Post op day 4. Without thinking, the leg rises and bends so I can put on my shoe, and I can walk in my usual flowing manner instead of pushwalker-step-step-pushwalker…. Starting the pain med taper.
#kneereplacement #postop

Physical Therapy Cuts Opioid Use After Knee Surgery: Best Of: Dec, 2021
Physical therapy (PT) before or after knee replacement therapy reduces the chances that a person will require long-term opioid therapy by 25- 29%. #kneereplacement #pain #opioids #narcotics #addiction
https://youtu.be/7x8Kg7Sm5X8

#orthopedic #medical #nickel #kneereplacement #TKR #rant #inflammation #orthopedicsurgeon

This is a rant and a medical story, so please just skip this if you wish.

I'm in a bit of a sad and don't want to worry SO more than I already have, but I need to get this out somehow.

Background: Short version--Knee replacement almost 2 1/2 years ago. (Long version involves Bear Bryant and a #orthopedist showing up in a tux from a wedding.)

3 months after TKR, I wasn't making progress in #PT anymore. Besides the swelling and pain, I also developed a pretty bad, consistent case of 💩 💩 💩. Doc said come back in a year. No change, came back in a year, "Come back in a year. Inflammatory markers in blood tests don't mean anything."

So, I went back this year. Doc has left the hospital and there isn't anyone else who does joint replacements here. I told the PA about all the inflammatory issues I'm having and reminded him that I told everyone I have a nickel sensitivity. There's a very expensive blood test available which tests for sensitivity to all components of the replacement.

Turns out--I am very reactive to nickel, which is in my implant. The PA got on the phone with the original, now departed, surgeon, who recommended that I see another surgeon from the city who does office hours up here a couple of times a month.

Saw this new surgeon Friday. Turns out the plastic fake meniscus is faulty and that is the least of the worries. I will have to drive/fly down to the city for a 3-phase bone scan which may/may not show the cause of the swelling in my leg and knee. He's pretty suspicious of the nickel sensitivity, and repeated "Your implant has nickel in it" at least 3 times.

The new guy can do the insert replacement but not a revision. Also, I'm looking at starting a new teaching job (not renewing my current position) and being out for 3-6 months will mess up any new contract I might sign.

Then, there is the future #GI appointment I have at the end of May, also in the city. That appointment took nearly 10 months to get scheduled.

The rant part of this--I told him I had an allergy to nickel, I knew 3 months into this that something was wrong, and no one was listening! Maybe the problem is just the insert, but the original doc should have taken the complaints more seriously--allowed me to come back in 3 or 6 months for additional follow-up. This may seriously affect me professionally and financially

Right knee just replaced. Now back in my hospital room. It seemed to go well, after a shaky beginning. For those who remember my left knee photo from December, I personally think the right implant is prettier. But hey, that's just me. Reasonable minds may differ.

Anesthesia has worn off, so this post may actually be coherent. No guarantees. I have a great doctor, and we are on track.
#kneereplacement

I would do about anything for one pain free day. Ugh 😩 #fibromyalgia #KneeReplacement

I would like to ask questions about knee replacement from:
- Folks 60 or older with osteoarthritis who
- Decided to get knee replacement or
- Considered knee replacement and decided not to get it

Thanks in advance. Please boost.

#knee
#kneereplacement
#arthritis
#osteoarthritis

So that y'all know, my Pixelfed thingy is at @nefertaueret
I just posted some photos from 2020, the year I got my second knee replacement.
#Pixelfed #MetaPixl #photos #KneeReplacement

What I see
(during a half hour session of laying flat on the guest bed with the knee up on three pillows)

#KneeReplacement #KneeRehab #photography

I had my first session of dry needling this morning. I hope it will help my foot pain, but we'll see. So far though, I can now feel a few square inches around my new left knee that I haven't been able to feel for 2 years. So it shook something in there loose.
National health insurance with preventive and complimentary care is great and everyone should have it!
#DryNeedling #Acupuncture #ChineseMedicine #KneeReplacement #FootPain #ChronicPain

#KneeReplacement Glad we got the adjustable bed! Perfect for leg elevation after PT today.

My temporary drawing studio is waiting in the dining room. Still a bit too unfocused. Meanwhile I did the math: between walking, icing, exercising, and elevating, the knee replacement regimen is a full time job taking at least 6 hours daily to assure maximum benefit.
Maybe this is why it has a reputation as “difficult rehab”? I am finding it easy to just treat it like a long weird kata and surrender to the form.
#KneeReplacement #PhysicalRehab #PT #kata

Can Sam still ride a bike? Let’s find out! – FIT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE

#bikejoy
#kneereplacement

https://fitisafeministissue.com/2023/01/23/can-sam-still-ride-a-bike-lets-find-out/

Anyone have a constrained #KneeReplacement? My joint #hyperflexability means I can't get a regular #TKR 😢

Anyone have a constrained #KneeReplacement? My joint #hyperflexability means I can't get a regular #TKR 😢

I'm Zwifting again. Zoom, zoom...

#zwift
#cycling
#kneereplacement

https://fitisafeministissue.com/?p=224277

My new knee. I sure hope this one does better than the last one, the original. The spinal anesthesia has not worn off, so I am in a very cheery mood. I did ask the doctor for the model that had room for storage of 6 oz of Riesling and a hole for a straw, but he said they didn't exist. ☹️This could be an interesting marketplace idea. Don't tell anyone.
#kneereplacement #wine

Feeling very much done with my bone on bone arthritic knees. It may be time to look into getting #TKR #KneeReplacement

Feeling very much done with my bone on bone arthritic knees. It may be time to look into getting #TKR #KneeReplacement

I had a total knee replacement 11 days ago. I can't believe how little pain I've been in during recovery. I did a pretty good job when it came to taking pain meds on time, but I did the same thing a year ago when I had a less- invasive surgery done and that one hurt, 9 on 10, for days.

I'd rate the highest my pain had been at this surgery at a 4. Maybe a 5, briefly.

Amazing.

#Knee
#KneeReplacement
#KneeReplacementSurgery

Spinal Vs General Anesthesia in Knee Replacement Surgery -

https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.104B11.BJJ-2022-0469.R2

Having a Spinal means:
Less pain,
less morphine requirement,
less delirium,
less blood transfusions,
less risk of hospital readmission,
less risk of revision / any reoperation.

#spinal #anaesthesia #generalanaesthesia #kneereplacement #tkr #knee #NHS #boneandjoint