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Part VI: Total Knee Replacement Outcome
During the last few months I have been sharing the experience of my husband's total knee replacement. We are pleased to say he is just about finished with his therapy and ready to go back to work.
His surgeon says he has a "state of the art" knee. My husband spent some time in a painful lull and then bounded forward with improvements. He can now go without pain meds. He walks without a cane and no longer limps. He walks longer distances than he did before but still finds some limitations when he tries to walk too far or push too hard. (Keeping it real).
But his overall improvement and outcome is more than we had hoped and we are both grateful. His doctor says the rest of the residual swelling should subside in the next couple months and he should return pretty much to normal range of motion. Since much of the swelling from behind his leg has been gone since surgery, his range of motion is already better than pre-surgery.
The next step will be for my husband to return to work and he is more than ready (smile).
Part 1: Total Knee Replacement - One Man's Journey
Part II: Total Knee Replacement - The Big Event
Part III: Coming Home!
Part IV: Healing Continues
Part V: Total Knee Replacement - And the Beat Goes On
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: knee replacement, pain management
His surgeon says he has a "state of the art" knee. My husband spent some time in a painful lull and then bounded forward with improvements. He can now go without pain meds. He walks without a cane and no longer limps. He walks longer distances than he did before but still finds some limitations when he tries to walk too far or push too hard. (Keeping it real).
But his overall improvement and outcome is more than we had hoped and we are both grateful. His doctor says the rest of the residual swelling should subside in the next couple months and he should return pretty much to normal range of motion. Since much of the swelling from behind his leg has been gone since surgery, his range of motion is already better than pre-surgery.
The next step will be for my husband to return to work and he is more than ready (smile).
Part 1: Total Knee Replacement - One Man's Journey
Part II: Total Knee Replacement - The Big Event
Part III: Coming Home!
Part IV: Healing Continues
Part V: Total Knee Replacement - And the Beat Goes On
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: knee replacement, pain management
