I felt nausea for the first couple weeks out for TKR. My appetite was just not there. I thought: "Maybe I'll lose a little unwanted weight out of this anyway." Now at 4 weeks I'm finding I am drawn to the kitchen for snacks just out of boredom. I know compared to pain etc. this is trivial but I just wondered if anyone else was experiencing this.
yea i did , didnt want to eat for a while , even now a year on and i still only eat when i want and snack most days , may be because im 1 year with one knee and 6 months with the other , i did eat better wnen i went back to work , its a tough opp and some times i just dont want to cook so chose to snack , some times soup or toast , it goes away after a while , the easy choice for me unless some one cooks for me , then i will eat normal , its all down to the mental side of what you have had done .
Boredom is part of it but the body crying out for energy is a big part. As others have said, healing requires a tremendous amount of energy and somehow the body will get what it needs or the consequences aren't good. I used my recliner in the middle of the night as my comfort zone and ice cream as my reward for suffering. 2-3 hours sitting up, a pain pill and a big scoop of ice cream and I could get back to sleep. Try to stay hydrated and snack on fruit and cheese and you'll be o.k. it'll pass in time
Thank you
One additional thing........when the weather warms and you can get out, things tend to get better. I'm in middle America and since the holidays the weather turned miserable and I won't brave the ice and snow and have no desire to be out wandering around in frgid conditions. My wife is in advancing stages of Parkinson's disease and can no longer drive so I have all of the running to do which forces me out but I certainly pick and choose the best times for me
Thanks.... and my recliner is getting use at 3am for icing and elevating. I'm trying to wean off the pain killers but I won't hesitate when necessary. I think fighting the pain is pointless and when I start to squirm and reposition, I reach for them. Take care.
lol , that sounds right for me , and its chocolate for me or crappy sweets , some foods just work ,
Best of luck and perseverance in your situation.
If you snack make sure it's healthy, the less weight you carry the better the success your surgery will be. I have lost 28 lb since my surgery, and am determind to get down to my correct weight and stay there, another 20 lb to go. My hips are not that great and my other knee has hinted of problems, so I know that being slender will help and possibly prevent further surgery. I was unable to move much before the surgery but nowI exercise daily (not happily) and it has become as routine as brushing my teeth. I feel so sorry for the doctors when they are faced with over weight people and are expected to provide them with miricle cures.
For the first three days I really didn't eat anything, even though people kept on at me. . . I just couldn't face the absolutely horrible hospital food. I still don't eat as much as I did, but haven't lost an ounce unfortunately. As my husband has to eat regularly, (he's diabetic) I have to prepare food so end up eating as well although I really never feel hungry . . and I;ve actually lost the permanent desire to nibble nice things like chocolates! But I'm sure it will come back . . . . chocolates and me are old friends!
Hey, at four weeks don't hesitate to take the pain killers! Better to take them before the pain starts to hit!
Pain meds tend to make me naseous to the point where I will vomit. I broke some ribs and a collarbone in July and they had me on the morphine pump and were wondering why I wasn't hitting the button, so they would do it for me. At one point I threw up. Try that with 7 broken ribs...(really ....don't). I tolerate the oxycodone the best and I have some of those. In the first 3 weeks I was staying ahead of the pain but it has eased, especially since I really just started icing more. They were starting to get the morphine pump set up for me in post op and I told them not to bother (I'm not being macho, it just doesn't work for me)
That's bad luck . . I never even got offered that! I would have said YES PLEEEEEASE!
haha! I know. The nurses were looking at me like I was mental. Trust me, if were fun for me I would want two!
and I would want the gym to have a pub
IT HAS!!!!! well, a sort of bar/coffeee bar thing which is typical here in spain!
Ha! I have never been to Spain. I've been learning atrocious Spanish for a few years.... it is fun. I should take it more seriously.
I have gained weight after both knees. So in two years I have gained two stone. If you can try not to snack on high calorie food because you simply can't move fast enough to keep it off. I think you imagine that you deserve a treat considering all that you been through but it's so hard to get off again. Good luck and stick to celery and apples.
Right on, I took anti inflammatory and then paracetamol two hours later and so on, that way I had mostly pain freedom all the time and a clear head from not taking the big strong ones.
well done on the weight. That's the thing I have found so difficult. Need to change my brain and get it off!