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Total knee replacement problems
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Sep 28 10:41pm | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
I just did #2 6 yrs. after the first. I tried to avoid it, but finally had to do it. I forgot how painful it is. On week 5 and still can barely sleep till I’m exhausted. The pain is wearing me down and of course I’m even older now so it will probably take longer to recover. If they’d give me more oxy or morphine I’d grab it! Anything to ease this pain! Hopefully I’ll live long enough to reap the benefits, lol.
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Yup. The team I had #1 has been very good with pain control. I was very concerned how much Tylenol, NSAIDS and Oxycodone were prescribed. I had never taken that in my life. It truly was needed however. I finally only used the oxycodone an hour before PT and one sometimes before bed, while still keeping the over the counters on a regular basis.
I hear/read where others go home with a small amount of narcotics. Truly the lack of understanding of the pain that folks go through shocks me, and how long quality pain control is needed. This portion of my health care makes me think I’d go back to same health team even though there was disconnect in other areas of healthcare delivery, just so I would be “ guaranteed “ the same delivery of pain control. I didn’t even use the last Rx prescribed, as I was so carefully taken care of. Pain control is a must for this huge joint replacement.