Re: Knees hot after TKR - How long?

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In a message dated 11/16/2006 12:03:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, jdytart@... writes:

been almost 4 weeks since my bilateral TKRs - My knees are bothstill hot around the incision site - not painful or swollen, just hot

I am 12 weeks post-op and after PT, my knee still get hot to the touch.....it goes away after a couple hours, but I think it's just the extra blood flow to the area after exercising it....

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Judy, I always say, "Ask you surgeon or physical therapist." But I can tell you about my experience. I had BTKRs Sept. 8, so am coming up on 10 weeks. At four weeks, my knees were definitely warm. And they still get that way. For some reason, they are very sore and swollen the last couple days. Maybe because I'm back at work full time. I'm at my desk with an ottoman. But it's not the same as being home with ice, a good book and rest. Yesterday was an especially long day. When I got in last night, I immediately laid down with ice packs. What a difference it made. I'm also going back on Celebrex, my anti-inflammatory for the arthritis. The rest of my body needs it. Perhaps it will also help the knees. I just came from physical therapy where my PT always has to assure me I am doing fine. The pain depresses me, and I worry something is wrong. I ran into my doctor from rehab, and he also reassured me, telling me to relax and to not expect relief until the three-month mark. I set my expectations too high and continue to do so, setting myself up for disappointment. Hang in there. When I look back to my four-week mark, I had just started driving, but needed a motorized cart and a friend to help to get my groceries. Getting showered and dressed wore me out. And sometimes it still does. Even now, errands like grocery shopping are too much for me after work. Those things have to wait for the weekend. Keep up the ice. It really makes a difference! Warm regards, Donna Judy <jdytart@...> wrote: It's been almost 4 weeks since my bilateral TKRs - My knees are bothstill hot around the incision site - not painful or swollen, just hot- sometimes more, sometimes less. How long does this go on? Is itbad, or normal? I use ice several times a day. I'm not sure if theheat is correlated with having more pain, or having walked orexercised more... though it would make sense (to me) if it

were. Howhave you folks experienced this, or dealt with it - if it needsdealing with, that is...Judy

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The heat is caused by biological

activity. In the case after surgery it can either be healing

or an infection causing the heat. If you have no signs of an

infection then it’s nothing to worry

about. The bones, muscles and your skin are all healing and building new

cells in a small area

so it feels warm. Just remember to eat balanced meals to give the

cells plenty of energy to keep

doing their thing!

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Thanks, I'm doing my best to eat a balanced, South Beach type diet -

plenty of fruits, veggies, and protein.. though my appetite has never

been worse.

Judy

>

>

> The heat is caused by biological activity. In the case after

surgery it

> can either be healing

> or an infection causing the heat. If you have no signs of an

infection then

> it's nothing to worry

> about. The bones, muscles and your skin are all healing and building new

> cells in a small area

> so it feels warm. Just remember to eat balanced meals to give the cells

> plenty of energy to keep

> doing their thing!

>

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In a message dated 11/17/2006 8:06:27 A.M. Central Standard Time, ohdonna_68@... writes:

IIf your husband is taking care of some of the household duties, just enjoy and take care of yourself. I think I backslid in my recovery for awhile by doing too much. Now I'm taking every opportunity to rest with those ice packs. Oh, how I love my ice packs. Things aren't getting done as I would like. But I'm realizing that rest, ice and my exercises are the priorities in my life right now. I wonder how those of us who have had recent surgery can make it through the holidays without hurting ourselves.

Aren't those ice packs the best thing ever invented?

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I'm listening to . My surgeon barely talks. I am in a town with two practices, andI think they both have the same motto: Cut 'em, and cut 'em loose. Seriously,'s message caught my eye. I need to research further because I have spurs on my hip. My poor late Mom set a world's record for producing calcium in her body -- spurs, deposits, hundreds of kidney stones -- you name it. But she was told there were no limitations on the calcium she could consume. What her body was producing was different. Ever since I got my report on the spurs I knew this was someting I had to find time to look further into. Thank you, . lindy <everyothername.istaken@...> wrote: good tip, thanks william. will the surgone tell us these things or are we to figure it out by ourselves? Don’t forget proper Calcium to help with bone growth. Overdoing Calcium is bad because of bone spurs and such but it is needed for the bone to grow into the implant.

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i am 6 weeks post tkr and my knee is definately warm -- and as for driving i thought i'd be driving after 5 weeks --- doctor said no way for another month -- but it is my right knee and he says reaction time to get from gas to brake is not great and he doesn't take chances.... but i will be glad to get to the point of being able to just get in the car and go to the store -- i feel very lucky though -- i am using just a cane at this point -- when i go to the store i use a cart to hold on too -- but do not do lots of walking around--- get what i need and thats it -- i have 120 degrees in range of motion so i have been pretty fortunate.... but at points it is weird but it feels like the metal is gonna come out of my skin.... and it hurts --- so when that happens i will get the vitamin e oil out and rub my scar with it and it seems to loosen it some -- but i think everything is so individual.... we all have to do what seems best for us and try not to overdo which is the hardest thing i think! take care all my friends, love, alice

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i also have bone spurs, both on my hip joint and my lumbar spine region.

lindy lou

I'm listening to . My surgeon barely talks. I am in a town with two practices, andI think they both have the same motto: Cut 'em, and cut 'em loose.

Seriously,'s message caught my eye. I need to research further because I have spurs on my hip. My poor late Mom set a world's record for producing calcium in her body -- spurs, deposits, hundreds of kidney stones -- you name it. But she was told there were no limitations on the calcium she could consume. What her body was producing was different. Ever since I got my report on the spurs I knew this was someting I had to find time to look further into.

Thank you, .

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so i better stock up on ice packs then also, right?

lindy

In a message dated 11/17/2006 8:06:27 A.M. Central Standard Time, ohdonna_68@... writes:

IIf your husband is taking care of some of the household duties, just enjoy and take care of yourself. I think I backslid in my recovery for awhile by doing too much. Now I'm taking every opportunity to rest with those ice packs. Oh, how I love my ice packs. Things aren't getting done as I would like. But I'm realizing that rest, ice and my exercises are the priorities in my life right now. I wonder how those of us who have had recent surgery can make it through the holidays without hurting ourselves.

Aren't those ice packs the best thing ever invented?

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As a patient if you were to ask

the surgeon every question you would never have time to have

the surgery

or you would be too scared to go through with it. So the real answer is it’s

a combination

of both. Before

surgery we are all looking for answers to the big questions so the idea of a

glass of

milk to

help healing gets shoved aside. A large % of what bones are made of is Calcium

so if you

want to

build bone you need to provide it. As busy adults trying to back to “living”

life it’s easy to

forget the

basics.

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you're so right william. i wonder if Soy milk has enough calcium -- i need to check my carton. ;-) thanks!

lindy

As a patient if you were to ask the surgeon every question you would never have time to have the surgery or you would be too scared to go through with it. So the real answer is it’s a combination of both. Before surgery we are all looking for answers to the big questions so the idea of a glass of milk to help healing gets shoved aside. A large % of what bones are made of is Calcium so if you want to build bone you need to provide it. As busy adults trying to back to “living” life it’s easy to forget the basics.

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Hi, yes my knees would swell after PT and just after too much work. I think that it was for the first 3 or 4 months or so.

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i wonder if it's the same for the right hip -- reacton time, etc., while driving. right now, driving makes my leg/hip hurt so bad.

and as for driving i thought i'd be driving after 5 weeks --- doctor said no way for another month -- but it is my right knee and he says reaction time to get from gas to brake is not great and he doesn't take chances