When my dad had total knee he was on demand morphine drip with a leg bending machine that rose and fell at knee.... Sorry you feel your not doing well but baby u are doing great!!!

Love,

I am so sorry for your experience and in particular what the nurse said about your meds. Ask for a clarified on you pain meds from the charge nurse.

Hugs,
Joanne

Sorry you're going through so much.
You'll recover at your own rate.

I'm sorry you overheard the nurse talking about you. I can understand their suspicions, based on their occupations, about young people and pain medicine ----- except for the fact that you just had surgery.

Hope you're feeling better very soon and can get some rest tonight.
When you're up to it, please post and let us know.

demand to talk to a charge RN or talk to your doctor on call
the night my appendix ruptured they wouldn't call the on call doctor
and the next morning they asked me sit up to listen to my lungs I lean forwarded had a panic attack from the pain and they had to knock me out I couldn't breath ..woke up with a morphine drip and they got it together but it never should of gotten that bad

sorry your going through this, don't let it get you down if your pain it's your right to have it controlled worry about getting well

hugs
tori

Im sorry about all your going thru. Your not a failure your habing a bad day.. hugs

Don't be so hard on yourself there's nothing you can do about the swelling, you didn't cause it, and the Dr.'s didn't cause it...sometimes swelling is just an issue with a TKR. I always found that rushing to get out of the hospital after a major knee surgery was not the best idea...nobody likes being in the hospital...but it is easier to be taken care of there until you can get around pretty well for yourself when you go home. My house always seemed to shrink after I had to get around with all the equipment that came home after major knee surgery. LOL

If you just had a TKR yesterday...you wouldn't really have had 2 days of PT...they mainly want to make sure you can get up and around on crutches before you go home, and get the joint bending. They don't start the real PT until several days after your surgery. Don't rush yourself, you don't want to hurt yourself...take it easy on you and rest and get your strength up.

Are you not on a PCA for your pain control, that's usually the standard of care for a major operation like a TKR.

Hopefully the swelling will go down and you'll be feeling better tomorrow. Hang in there.

Kat

Hi, I'm sorry your having a rough time. I would not hesitate to report the nurses. When I had my knees done my legs swelled as well. They kept wanting to out teds on or wrap them in ace bandages. I kept telling them if you do either my legs will swell worse, well they didn't listen and they did swell a lot. I too would assume your on the machine that slowly bends your knee. I can't for the life of me think of the name if it now sorry. I would ask for your meds as often as you need them. I don't know how your facility or dr is there but I had the option of going home to rehab or going to a rehab facility. Both times I chose the rehab center because I knew I would get round the clock care. I wanted to make sure if there were complications I had people around me to take care of them. Please don't be in a hurry to go home. The worst thing you can do is rush it. I hope your recovery goes smoothly ask if going to a rehab center is an option it can't hurt. I'll be keeping you in my prayers. Please keep us updated on how your doing. I use my iPhone all the time to come on here so I get how long it takes to write it out. I'm just happy you checked in and made it through surgery ok.

Hugs & God Bless
Lisa