Im 13wk post tkr and have been doing great.physio said didnt need to see her anymore as i am doing so well.got full bend of my knee and walking without crutches but the past couple of days ive been so tired,feel like somethings running down my leg but nothing there and now i cant stand for more than 5 minutes as my feet start to realy hurt and have to sit down.im suppose to go bak to work start of november in a school kitchen.any idea anyone please.xx
Hi Janice feel the same as you.Im 11 wks post TKR and cant stand for more than about ten mins without aching all over. My ROM is ok but Im finding it difficult to walk. Im not on crutches but think I will still need my stick when I go back to work in Oct.Im still in pain mainly an ache in my shin bone and find it so hard to sleep. I wore a support bandage last night and it helped a lot but I dont want to wear it too often as I didnt have the op to be in the same position as I was before. Im supposed to be having the other knee done but at the moment Im very reluctant. I imagine that you are like me and just want to be back to normal! I also have a strange feeling like ants running down my knee sometimes and it feels so sore inside
My feet realy ache and hurt when i stand and im worried im not gona get back to work in november as my job intales standing serving food n standing washing dishes and the money i get on sick hardly covers my morgage let alone anything else.
Hi, I was in the same position last year after my first tkr ( 12 mths ago. second tkr was 12 weeks ago). I have found that it was because my body had to realign to walking differently, even my ankles became very painful and I've had to start physio on them. Give time time and you will see a difference ,make sure you walk heel roll to toe and keep your self straight. It took years of me walking so badly and bent to get into this state so I suppose it just takes a wee while to get used to new body parts. I'm doing really well now and feel I'm winning!!!
Thanks chrishappy, you've made me feel better. That's totally logical.
And is it normal to start feeling realy tired again.im sleepong ok at night but started to feel realy tired through day again which i havnt done since i was 10 wk post op ?x
It could be the stress of the thought of going back to work too. Im worried cos like you im on my feet all day. Im an assistant manager of two charity shops and its hard work sorting thru a load of rubbish and lifting heavy stuff. Im going to insist on regular breaks and light duties. Im hoping that going back will take my mind off lt all and then I wont feel so tired maybe that will be the case for you, good luck
Tiredness can last for months, as I'm writing this I've just lay on the couch after doing a small supermarket shop and a little gardening. You have to learn to pace yourself and be kind to yourself. It's traumatic major surgery you've had and can take a good 18 months to recover enough to feel normal. I wasn't Superwoman before so why I think I can be now is mad!!!!!
I am almost 8 weeks out and I am supposed to go back to work in 7 weeks. I got rid of the walker at two weeks and the cane at four weeks. I had a suture pop thru the skin around three weeks. As a nurse, I know this is normal. My doctor clipped it and it never closed. This week it started oozing pus!! Now I am on two antibiotics with possibly looking at surgery again if it doesn't completely heal. From the outside it looks much better, not oozing anything, but last Sunday the pain got worse and I am back on pain meds. This is a little scary. I've never been able to sleep well since surgery. There is no such thing as a "comfortable position!" I can walk fine, go to the grocery store, SAMs.....I'm slow but I can do it. I can stand and cook, unload the dishwasher, do dishes, laundry. What concerns me is going back to 12 hour shifts in 7 weeks. My son is an athletic trainer turned RN and he keeps telling me "Mom, look where you were 7 weeks ago and how far you've come". I keep trying to keep that in mind. As my PT keeps me on machines to strengthen my muscles, I think that is going to help. That quad muscle was cut and totally weakened to nothing. It has to strengthen. Right now I am fighting work for more than 12 weeks. I was initially denied any longer!!!