One week since the TKR, and I haven't dipped into the Percocet yet. D. just said the pharmacist told him that Percocet helps you to sleep, so I think I'll take one tonight. Even without pain, I keep waking up after less than an hour, so maybe popping a pill or two can lift my mood a shade or two.
I did have that foot pain this morning, and I do hate that my foot is swollen. I remember hating it last year too, seems the foot shouldn't even be involved.
I had an appointment to check on the retinal laser repair which Dr. Sax did the day before my knee surgery. Dr. P. said all looked really good. She is such a breath of fresh air among the doctors that I wonder how she even came to work there.
I'm anxious to know if my legs are now equal in length, but it's too early to tell for sure. The swelling in the foot and leg precludes accurate measurement. I got so tired of bouncing against the walls of the hall in the morning before I had my shoes on, and of inserting a heelpad in my left shoe to bring it up to the almost half-inch discrepancy.
I pulled the bandage away, but the only thing visible are the steri-strips over the wound. All looks clean and dry, but I have some concern with where the incision has been made. The incision in the right knee is not down the middle of the knee, but a good distance to the side. I'd read that way avoids cutting into some of the ligaments you need to preserve movement. This time, the incision looks to be right down the middle of the knee. I hope it works just as well. I measured and the incision/scar on each knee is exactly the same length---six inches from above to below the kneecap.
I celebrated the one-week occasion by a few turns on the exercise bike. Ouch.
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