Re: surgery (no pain meds prior to eirher surgery)

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I was not on any pain meds just before eirher my last yesrs sudden and

unexpected THR nor my recent TKR.

My hip was continually dislocaring on me and nothing short of sitting in a chair

o wheel chair or succeeding for a short time ( sometimes only a few hours )

getting it back into the joint would have been able to relieve me of the

excruciating pain.

The knee which i finally had done this past month I had no choice but to baby

( or never leave home for 7 years) with two wrist crutches or two canes or an

electric mobility cart in rder for me to get around out of the house for the

past 7 years Those various devices served to protect my back from damages and

also served as my pain meds in place of any pain meds.

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> > Hey Sherry,

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> > You need to take your pain meds as directed, you will heal faster if you

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> > are not in pain.

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> > In a message dated 9/3/2011 9:03:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

> > sherryhh@ writes:

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> > Both my knees were bad so when the Dr. marked the knee for the surgery,

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> > told him if he got the wrong one, it wouldn't matter since they were

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> > bad. He got a good laugh. I am on my 6th week post op but still

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> > lot of pain in my knee, thigh and hip. My sciatic nerve is also

> bothering me

> > quite a bit. What do you find best for the pain? I have never

> worrried

> > about getting " hooked " on pain meds. I am very careful and only take

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> > when needed. I should take it as directed and that way the pain won't

> get so

> > bad. Wishing you all pain free days and good healthy. SherryHH

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