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Trouble sleeping after TKR: What helped you sleep?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 31, 2024 | Replies (129)Comment receiving replies
I last about an hour and a half in my bed, then the pain in my right leg wakes me up. I have to get up, walk around, ice my knee to get the pain to go away. Many times I have to take Tylenol and oxycodone to alleviate the pain at night. This pain is different from any other pain I experienced after previous surgeries. But this is the first surgery that involved cutting bones, besides my bunion surgery. Which hurt but was able to sleep.
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After surgery, I always take my ice to bed with me! After knee and hip surgeries, I had a Cryo-Cuff, with an ice/water reservoir to recharge it as needed - lasted all night. As I recall, I iced my knee at night for a good 3 months or more or I was awake and hurting.
After hand surgeries, I had soft icepacks (like they use at PT) wrapped around and secured with a bandage - had to change during night.
I am now 9 weeks from major shoulder repair (not replacement) - I rented a new kind of cooling machine that cycled on and off all night - recommended by my surgeon. It weas pricy but I had FSA dollars, so I went for it.
Originally was going to use for 4 weeks, but I kept it for 8. Now I still ice once a day and at bedtime with the flexible PT type large wrap. If I wake up I get a new one out of the freezer.
Can you figure out as way to ice in bed? Also, are you still icing and elevating a couple times a day? This can help with nighttime pain by keeping swelling and inflammation at a minimum.