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My surgery is on Monday anxiety is high
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 4 10:54am | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
I really understand about your dread for your surgery Monday. I’m sure it’s adding to your health issues because you need to be as healthy as possible before then. I’m having knee replacement surgery in June also and have been so stressed about it. I’m not worried about if the doctor will injure my knee, he will be right there to fix anything, but I’m stressed because I don’t know what I’m going to feel like and you hear stories about awful pain afterwards. So I decided to get the best advice I could and avoid those YouTube videos about it. They don’t represent the experience I can expect to have. My doctor has told me that I won’t have to be terribly disabled afterwards like those videos depict. Also, I’m lucky that my medical facility, the University of Utah, offers a zoom type meeting where I can get up to date information on how to prepare and what exactly to expect. For me, knowledge and understanding are essential for my mental and emotional health. Good luck to you and I will be praying for your healing and wellbeing.
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I had a partial knee replacement October 2024. They get you up and moving the next day. Initially, ice and taking pain meds on a strict schedule for the first few days is the key. If you do that, the pain is more than manageable. Plan to use Miralax 2x per day, while on the pain meds!! PT exercises as ordered are a must! Good luck !
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I agree and I am on some Facebook pages for hip replacement and I take what people write with a grain of salt. I know they are from all over the world and there is different types of healthcare out there. I have complete faith in my surgeon and I will listen to what I need to do to have a successful recovery. I'm the type of person that needs to see the best case scenario and the worse case scenario. I have to be honest I learned a few tricks on these pages and also have prepared myself with items I needed to buy beforehand. It's my first major surgery and knowing eventually I will need both knees done is scary. That's a lot of major surgeries. Like my surgeon told me "we're going to take this one step at a time. Don't look at the entire picture and stress out. We will take it one issue at a time". I wish you the best of luck with you knee replacement! Thank you for taking the time to answer me. Good luck!