It's now 3 weeks since my top operation and I am still in constant pain. My GP has given me Tramodol to try and help but it isn't doing very much to ease it 
Hi Peachy60,
I take Tramadol bit was advised by my GP to take it with 2 paracetamol. It takes something else to kick start the Tramadol off as they are pain killers of totally different types. They are safe together providing you apply the safe consumption guide. When taken together they work wonderfully.
Same applies for aspirin. Hope this helps.
Just had my second TKR and all went well. I am 70.
Blee
Hi Blee83,
I am 70 years old also. I had my left TKR on November 30. Tomorrow is weak 12 for me and I only have pain at night usually. I was going to see about getting my right TKR in august. My surgeon had told me that the second one is always easier. When I said why, he said because you know what to expect. How long ago was your second TKR and was it easier? There were several weeks in pain that I wished I had not had my left TKR done. But like everyone says, you kind of forget the pain. I know I have to have the right one done and I'm getting older and think I should not wait too long.
Hi
Unfortunately you could be only half wave as for most 6 weeks can be a start to pain reduction
Hot baths and icing permanently gave some relief.
Good healing
THREE WEEKS and just Tramadol? Is your doc a sadist? TKR surgery requires full-on opioids for at least 30-60 days. Vicodin, Norco, Percocet plus a muscle relaxer like Flexeril. PS: Percocet doesn't have the constipating side effects of Vicodin and Norco.
Get some serious pain relief...NOW!!!!!!!
I took Zaldiar, a mixture of paracetamol and tramadol, so you can be sure that the combination is quite safe. With tramadol it is important to take them regularly and not wait for the pain to return before taking them. I know the pain never goes away, but the tramadol should alleviate it a bit. don't wait until it begins to get bad again before taking another capsule. At three weeks, it is perfectly normal to be experiencing quite a lot of fairly severe pain, and it is likely to continue for several weeks yet. Freedom from any pain can take months . . .
You must be in the USA I think? Doctors here in Europe are much more sadistic than yours over there. I was expected to survive just on paracetamol (acetominophen) after day 3 . . .I had to fight tooth and nail to get a low grade tramadol presecribed for twenty days . . . May be a bit better in the UK, but here in Spain they seem to ha ve forgotten the existence of decent pain killers. My first PT session, on day three after the op, was at 12 O clock . . the last pain killer was a acetominophen at 8 a.m. As you can imagine, I told her to go away and leave me alone!
Thank you so much for replying. I must admit I think I have been waiting to long before taking the next dose. I'Lloyd try what you suggest. Thanks again
Hi, are you in the U.S ?
I'm in the UK!
I have just had another suggestion about Medstead. Thank you for your reply.
Oh, it's a disaster to wait too long! Once the pain has got hold of you, it's very hard to control. Just make sure you don't run out of tramadol . .when you stop taking it, you will need to do so slowly, cutting down the dosage., otherwise you are likely to get some rather unpleasant side effects.
US...yes. They gave me Percocet and Flexeril...minimal relief. Unfortunately for me, I'm opioid-resistant. Dilaudid works for kidney stones but they don't prescribe that for anything else. For pain, I'm pretty much on my own.
So I use my mind as best I can. Remember, the mind can only focus on one thing at one time. If you're concentrating on the pain, you're basically screwed. Move your mind somewhere else. Meditate, read a book, watch a movie, do needlepoint, kill zombies on Xbox... If you just sit around thinking about the pain, you're toast...
Oh that helps a lot!
Actually I'm sure the nurse in the Nuffield told me to take them together.
Thank you
"I have been waiting too long before taking the next dose."
Not a good idea...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/staying-ahead-of-the-pain-563395
Don't do that again!!!
I'm keeping busy as much as I can and have read lots of books since I came out of hospital!
Here in the UK our Doctors don't prescribe as much as yours!
No kidding. That's why we have a town like Muscogee, Oklahoma with a population of 38,000 and nine...yes, NINE...drug rehab clinics. These people pop this crap like Skittles. I HATE these drugs...I'll find my own way around the pain.
However...for the first 30 days of a TKR, I'll take anything I can get, even for a little relief. It's just freaking brutal!!! One down, one to go...but I'll wait a year so that I am fully recovered...and maybe some of the memories will have faded...yeah, right...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/two-guys-with-canes-limp-into-a-bar--534980
You might as well be taking M&Ms. tramadol don't work. Have your doctor to give you something stronger.
I totally agree with you..I'm 8 wks tomorrow and still take a reduced amount of options for pain.
Hi Peachy
I m in UK i was prescribe co codomol capsule there paracetamol and codene
they worked well for me they also said i could take a couple of ibrupephen in the night when pain woke me up .... only disadvantage they caused me to be constipated .
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/staying-ahead-of-the-pain-563395
Read towards the end where I talk about titrating off the opioids. That's what you're doing... Remember: This is NOT a test of endurance! Take 'em if you need 'em!
haha! OK!