Woodworking on hold for a while: Don't open before a meal.
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cliffp
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Hope your recovery goes well! When I saw the title I was afraid it was a woodworking accident and I'm relieved it isn't. My knee surgeon tells me I'll need a knee replacement one day (two ops already) so I have that to look forward to.
Best wishes
Cliff
Best wishes
Cliff
Uh, looks painful. My sister and my Aunt both had knee replacements and never mention it now. That, to me, is an indication that they are very successful operations.
I need to have both my hips replaced, but have been putting it off for 5+ years now.
Don't skip your pain meds. Better to stay ahead of the pain for a couple of weeks at least. Get well soon!
I need to have both my hips replaced, but have been putting it off for 5+ years now.
Don't skip your pain meds. Better to stay ahead of the pain for a couple of weeks at least. Get well soon!
Thanks all, no staples involved, just dissolvable stitches which should be gone after 12 days.
Problem is, I had it done under one NHS Trust, but live under another so the passing of information hasn't been as smooth as it could be.
Today was the first day at home and the pain level has increased significantly, the meds they gave me for pain relief were not the same as those that I was having in hospital, fortunately I have just had delivery of the missing meds which were now prescribed by my own Doctor so should soon feel more pain relief.
Problem is, I had it done under one NHS Trust, but live under another so the passing of information hasn't been as smooth as it could be.
Today was the first day at home and the pain level has increased significantly, the meds they gave me for pain relief were not the same as those that I was having in hospital, fortunately I have just had delivery of the missing meds which were now prescribed by my own Doctor so should soon feel more pain relief.
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That looks painful. As mentioned, try to stay ahead of the pain - i.e. don't let it start hurting before you dose or you'll pay heck catching up. Take your pain meds as scheduled, not just when it starts hurting.
Follow the doctor's instructions and take it easy for a bit. You'll be back at it in no time.
Follow the doctor's instructions and take it easy for a bit. You'll be back at it in no time.
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That image is fairly ugly. Wishing you godspeed in your recovery! As said, if you have any prescribed notions to not take the pain medication then please lose them. No pain = healing faster and better.
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Hi Ed
Gosh, that does look sore.
I am sure that you will get loads of brilliant advice from the physiotherapist and doctors but do your very best to battle through the pain to keep it moving and to regain the strength in those muscles.
Good luck with the recovery - this must be the right time to read a good book (I am sure you know the one I mean) !
Now I must go and eat my toad in the hole.
Peter
Gosh, that does look sore.
I am sure that you will get loads of brilliant advice from the physiotherapist and doctors but do your very best to battle through the pain to keep it moving and to regain the strength in those muscles.
Good luck with the recovery - this must be the right time to read a good book (I am sure you know the one I mean) !
Now I must go and eat my toad in the hole.
Peter
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Wow! That looks like my joinery before I started using the Domino ;D
Just kidding! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Just kidding! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Ed,
If you have to have the other one done, maybe you can loan the doctor one of your guide rails to make the incision with! LOL! [big grin]
Glad to hear you are back home and good luck with the recovery.
Please try to keep up with any exercises and therapy they give you. I had both knees done (six months apart) and I was moved soon after each surgery to a rehab hospital where I had therapy twice a day for about 3 hours total each day for a week. That was followed up by in-home and outpatient therapy for quite a few months after. It was a lot of work at the time, but I really think it helped me to recover quicker. Now, if I could only lose a few kilos!
Mike A.
If you have to have the other one done, maybe you can loan the doctor one of your guide rails to make the incision with! LOL! [big grin]
Glad to hear you are back home and good luck with the recovery.
Please try to keep up with any exercises and therapy they give you. I had both knees done (six months apart) and I was moved soon after each surgery to a rehab hospital where I had therapy twice a day for about 3 hours total each day for a week. That was followed up by in-home and outpatient therapy for quite a few months after. It was a lot of work at the time, but I really think it helped me to recover quicker. Now, if I could only lose a few kilos!
Mike A.
Thanks all for the sentiments.
Peter, I have already read and very much enjoyed Stone Message, definitely worth more than the £0.99 it cost and I can highly recommend it to others.
Yes, I also need the other knee done too, unfortunately many years of super obesity (topped out at 30st 7lbs) has completely shot my cartilages, as I am now under 18st they have finally agreed to get them done. I was lucky that I met the NICE guidelines as they don't like doing them on the NHS for people under 65 unless they really have to. As I had tried everything else including 5 years of cortisone injections into the knees and even they were only providing a few days relief afterwards they had no other option really.
So a bit of a bad/good story, I have to say the care I received from the Torbay & South Devon Trust was outstanding and am very pleased I went East instead of West to have it done. The reputation of the Cornwall NHS Trust is not so rosy.
Peter, I have already read and very much enjoyed Stone Message, definitely worth more than the £0.99 it cost and I can highly recommend it to others.
Yes, I also need the other knee done too, unfortunately many years of super obesity (topped out at 30st 7lbs) has completely shot my cartilages, as I am now under 18st they have finally agreed to get them done. I was lucky that I met the NICE guidelines as they don't like doing them on the NHS for people under 65 unless they really have to. As I had tried everything else including 5 years of cortisone injections into the knees and even they were only providing a few days relief afterwards they had no other option really.
So a bit of a bad/good story, I have to say the care I received from the Torbay & South Devon Trust was outstanding and am very pleased I went East instead of West to have it done. The reputation of the Cornwall NHS Trust is not so rosy.
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We could start a whole new thread speculating which Festool tool the surgeon used - I bags the Vecturo !
Anyone who says the Conturo just does not know anything about basic surgery.
Peter
Anyone who says the Conturo just does not know anything about basic surgery.
Peter
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Hi!
You might want to keep an eye on those blisters on your thigh. And don't pop them.
Why's the incision so long up your thigh?
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
A.
You might want to keep an eye on those blisters on your thigh. And don't pop them.
Why's the incision so long up your thigh?
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
A.
charley1968 said:
Thank You.
Blisters are now fully covered under a dressing, that will be changed on Thursday before being completely removed on the 2nd March. Hopefully the blisters will be gone/reduced by then.
I think the Incision looks further up the thigh than it actually is due to foreshortening from the lens used on my iphone 5S (taken as a selfie during the last dressing change before I was allowed to go home yesterday afternoon). The incision does come up to about 5" above the knee on the Femur. Total wound length is about 10" long, 5" above and 5" below the knee.
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Yes, has to be the foreshorting. Good luck!
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Ed,
I had my right knee replaced 18 months ago. As others have said, stay ahead of the pain, especially that first couple of weeks. I had some home therapy and nursing, along with several months of physical therapy 3 times a week.
Had the other knee replaced 6 months ago. No home therapy, less than two months PT. The one thing to do is just get up and move, walk, exercise. Not to the extreme, but just build up how much you walk about daily. My surgeon was extremely pleased with my progress, so much so that as mentioned above, it reduced the physical therapy time. Key is just build up the strength, the rest more or less takes care of itself. With time, more flex, more strength....
Good luck with your recovery!
Gary
I had my right knee replaced 18 months ago. As others have said, stay ahead of the pain, especially that first couple of weeks. I had some home therapy and nursing, along with several months of physical therapy 3 times a week.
Had the other knee replaced 6 months ago. No home therapy, less than two months PT. The one thing to do is just get up and move, walk, exercise. Not to the extreme, but just build up how much you walk about daily. My surgeon was extremely pleased with my progress, so much so that as mentioned above, it reduced the physical therapy time. Key is just build up the strength, the rest more or less takes care of itself. With time, more flex, more strength....
Good luck with your recovery!
Gary
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