For me, during the aftermath of the surgery, I’ve been experiencing three different types of pain.
1. Muscle pain. This occurs not merely at the location of the surgery, but up my thigh and down my calf. This has been the easiest type of pain to deal with, as oxycodone and OTC pain meds will take care of it.…
I had full knee replacement surgery done six weeks ago.
Today is not the greatest day. I’m in some pain, but mainly I feel really stiff. I don’t think this has anything to do with being six weeks out from the surgery, but instead, is due to having been at Orycon all weekend, where I walked (a lot) and I ate (a lot) and I sat in the truck (a lot).…
Yesterday was a hard day. One of the worst so far. You’d think that after four weeks, it would consistently be better. That hasn’t been the case, at least for me.
I woke up feeling really rough. You know those mornings when even the air feels heavy, and it takes more effort than it should just to push yourself upright?…
I had a full knee replacement surgery done four weeks ago.
Tuesday last week I had a definite shift, turned a corner, as it were. The pain levels dropped dramatically. Instead of all my muscles screaming, it changed overnight into more of a stretchy hurt.…
Three weeks ago I had full knee replacement surgery done. I continue to improve. Because I spent last week in the tiny house, then came back to the main house for the weekend, I have a good set of benchmarks against which to measure myself.…
Two weeks ago I had full knee replacement surgery. It’s kind of amazing how good I feel compared to then.
I’m tracking different things right now than I was. So I figured I’d do an update on those.
Strength: As my PT said, my strength just kind of has been coming back, without me working a lot on it.…
A couple of days ago, on Thursday, I came down with a really bad migraine. It was pretty obvious what had triggered it. I also knew that my hormones were kind of all over the place, and that they’d contributed to the migraine.…
It should surprise exactly no one that my hormones haven’t been completely balanced the last week or so, between major surgery, massive drugs, lots of stress, etc. I’d had the odd headache off and on, nothing too bad, but a little worrisome.…
Last night, I was just about to complain to my husband about how badly I felt I was lurching while I was walking.
It wasn’t until I turned back to him that I realized I’d walked all the way across the room without my crutch.…
A week ago I had a full knee replacement done. Normally on random Mondays, I do an accountability post. Doesn’t really make sense at this point, as what I was holding myself accountable for has radically changed. Eventually I might get back there, but for now, I figure I’ll just chat about what’s happening with the knee.…