Had my knee replaced today and my biggest fear is a fib returning. I havent had it for around 17 mo . It is still early in the game but hoping and praying I can say 18 mo in a month💜
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Good to hear that. Wishing you well and speedy recovery from the knee replacement. Have a good rest and AF-free days ahead.
in reply to SpritzerAce
Thankyou!
G'day Hoski,
I'm assuming you had knee replacement surgery ?
I'm 4 years in November since mine .... gee you are gonna be a new person.
I was on Coumadin, stopped it a week before surgery, then once I was back in my room after recovery, they gave me two doses of a bridging anticoagulant - Fragmin, then that night back on Coumadin.
No sweat, no problems and no AF.
You'll be fine .... you just concentrate on those exercises they give you to do.
You gotta remember the most important thing .... you must not let scar tissue form under the incision line !! Once I had the dressing removed and declared free of infection I went to a sports injury massage therapist who went to work the full length of my incision line and all around it - to break up any scar tissue that was forming inside. That way you find the exercises much more manageable and achievable.
May the force be with you.
john
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Thankyou so much!
CDreamer in reply to
So right about scar tissue.......
That is wonderful, no doubt had I had to have knee surgery I'd have had the same concern. Best to you as you recover!
in reply to Tux18
Thankyou!
That's great, pleased all is well on that front and knee surgery behind you. Here's to a good recovery.
Good that that's done and dusted. Exercises v important. Have they shown you an artificial knee. Heavier than the original that's one reason exercises so important. Onwards and upwards
in reply to Bagrat
No I havent seen one. Thankyou!
Best wishes for your recovery Hoski and goodbye to AF !
Good luck to you Hoski. I need a new knee and too worried re stroke to go ahead.
Excellent news - onwards and now - upwards... wishing you a speedy recovery.
I am having a partial replacement on 29/10 and concerned because of my AF and it seems I also have SVT. Cardiologist says he’s not worried. Think that might be ok
Good to hear all went well Hosky and without AF rearing it's ugly head. Yay!!!
Wishing you a speedy and successful recovery and sending a healing hug your way.
Jean x
Before you know it you’ll be playing football, but not yet!!.....speedy recovery 👍😉
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BobDVolunteer
Glad it all went well Hoski. Long may it continue. Now for the physio! Love to know how it goes as mine will need doing soon I fear.
in reply to BobD
I will let you know, thanks!
Hi Hoski, glad that it went well. I'm 5 weeks post op from my TKR now and have only had my usual every 10 day bouts of AF since mine was done. So apart from the little hiccup the day after surgery it hasn't had any effect on my AF at all.
Keep taking the analgesia and work hard on those exercises and you'll make a very good recovery.
When I've recovered more I'm to ring the hospital to arrange my ablation which they had originally set for next week. That was far too soon after my TKR for me to cope with so I deferred which they were completely in agreement with.
Onwards and upwards...
Oh I’m so glad the op is over successfully, and no AF, Hoski! Wonderful news! Sending love and best wishes it stays that way- and for speedy recovery xxx
Thankyou all for your support, it means alot to me💜
Congrats! Getting through the surgery is already great !
Just in case... I was afib free post 4th ablation until I was « obliged » to take Cox2 anti-inflammatories for 6 weeks post spine surgery. I knew it was a risk, but I was so invested in making sure my ADR would hold that I said ok.
Afib came back with a roar.... who knows but my advice is to be attentive and ask questions for alternatives !
Best of luck with the follow up physio work- that makes the difference for prosthetics !
in reply to iris1205
Good to know! Thankyou💜
I was not prescribed anit inflammatories after my recent TKR but told to use ice packs when the swelling came - it came the second day after all the brilliant progress I made on day one and stopped me being able to bend my knee since though the swelling is going down slowly so getting more movement back. Just had my clips out and got a lighter dressing on which helps. Walking is easy but the little bit of swelling I have makes bending the knee difficult but I have found that once you start excercising it all gets easier. Best to keep moving and if you are sat down watching TV make sure you get up frequently and move and it is so easy for things to stiffen up.
Exactly - movement is the secret and --- the second aspect of TKA is always getting back the full extension! Don't give up at half way... if you do a TKA, then get everything you can out of it so you don't take the imbalance in the hip! Best wishes!
PS, I had a pivoting disc placed in my spine and one needs to inhibit the prostaglandins which would cause the anterior longitudinal ligament to reconnect. If it did reconnect it would not allow the disc to function as well!
Absolutely. The worst thing about this - the compression stockings I have to wear for 6 weeks - well the pain was bad too but sure the pain will go before the 6 weeks is up., but they are such a bother to get on. They have told me to change them every day but manage every other day - I notice that they never changed them in hospital and I was there 2 nights and 3 days so don't thik it matters that much so long as I keep them pulled up - not much chance of them falling down though actually! My wife bought some zip up ones but the foot is still whole and the worst part is getting them over the heel so didn't make a bit of difference. Still its worth - don't think I will get a blood clot because on permanent blood thinners but on a lower dose as surgeon worried it would cause me to bleed too much. Will be glad to see the back ofthese darned stockings! Think I may burn the darned things!
in reply to Desanthony
Yes the compression hose vary from doc to doc here.some dont even use them. I only have to one week, but Im going to try and go longer. My normal xarelto is 20 mg but for 2 wks he only wants me taking 10 mg.
