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New knee came home today
pulsarnc
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Surgery is done and new knee joint is in . Waiting for pt to come in and torture me by making me walk . If all go. es well will go home in the morning . Thanks for the prayers and good wishes
they did the operation on wed and sent me home today around 11 am . This suckers hurts!!!!!!! Lots and lots of ice packs
cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war.....
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Yep, in most instances, Physical Therapy isn't much fun!!!!!!!
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
In the third week, my physical therapist was there to greet me at the door. And I said, "If you are here now, who is guarding the Gates of Hell?
ps Get a bicycle it is the best therapy and fun too.
Back in '07, Good God I got a bottle of 50 Vicodin, the big ones, the 10 mg stuff. And plenty of refills.
And, after months of fighting the Pain Demon, I learned that a double gin and tonic and one ten mg Vicodin* would make the pain go away.
* not recommended by physician
Today is a full year since my hip replacement and I can't say that there's any less pain or any better movement. TOTAL WASTE OF A YEAR OF MY LIFE.
If you will take 3 Motrin and 2 Extra Strength Tylenol, it is just as good, or better than, your 7.5 hydrocodone.
You can safely take this twice a day.
But after a few months I was getting hooked on that stuff. I woke up in the morning feeling like crap. Yes the knee hurt, of course, but I also just felt terrible. Popped a Vicodin. In a half hour, I felt OK again and the knee still hurt. So I popped another. I was getting hooked.
It would have Made Doves Cry, or at least, made any dope head cry, but I flushed 22 full strength Vicodin down the toilet.
After that I just went with the Motrin and the Tylenol extra strength. Studies show that is just as good as 10 mg of ocycodone.
*10 mg Vicodin and 3 oz. gin not recommended by Physician.
No knee machine . Insurance company is sending an in home physical therapist to the house for about three weeks and then start going to md office for visits 2 to 3 trips a week
Glad to hear you are home pulsarnc.
Hope you heal up quickly and feel better soon.
When I first read your thread title, I thought maybe they had sent you and the new knee home separately. 😉