New knee

This is actually the second knee replacement for me the first was April 2004. The second was Wednesday this week. The first one I took it easy on my therapy for the first few days starting with 3 of each exercise they suggested. But this time they told me that on the first day I had to do the three exercises every hour and do each movement 10x and had me walk with a walker in the hallway. Next day the pain and swelling was unbelievable. I told the therapist she must be nuts. I believe we have to do the therapy but there is no need to go to extremes. The worst part of the operation was that I was awake and could hear the saw, the hammering and the drill. They had a screen up but I could see the bone chips flying through the air. The first oprerarion was 6 weeks of therapy bicyle etc etc and I was walking quite well without canes or crutches after the six weeks. And very little pain. They put a pain buster in my knee and had an iceman to ice whenever I did my therapy. I am still getting over the pain but it was better today. Also when the therapist had me working the first day she knocked the drain out of my knee which ment the blood welled up in the leg and caused swelling she also knocked the painbuster out so no morphine. I was so disgusted I left the hospital and went home. I will look after my own therapy. I will be swimming as soon as the wound is dry and the staples removed. The therapist also told me I should go in the deep end of the pool and walk I told her no.

This is actually the second knee replacement for me the first was April 2004. The second was Wednesday this week. The first one I took it easy on my therapy for the first few days starting with 3 of each exercise they suggested. But this time they told me that on the first day I had to do the three exercises every hour and do each movement 10x and had me walk with a walker in the hallway. Next day the pain and swelling was unbelievable. I told the therapist she must be nuts. I believe we have to do the therapy but there is no need to go to extremes. The worst part of the operation was that I was awake and could hear the saw, the hammering and the drill. They had a screen up but I could see the bone chips flying through the air. The first oprerarion was 6 weeks of therapy bicyle etc etc and I was walking quite well without canes or crutches after the six weeks. And very little pain. They put a pain buster in my knee and had an iceman to ice whenever I did my therapy. I am still getting over the pain but it was better today. Also when the therapist had me working the first day she knocked the drain out of my knee which ment the blood welled up in the leg and caused swelling she also knocked the painbuster out so no morphine. I was so disgusted I left the hospital and went home. I will look after my own therapy. I will be swimming as soon as the wound is dry and the staples removed. The therapist also told me I should go in the deep end of the pool and walk I told her no.