What shoes to bring for discharge?

Posted by momma2lucy @momma2lucy, May 15 1:42pm

Upon discharge after TKR do you bring a larger and/or wider shoe for the foot that had the replacement and your regular size for the non surgical leg? Does the foot even swell or is it only your knee? I did search the older discussions about footwear but couldn’t find an answer to my question.

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Ray Kemble | @ray666 | May 15 5:56pm

Hello, momma2lucy (@momma2lucy)
Others may have had a very different experience, but I believe I given a pair of hospital slippers, but still I don't recall having to do much in the way of walking; instead, as with most all hospital dischargees, I was rolled in a wheelchair to the open door of my partner's automobile. That said, I honestly don't remember the foot on my TKR-operated leg having swollen. I may be wrong, but these are my best recollections.
Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

momma2lucy | @momma2lucy | May 15 6:31pm

In reply to @ray666 "Hello, momma2lucy (@momma2lucy) Others may have had a very different experience, but I believe I given..." + (show)

@ray666 Thank you.

ddsack | @ddsack | May 16 8:57am

I don’t remember which shoes I wore to surgery, but I suspect I would have chosen some easy slip ons so as not to have to deal with bending over to tie laces. I did not experience any swelling in the lower foot, it was just restricted to around the knee area. I was wheelchaired to the car door as well, which is funny because they were getting me up to walk down the halls during the night right after surgery for a couple of sessions.

carolbast | @carolbast | May 17 8:18am

Well, the physio, when she saw my clogs, got me a pair of a kind of walking shoe. I needed a very stable shoe that would adhere to the foot. She said clogs were dangerous.