I had total right knee replacement 2.12.2019. Right after getting to my room I noticed my foot was numb yet tingly with a lot of pain in foot that shot through my whole body and had a lot of pain in my knee. I knew this was not normal as i had my left knee 5 years prior and did not have a numb tingly foot or the extreme pain in the knee. Never took anything more than Tylenol. Now i was taking nocor with no pain relief. So they added deloted in my iv. Still no pain relief. When the Surgeon visited the next day he just brushed it off. Hospital dr. said he had no clue and blamed it on diabetes ( i am recently diagnosed). At PT i could not do the exercises because flexing the foot now caused pain in the calf. They did ultrasound for blood clots, none found. When i tried to put weight on the foot/leg, my knee buckled. So they put a stabler on that leg which ment my leg was stiff so i could stand. 4th day after surgery i went home with numb tingly foot and pain killers which i had to refill and the get a different pain killer because nothing helped the pain and i wasn't sleeping. Went to PT and got a good bend 135% and 90% flat by my ck up. Went for followup 2 1/2 week checkup with surgeon and was just told foot numbness and tingly could be from nerve block after surgery for knee pain or tourniquet to the thigh during surgery.
Not satisfied with that i went to my endocrinologist to make sure it was not from diabetes. She confirmed that it would be both feet if from diabetes. She set me up with an appointment with a family practice dr. (primary not available, she was her associate). At that appointment she thought it could be a blood clot or damage to my circulation in my legs, since PT could feel lumps in calf. She did prescribe gabapentin to help with the pain , numbness, tingling in foot. It did help lessen the systems, but did not get rid of it totally., but can at least sleep better. Again ultrasound showed no blood clots, but she also ordered an ABI to check for circulation pressure. This showed the pressure on that right leg from the knee down is half what it should be. This news sent me to the cardiologist who didn't think it was circulation but numbers don't lie. I was then scheduled for an angiogram. This proved the main artery from my knee down was NOT receiving ANY blood flow. So sent to a surgeon who works with veins. He did not want to say it was diffently from my knee replacement, but more than likely was something that happened during knee surgery. So i am now set up for yet another surgery to fix the vein in the back of my knee. I have also been set up with a neurologist incase it was nerve damage. The surgeon thought it could be both. But my new knee has multiple clicks so hurts when it clicks when i walk. So when i get done with the vein surgery and see if there is nerve damage, i am going back to the doctor who did my knee.
I am still taking tramadol at bed time and IB/Tylenol or naproxen/Tylenol during the day for pain. The calf has lost most of its muscle so it tires after a few steps. My bend has gone backwards to hardly 90% flat is less as well. Was able to go up and down stairs normally. NOT any more.
Hope this info helps. We have to advocate for ourselves.

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