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I received 2 hip replacements and then developed cobalt & chromium.
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@suziet Hi Suz, It's always a good idea to ask a surgeon how long after surgery they would authorize physical therapy. Your dermatologist may have told you to ask too. You will need a physician to authorize PT with a script so it can possibly be covered by health insurance. I can tell you healing a broken ankle is a very long recovery and I had months of keeping my foot elevated to avoid fluid build up. That was more painful than spine surgery and for a much longer time. I have to be patient again now because I chose to have the hardware plates removed from my ankle, so I've just had surgery a month ago. It's better this time, because I can walk, but I have some fluid and swelling. That causes other foot pain because there just isn't enough space in a foot to add fluid without causing issues. I think you may know when you are well enough for therapy. Right now, it would probably just be forcing the fluid to move around. Incisions also need to stay dry for about 6 weeks according to my surgeon, so there is no soaking in tubs or swimming pools that would re-open the wound. You're welcome and I wish you good healing. I guess we are in this together.
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Well with TKR i had my first PT in the hospital about 2 hours after surgery. PT had me do stairs and walk hallways. I came home same day of surgery. The next morning at 9am a PT came to my home and did the evaluation and my first in home therapy. I had 3 more of this and went to out therapy PT, Ive been doing out PT 2x a week and its been 12 weeks Tuesday since surgery. With TKR, you have already spoke with surgeon's assistant weeks before surgery and have orders and as I mentioned have the first PT at the hospital within hours of the TKR. The TKR is a very diffrent surgery if you dont start PT that day and the morning after and do your PT given exercise 3x a day and do PT 2x a week (only 3 at home then start out PT and do that for 3 months right after) you will have no ROM and be right back in the hospital.. so I have been under the care of PT since day 1 and I will be at 3 months Niv 2nd.
I have not seen the derma doc. I will be talking to the surgeon tomorrow about the derma doc appt.
With TKR i have been doing the bicycle and squats the list goes on since 2nd week of my surgery. Its a brutal process from day of surgery to even now. What I mean is that having to do exercises therapy with PT within hours of the surgery and daily for 3 months after.
I dont mean the surgery is worse than ither surgery's, i mean the rehab starts asap with in hours of waking from the surgery. A must or the knee will freeze up and back to surgery it would be.