Mako Robotic Arm TKR Day One

@saeternes, Congratulations on hanging in there and including us in your return to the world from sedation. Tomorrow you will be more mobile and hopefully without too much pain. May you be free of suffering. Chris

@saeternes: great to hear that surgery went smoothly. Don’t fight an extra night in the hospital - 24 hours after surgery I felt great, was collecting my belongings, sitting down to sign the discharge papers, and passed out. Had something called a vasovagal thing, where blood pressure suddenly drops precipitously. They kept me an extra night for monitoring, and it turned out to be a blessing. That 2nd night was excruciatingly painful, and without good pain management at hand it would not have been fun at home. I got out 48 hours after surgery, just 4 hours or so ahead of whatever hurricane came through in September ‘18. No worries, I’m inland, but still tornado watches etc.
Continued best wishes!

@saeternes It sounds as if your surgery went well, that's great, and such a relief to have it over with. Looking forward to hearing how you are doing now. I hope all is well and you are making progress.
JK

Hi @contentandwell I have posted more info under a new post with the same title except "Day Two." I should have started with surgery at Day Zero but instead I started that at One. One interesting thing is that I am having no problem sleeping like so many people do. I hope that lasts!