[Help] Knee replacement advice

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Great to hear it went well and that the Limbo is working well for you.

If you find the discomfort sleeping is because you are knocking your knees against each other maybe try buying a knee pillow

Damn! I mis remembered the advice and tried to buy this:

His agent told me to f*** off!

 

[Motogull]

Well it sounds like a job well done. Great to hear.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Slightly uncomfortable sleeping.

Sounds like you need to go back and ask for an amputation.

 

[alanfp]

Two days off three weeks in.

Thanks for updating us - it almost sounds like you actually listened to the advice you were offered. Is that a first?

Pleased to hear that it's going well.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

This was excellent advice.
It is just a flesh wound at the end of the day.
All the ricketty shite, crumbles and athriticatus is in the bin
(Thanks for your support during the events. It meant a lot.)

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[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Great to hear it went well and that the Limbo is working well for you.

If you find the discomfort sleeping is because you are knocking your knees against each other maybe try buying a knee pillow

Knee pillow bought
(Nihat in basket....may skip that....to beardy)

 

[ManOfSussex]

Knee pillow bought
(Nihat in basket....may skip that....to beardy)

Glad to hear it's all gone well.

 

[BLOCK F]

Great to hear it went well and that the Limbo is working well for you.

If you find the discomfort sleeping is because you are knocking your knees against each other maybe try buying a knee pillow

This.
I still put a pillow or cushion between my knees 20 years on from my bilateral knee replacements. This also stops my knees knocking together with fear if my wife demands her conjugal rights for the third time that night!

 

[FamilyGuy]

Good luck, I have a mate who has had both knees replaced in the last couple of years. Not a pleasant experience apparently but once recovered, life changing.

All the best

I was about to say the same thing about my mate too
and we're of to play golf for a week in a couple of days.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

I have a pre-surgery assessment for a partial knee replacement soon. What are the normal timescales between having the assessment and having the op? Thanks

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

If you are under NHS Isle of Wight this might help:

https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/seast/isle-of-wight/specialty/?sname=Orthopaedics

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I have a pre-surgery assessment for a partial knee replacement soon. What are the normal timescales between having the assessment and having the op? Thanks

Depends where you live. In north Kent where I live it was about 4 weeks to see the surgeon and another 6 before the op.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Four weeks after the op, the swelling is down, the wound has healed, and I can walk pretty normally.
Trying to not overdo it (5 minutes on the exercise bike).
Still taking lots of paracetamol and ibuprofen, but off the narcotics.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Four weeks after the op, the swelling is down, the wound has healed, and I can walk pretty normally.
Trying to not overdo it (5 minutes on the exercise bike).
Still taking lots of paracetamol and ibuprofen, but off the narcotics.

Now the wound has healed, recommend using Bio-Oil on the scar. I've used it after a couple of surgeries and it seems to work very well in healing the scar tissue and making them less obvious.

It looks expensive for the bottle size but you only need a few drops so a bottle will last for ages.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Didn’t want to mention it at the time but depending on your age, clearly no post operative delirium. Which is surprisingly common in seniors.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Now the wound has healed, recommend using Bio-Oil on the scar. I've used it after a couple of surgeries and it seems to work very well in healing the scar tissue and making them less obvious.

It looks expensive for the bottle size but you only need a few drops so a bottle will last for ages.

Just bought some off Amazon

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Didn’t want to mention it at the time but depending on your age, clearly no post operative delirium. Which is surprisingly common in seniors.

In my case it would be hard to recognise a difference from baseline.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Update. I slipped on the stairs 2 weeks ago and did this:

The plastic knee being the one on the left in the pic. My right knee in real life. Details...

So that was a worry. In the days after, and now, I can feel bits inside grinding a bit. But paradoxically I had and have more flexibility...

Saw the consultant yesterday. He said (as I hoped) the 'accident' had probably done some good, Tore some scar tissue. And the weird feeling is apparently what it is supposed to feel like. A replacement is not quite as clever as the real knee, but so it goes.

And the X ray showed all is well. Physio today signed me off. Apparently lots of people don't do the exercises then complain they have poor movement, can't bend the knee etc. So I spent ten minutes with the physio with her complaining about people not making an effort, before she discharged me as 'done'...

Well there we are. The knee is doing the job. No more pain. No more instability. And...
no more back pain. The back is great. Fancy that!

The knee is still a bit warm but I wander about as if I never had a knee issue.

If you are up for a replacement and have worries, PM me.

For this thread....over and out

 

[BLOCK F]

Update. I slipped on the stairs 2 weeks ago and did this:

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The plastic knee being the one on the left in the pic. My right knee in real life. Details...

So that was a worry. In the days after, and now, I can feel bits inside grinding a bit. But paradoxically I had and have more flexibility...

Saw the consultant yesterday. He said (as I hoped) the 'accident' had probably done some good, Tore some scar tissue. And the weird feeling is apparently what it is supposed to feel like. A replacement is not quite as clever as the real knee, but so it goes.

And the X ray showed all is well. Physio today signed me off. Apparently lots of people don't do the exercises then complain they have poor movement, can't bend the knee etc. So I spent ten minutes with the physio with her complaining about people not making an effort, before she discharged me as 'done'...

Well there we are. The knee is doing the job. No more pain. No more instability. And...
no more back pain. The back is great. Fancy that!

The knee is still a bit warm but I wander about as if I never had a knee issue.

If you are up for a replacement and have worries, PM me.

For this thread....over and out

Good news Harry.
I can remember emphasising the importance of doing one’s exercises on this thread ages ago. My surgeon said, ‘overdose on the painkillers and go for it.’ Not literally, but I understood what he meant! My bilateral TKR’s are still going strong after 20 years. If only my back was as good!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Good news Harry.
I can remember emphasising the importance of doing one’s exercises on this thread ages ago. My surgeon said, ‘overdose on the painkillers and go for it.’ Not literally, but I understood what he meant! My bilateral TKR’s are still going strong after 20 years. If only my back was as good!

Excellent!

One think I forgot to say yesterday is thank you, all of you who gave me such brilliant advice.
The NSC hive mind really helped me x