. If you¹re in a lot of pain get adequate pain relief, but recovery depends very much on being very very committed to rehab, whatever it takes. 3. This surgery is successful something like 95% of the time. YOU WILL WALK WITHOUT PAIN once you heal. Hardly anyone, afterwards, says, ³I did this too soon.² Everyone says, ³I can¹t understand why I waited so long.² F TKR 1/15/09 Two years ago! on 1/13/11 11:44 AM, Jeff Tibbs at trimman4133@... wrote: > > > > > > Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is > what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Agreed, Jeff - I didnt have that much ice so used a bag of frozen peas - they moulded round the knee very well! Lin All great replies so far. I would just add the importance of using ice every few hours and elevating the leg as much as possible. It's most important to do your exercises religiously and don't be afraid of pain meds. For most they are extremely important in the healing process. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I agree with everyone except for one major, I think, thing. I found that ice, whether in expensive covered form or frozen peas, made my pain worse. I used heat to get relief. This is something that a person has to work out for themselves. I think the one thing we will all agree on is that we are all different and reacted in many different ways to the pain, confinement and therapy. Joan, NYC, TKR 12/09 ________________________________ From: Scharff <zinsdad@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 11:13:20 AM Subject: Re: New TKR All great replies so far. I would just add the importance of using ice every few hours and elevating the leg as much as possible. It's most important to do your exercises religiously and don't be afraid of pain meds. For most they are extremely important in the healing process. Jeff ________________________________ From: Jeff Tibbs <trimman4133@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 2:44:27 PM Subject: New TKR Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I completely agrre with that, I'm a lucky one I have a high tolerance for pain so during my 5 day hospital stay I only had Vicodin before my TP session I have been out 3 month on the 18th of this month and only went thru a bottle of the Vicodin but the lower dosage But true everybody is different, me when I have discomfort on my knee rest takes care of it I just stop the exercising for a day and feel great the next day. I have a Don Joy ice machine that helps a lot with the swolling  Julio Romero TKR 10-18-2010 ________________________________ From: Joan Kell <kell_joan@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:04:04 PM Subject: Re: New TKR  I agree with everyone except for one major, I think, thing. I found that ice, whether in expensive covered form or frozen peas, made my pain worse. I used heat to get relief. This is something that a person has to work out for themselves. I think the one thing we will all agree on is that we are all different and reacted in many different ways to the pain, confinement and therapy. Joan, NYC, TKR 12/09 ________________________________ From: Scharff <zinsdad@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 11:13:20 AM Subject: Re: New TKR All great replies so far. I would just add the importance of using ice every few hours and elevating the leg as much as possible. It's most important to do your exercises religiously and don't be afraid of pain meds. For most they are extremely important in the healing process. Jeff ________________________________ From: Jeff Tibbs <trimman4133@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 2:44:27 PM Subject: New TKR Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 And in response to number 3: Last year the beginning of Jan. we met relatives in Pittsburg for a late chirstmas celebration. I was just 2 months out from my TKR and was walking (hobbling) with a walker. Yesterday, we had the same celebration. I spent a lot of time walking around the restaurant, carrying my 30 pound grandson! My only regret is that I didn't get them both done at the same time! f. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Im posting for my sister who is about to have knee replacement.My question is > > what the top 3 things to know about this before surgery? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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