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Foot neuropathy (numbness and pain) after total knee replacement (TKR)
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Wow, Lori, I would try for the lawsuit, to give you a sense of self preservation at the least. I had incredible bruising, also, from the tourniquet probably, but also I had bruises on my leg as if they grabbed it at a number of locations with strong vises, and when I came out of surgery, my foot felt like they had grabbed my foot at the ankle and rotated the foot 180 degrees and left it twisted. I have tried to get a diagnosis for my foot from a surgeon, orthopedist, PT's, podiatrist, neurologist. My chiropractor thinks it is a compressed nerve and keeps working on my spine adjustments. I am so sorry about your situation. My surgeon excused me after 6 months and said I don't need to go back for checkups. I had "sufficient" ROM but needed a lot more muscle strength the last time I saw him, and he did not care to see if I progressed from the minimal!
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I did ck w a lawyer and they said I had a really good case for neglect because the surgeon did nothing to ck into why my foot/leg was totally asleep. Even at my 3week he said it was normal even though my toes were purple and my foot was cold. I got my medical records which were sent to a medical expert only to find out he had nothing in my notes from all my visits that said my foot had any problems and in the hospital notes said he unwrapped my leg to look at incision. He never came within 5 feet of the end of the bed on the 3rd & 4th morning. Nurses took off wrap and put bandage on before I left for home. So the lawyers wound not take the case because there would be no way I would win and between the knee and artery surgery I had over $250,000 and if I would of won insurance gets paid back first, lawyers wanted 40% and $325 and hour. And if lost I’d have to pay $325 per hour and any specialist brought in and more than likely any incurred cost on the other side. It sounded like a lose lose case. So I dropped it. But not forgotten.