Desanthony in reply to
I had my apixaban changed to 2.5 for a month to minimise the risk of bleeding and so far so good. I know some surgeons don't use the compression stockings when I had my hip done nearly 10 years ago the surgeon said no but my GP wanted me to wear them! So I did for the 6 weeks like a good boy. After all it was my poor wife struggling to get them on me! She says its worse than having children as sh seems to be doing things all morning and then realises at about 11 she is either not fully dressed or washed. We normally share all tasks so I am trying to make the bed every morning and wash and dress myself apart from my legs and then she makes sure I do my excercises. We are going to go out for a coffee again this afternoon. It is raining but we don't like staying in too long.
in reply to Desanthony
That sounds so good that you are up to going out. I feel sorry for my husband but he is doing great. Im trying to do more little things for myself. Last night I was wide awake most of the night, my knee was hurting, it was a therapy day so I think the muscles are over tired. Anyway my hose were driving me batty so I took them off all by myself. I felt pretty proud of it, then slept like a baby
Desanthony in reply to
Yes, you know I don't think you need to keep them on all the time especialy if you are up and about to be honest. I don't sleep well at the best of times so the pain does kick in there and give me even less sleep now and again. I do notice it is very painful after excercising so now try and do the exercises either before I get up or straight after breakfast having taken pain killers then again either before or after lunch and then late afternoon so that hopefully by the time bed time comes around I feel better but that doesn't always work because obviously there is also some pain from the healing process as a heck of a lot of things were cut through and moved and banged about. The bruising on the back of my leg is quite bad now and that is hurting quite a bit when sitting and lying down so I tend to put something under my ankle to stop the back of my knee touching the bed and also put that under my knee when I am sitting down - I have a shaped knee pillow which is soft and does the trick. Can't believe tomorrow will be two weeks since I got home and I am actually quite pleased with how I have progressed when I consider how bad I felt on the drive home and the first few days to a week at home. My wife is taking me shopping tomorrow. She hates leaving me in the house on my own so she tends to go shopping most days for the odd things we need and then if I decide to go I sit in the car with a puzzle book and then we go and have a coffee. It is good to see people and talk. I had a friend come over today with some oranges and a homemade quiche from his wife which was so good - it's typical of the Welsh people to bring food when someone is ill as they tend to think you don't have time to shop or cook. They even do that when someone has died so you see people going to the house with eggs, sugar, tea, and coffee, cakes and casseroles all sorts of food items they think you will either need or enjoy. I hope to get more visitors like that now that I have left word out that I am "up to taking visitors" as I do love my food.
Take care,
Des
Yay! You will be a new woman! You can make sure that scar tissue doesn’t build up by doing your exercises to the letter and pushing yourself just a little more each day to get that bend going. After3 days in hospital with twice daily physio sessions I could bend my knee to 100 degrees ( Right knee done 2016, Left 2018). No further hospital physio offered or required and on both occasions was walking without sticks within 3 weeks. Having said that, I’m lucky enough to have a physio near me who runs 1 hour aqua physio sessions in our local, old fashioned and warm swimming pool, where I went twice a week as soon as the clips & stitches were out, for about 6 weeks.
Physios advised using a mini skateboard (costs about£10 from sports shop) on a hard floor (won’t run on carpet) while sitting on a dining chair, to gradually increase the bend - don’t trip over it or go skating off down the street🛴🤣 - couldn’t find a skateboard image.
Ice packs are your friend & just as good as painkillers after the first few days - I was told 15-20 mins in any one hour & had 2 soft sports ice packs constantly cycling between me & the freezer.
Keep in touch if you need any advice & all my best wishes for your recovery.
Pat x
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What a great idea on the skateboard! Thanks!
I had my hip replaced 7 months ago and had an ablation 3 years ago and still free from AF
in reply to bambi57
Yea!! Thankyou, thats very hopeful!
You are indeed very lucky ...my husband had his knee replaced & it caused him to have a clinical seizure (Hyponatremia) & his 1st start of AF make sure you keep hydrated....and good luck!
in reply to 51-1-64
Wow thats not good.
So happy to hear the surgery is over - that must be a huge relief. Hopefully your heart will stay calm whilst you go through recovery. Best wishes, Hoski x
in reply to irene75359
Thankyou💜
No My AFib didn't come back either during or immediately after my TKR. To be honest I take a lot of succour fromt he fact that many people go back into AFib overnight when relaxed and asleep in bed or when sat down watching TV.
in reply to Desanthony
I got an apple watch last year for my anniversary. It is supposed to detect irregular heart rate. It hasnt so far. It also detects falls , which is kind of nice to know if I would fall and knock myself out, it would call my husband. My heart rate did jump up to 120 the other night and stayed there for a few minutes. I took an extra metoprolol and that slowed it down.
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