Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
707 followers · 596 posts · Server toad.social

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

Last updated 1 year ago

Howard Smith MD, AM · @Drhowardsmith
1 followers · 413 posts · Server masto.nyc

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%.
youtu.be/7x8Kg7Sm5X8

#kneereplacement #pain #opioids #narcotics #addiction

Last updated 1 year ago

Dimestorehalo · @Dimestorehalo
20 followers · 580 posts · Server qoto.org

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 showing up in a tux from a wedding.)

3 months after TKR, I wasn't making progress in 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 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

#orthopedic #nickel #kneereplacement #TKR #rant #inflammation #orthopedicsurgeon #orthopedist #pt #gi #medical

Last updated 2 years ago

Mark Squires :orangewine: · @marksquires
587 followers · 510 posts · Server epicure.social

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

Last updated 2 years ago

OhioSQ · @OhioSQ
107 followers · 545 posts · Server ohai.social

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

#fibromyalgia #kneereplacement

Last updated 2 years ago

Gtmlosangeles · @Gtmlosangeles
203 followers · 337 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

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

Last updated 2 years ago

IronWynch · @wynch
121 followers · 1191 posts · Server soc.ironwyn.ch

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

Last updated 2 years ago

Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
477 followers · 3918 posts · Server toad.social

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

Last updated 2 years ago

IronWynch · @IronWynch
204 followers · 3927 posts · Server mastodon.social

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

Last updated 2 years ago

OhioSQ · @OhioSQ
96 followers · 436 posts · Server ohai.social

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

#kneereplacement

Last updated 2 years ago

Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
464 followers · 3647 posts · Server toad.social

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

Last updated 2 years ago

Samantha Brennan · @SamBrennan
208 followers · 70 posts · Server hcommons.social

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


fitisafeministissue.com/2023/0

#bikejoy #kneereplacement

Last updated 2 years ago

SusanG02 🎄🤶🎁 · @SusanG02
78 followers · 146 posts · Server mastodon.online

Anyone have a constrained ? My joint means I can't get a regular 😢

#tkr #hyperflexability #kneereplacement

Last updated 2 years ago

SusanG02 · @SusanG02
90 followers · 217 posts · Server mastodon.online

Anyone have a constrained ? My joint means I can't get a regular 😢

#tkr #hyperflexability #kneereplacement

Last updated 2 years ago

Samantha Brennan · @SamBrennan
113 followers · 35 posts · Server hcommons.social
Mark Squires :orangewine: · @marksquires
410 followers · 244 posts · Server epicure.social

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

Last updated 2 years ago

SusanG02 🎄🤶🎁 · @SusanG02
50 followers · 105 posts · Server mastodon.online

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

#kneereplacement #tkr

Last updated 2 years ago

SusanG02 · @SusanG02
90 followers · 217 posts · Server mastodon.online

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

#kneereplacement #tkr

Last updated 2 years ago

Delmer · @delmer
0 followers · 1 posts · Server noc.social

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.



#kneereplacementsurgery #kneereplacement #knee

Last updated 2 years ago

Spinal Vs General Anesthesia in Knee Replacement Surgery -

doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.104B

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

Last updated 2 years ago