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Knee replacement with neuropathy in legs
Neuropathy | Last Active: Apr 13 10:11am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Hi Sheryl @maggiegirl1123, That's great news that your TKR is going so well. What really helped me get through the recovery was icing and elevating the knee/leg along with diligently doing the daily exercises the surgeon's care team gave me to do at home. My knee was bone on bone also and I was about the same age when I had my TKR. I'm 80 now and me left knee seems to be holding up OK so hopefully I won't need a TKR for the left one.
Positive attitude and staying active definitely helps! ... and for me, I wished I would have listened better when the surgeon was telling me how and when to ice and elevate my leg, his idea and my idea of how much were two different levels 🙃
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Hello@johnbishop, Thank you for your response. I agree that icing and elevating are #1 along with exercing 3x a day. I am fortunate because I am not home alone, but at my Daughter's home and had a friend take my 2 dogs for 3-4 weeks. My Daughter helped me along with care and cooking meals. I know I am blessed. This contributed to my recovery. I lost my Husband in December. I couldn't imagine going through this alone. My motto, put one foot in front of the other, literally. Thanks, John for mentoring. You are appreciated.