Good Morning and Happy Wednesday! Yesterday, I had a total knee replacement to my right knee. I will be honest, it's been just under 24 hours and I've had some ups and downs but that is to be expected.
The pain can be quite strong at times but the doctors, nurses and staff have been great at helping with pain management and it's been helpful as long as I stay on top of it.
I've had PT once so far (Yesterday) but they are expected to be back sometime after breakfast this morning and I have had on my TED hose, used the compression machine (constantly) and I have used the CPM machine (aka torture machine), it's a machine that bends my knee for me. They set it to a 60 degree bend yesterday but it was a No Go..... It was just too much so they knocked it down to 50 degrees for me. It still hurts pretty bad but is more manageable. At some point they will increase the angle so I will try not to complain right now. Luckily, my morphine button (I've named it Capt' Morgan) is pretty helpful but I understand they are taking the Captain away at some point today.... I'm not looking forward to that.
I'm trying to keep a positive attitude because I know that I will feel so much better in the long run.
That's pretty mychball to report so far. I will update more later....
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