Re: I Can Feel A Hitch In The New Knee

[Guest guest]

Grrrrrr, Bill........ The " hitch " Does Not effect my gait.

Bill (again)

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> Had a TKR eight weeks ago. All is going well, but I'm sure I feel a very

slight " hitch " as the leg goes foreward while walk. There no pain, it does

effect my gait, but I can feel a little something, I'm calling a " hitch " . Do I

need some warranty work, or is this common?

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> Bill

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bill

Is this a slight 'click'? If so it's normal, don't worry. My old knee used

to click and I hoped having a new one would fix that, but the new one does

it as well!

Lin

Grrrrrr, Bill........ The " hitch " Does Not effect my gait.

Bill (again)

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> Had a TKR eight weeks ago. All is going well, but I'm sure I feel a very

> slight " hitch " as the leg goes foreward while walk. There no pain, it

> does effect my gait, but I can feel a little something, I'm calling a

> " hitch " . Do I need some warranty work, or is this common?

>

> Bill

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, It's like I should sand something for a smother movement. Geeez, all this

money, and it isn't a smooth movement..... My brother has an artificial hip,

that makes aloud clicking noise when he sits down -- it's very loud -- sounds

like he's snapping his fingers. So, when he's in a group and sits, folks think

" He's just another arrogant lawyer throwing his weight around! " .... But, I love

him.

Bill

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> > Had a TKR eight weeks ago. All is going well, but I'm sure I feel a very

> > slight " hitch " as the leg goes foreward while walk. There no pain, it

> > does effect my gait, but I can feel a little something, I'm calling a

> > " hitch " . Do I need some warranty work, or is this common?

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> > Bill

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[Guest guest]

Dear Eileen,

It was not YOUR fault you fell. It was negligence on the part of the hospital.

It is the responsbibility of the facility to have proper procedures such as

having their nurses/aides/techs make sure all patients wearing ted hose have

footies with treads put on their feet before being walked to the bathroom. The

tech should have known the proper procedure and followed it. This was a

preventable fall. And certainly don't berate yourself as being stupid, even if

you weren't medicated! Preventing this example of poor quality on the part of a

hospital are a reason hospitals are regulated/have to be accredited and why they

sometimes get sued. You can bet this incident was reviewed at a meeting of

somebody somewhere in this hospital.

Thada

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> (some stuff deleted) ...I had a fall 24 hours after surgery.. If that would

not have happened.. I would not have had all the issues I am sure. I had ted

hose on my legs and the tech came in to help me get out of bed and walk to the

bathroom with the walker. She did not think to put the " footies " with the tread

strips on the bottom over my feet to cover the ted hose up and give me some

traction.. Neither did I.. I was on a lot of meds..

> When I walked a few steps.. I began to slide on the tile floor.. To make a

long story short.. I did the splits.. Injured my leg really bad. I was on so

much meds I really did not think I had hurt my leg. Lets just say when I did

it.. I really did it. So folks.. Don't be afraid because of what happened to

me.. It was just very bad luck and stupidity on my part and the tech who did not

notice that I had nylon socks more or less on a tile floor.

[Guest guest]

You are right. I did not realize I had suffered a dropped foot until two

days later when they took out the epidural (they had changed the meds

from the numbing meds in it to fentinal (sp?) a few hours after the

surgery was over. So I really was not too numb. When the PT came the

day after surgery to get me out of bed.. I still had it in but she was

very careful and had two other folks with her. Later that night is when

I had the accident. I did not think about the fact that they should

have brought in a bed side commode.. Instead she was going to have me

walk to the bathroom.. About 15 feet away. Never made it.

It was a sad/bad situation but.. I look at it as.. It happened.. Now I

need to move forward and make the most of what I have... A positive

attitude really does help. I wish I could say I have one all the time..

But.. I try to (smile) It has been just over 2 years since it

happened. It took a long time to be able to walk as well as I do.. But

I am happy that I can walk on it.. That I still have my leg given the

bad infection I got after I had my MCL rebuilt 8 months after the

accident. They replaced my torn MCL with an Achilles tendon from a

cadaver. I was doing really well and then 8 weeks later, the infection

began.. That landed me in the hospital for 60 days... It got into my

blood and heart. It was a long road but you know.. I made it through

(smile)

Eileen Ann Edelblute

Clinton, MD

AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen Evaluator

APDT, Member, http://www.apdt.com/

Southern land Dog Training Club

Great Dane Club Of Metropolitan Washington Member

Great Dane Club of America Member

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