Knee replacement surgery was tow weeks ago today. I find it interesting at how little has been communicated with me as to what to do and how to do it. Maybe they thought the book would do all the talking for them.
Had a PT session today. Today was a little different in that the last session was heat pads above and below for about 15 minutes with nothing else going on. Today they placed the heat pads and also connected the Stim pads. This time with the stim pads I was sitting up and doing quad sets while sitting thus stretching the hams as well. Well, apparently I was only able to do about 5 minutes of this. I think they started the timer at 15 minutes of heat, Stim pads, Quad sets and Ham stretches. I remember seeing the timer hit the 9 minutes remaning mark Shortly the pain started increasing. Increasing hard and fast. Later they said the timer was paused at 8:25 remaining. I quickly was in so much pain that I was visibly crying and unable to speak to ask for something to relieve the pain. Luckily they were watching and stopped all actions. When we concentrated on just doing the quad sets with the Stim pads I was fine and able to complete the 15 minutes of those.
After that we spent some time trying to get the leg straight. I guess a week of no "official" PT did some harm in not being able to straighten the knee. This took some time to get the knee straight.
What we added this time was using the left leg to help pull the right back to a beyond 90 angle. Did about 10 reps of this.
Finally we had a large pad that applied pressure to straighten and cool the knee. Had to ease up twice due to the pain but got through it.
Hopefully Wednesday will be a better session.
Apparently PT starts today. Just got a call from "Home Health" wanting to know if 2:00 this afternoon is ok to have the initial session. The gal whose name slipped by me too fast also said that the nurse would be here this afternoon as well. Nurse is coming to check the effects of the blood thinner.
Shortly thereafter I got a call from someone else at Home Health. “At Home” PT and nurse to draw blood is not going to be approved. We called someone else and asked that the whole issue be resolved and call up back with the results.
Bart Mayo
bart@bartandjeanmayo.com
Apparently PT starts today. Just got a call from "Home Health" wanting to know if 2:00 this afternoon is ok to have the initial session. The gal whose name slipped by me too fast also said that the nurse would be here this afternoon as well. Nurse is coming to check the effects of the blood thinner.
At the group PT session on Tuesday they mentioned that they would like the bent angle of the knee at 90 or higher. They also want the straight angle to be at 5 or less. Tuesday's measurements were at 5 degrees straight and 95 degrees bent. Tuesday night was better for sleeping anyway.
I managed to fall asleep about midnight and except for the 3:00 blood labs I slept all the way to 5:00. 5:00 is when they woke me up to make sure I had the ability to take a shower. Most of Wednesday morning was uneventful with the exception of the PT's coming to my room to do a private therapy. I did get a brief visit from the Physicians Assistant for Dr. Cates letting me know when he wants to see me to take out the stitches and staples.
We are currently trying to get In Home Rehab as well as the blood labs that need to be drawn a couple times a week. If that falls through I am planning on Star Therapy downtown Kingston and Roane Medical Center for the bloodwork. In either case it will be a few weeks before I do much of anything outside the door to my home.
Knee got replaced yesterday. Despite serious pain killers, the knee is
in a great deal of pain. Had breakfast before 7:00. I think rehab
will start very shortly. If I had to guess, I may have gotten three
or four hours sleep last night. I got moved from the bed to the chair
about three.
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05:00
Just getting up. Biggest task at the moment is getting Jean awake. I
doubt I will be able to post again before the surgery.
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