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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 490850" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>HNR - </p><p></p><p>DF is doing excellent since his knee replacment - </p><p></p><p>A few things you may ask about - because we found these INTERESTING - after the fact. </p><p></p><p></p><p>1.) The blood transfusion - HE would have given his OWN blood in advance - or I would have gotten his family to do it. (I can't I have thalassemia - it's just a funky anemia) </p><p></p><p>2.) Ask BEFORE they take you to your room if there is a ROWING machine for your leg. If there is a cooler for your leg, and if there is an inflation machine for both legs for blood clots. The rowing machine was the best thing in the world. It looked like a row boat of sorts and they put DF's leg in it - it sat in the bed with him and it moved his leg in such a motion - away, up a bit, back to him, down - (repeat) it kept it from getting stiff all night. The ice machine was a cooler that sat on the floor - and had hoses that ran to a pad on his knee. The bucket/cooler was filled with ice; plugged in, and ran constantly to keep the incision cold while the row boat thing moved. He said it was WONDERFUL. When they took the row boat off the next day? They put the inflation socks on. </p><p></p><p>3.) CHECK OUT your rehab place (if you intend to go) BEFORE you go. Check out the nurses, the shower, the food, the type of food. Oh and while your'e at it? Check out the menu at the hospital too - and while you feel GOOD - pick out your meals NOW - because trust me - They start shoving pain killers in you and the last thing you want is to be picking out - soup or salad, pie or cake - and you will be on a low sodium/low sugar diet. Low sugar because -</p><p></p><p>4.) the shock of knee surgery will more than likely (we were told) cause you to be a temporary diabetic? DF was given finger pricks 3 x a day and given shots of insulin twice a day the entire time he was in the hospital AND the rehab horror house. (Thats why I said if you are going to rehab - check it out before you aren't up to snuff) </p><p></p><p>5.) They will be giving you - a potty - a walker, a wheel chair. Well they did DF anyway. We had NO idea what to do with the potty - but figured we better hang on to it until the other knee is done. </p><p></p><p>6.) THE HOME SHOWER - Ahhhhh yes. GET YOURSELF a good shower seat. and Get yourself or make sure your bath mat is like new or at the least SUPER STUCK to the bath floor. </p><p></p><p>7.) Get a set of those pincers - Ace Hardware sells really nice ones. You can't bend over to get anything. </p><p></p><p>8.) LONG shoe horn - really handy. </p><p></p><p>9.) Gauze, Saline, Tape - You'll be doing this at home on your own to wash out the wound - Check with a home health pharmacy for the long gauze.......get the saline at DOLLAR GENERAL (least expensive) as well as the tape. - get this stuff before you go in - and I'm telling you the nurses will NOT leave you with jack. Can't blame them - but we thought Medicare would cover something - NOPE....nada. </p><p></p><p>10.) For getting in and out of the car...YOU WILL BE A PASSENGER - there is a foot strap for pulling your leg in and out - try it - or make one. DF didn't like his - </p><p></p><p>11.) RELIGIOUSLY do your exercises....and listen to your PT. (We were told if you don't WANT to go to rehab you don't have to) YOu can go home. DF has Medicare. </p><p></p><p>12.) Smoking decreases the healing time of incisions. </p><p></p><p>13 - The doctor said something about honey for healing the scar - but DF likes his wound......Oh lord. So we never looked into it. I don't remember what kind or anything. </p><p></p><p>14.) DO NOT take ANY Of YOUR current medications to the hospital - (we did thinking it would help costs - nope) </p><p></p><p></p><p>If you have any other ??? You'd like me to ask DF - he said he'd be glad to help. He's going in Tuesday for eye surgery. He's was so excited about getting the other leg done and us getting out and about and last week found out he's going blind - so he's kinda down in the dumps. Hopefully they've caught the degeneration in time to help him with one eye. So we're hopeful. </p><p></p><p>OH YEAH _ and did they give you the PRESCRUB stuff for you to wash your legs with at home for three days so that you would NOT - NO WAY - NO HOW get M.R.S.A.? It's wonderful. They sent DF home with three little sponges that look like they are soaked in betadine or something - and he had to scrub his entire body for three days with them - pretty wild. Even the morning of the surgery. But NO MRSA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 490850, member: 4964"] HNR - DF is doing excellent since his knee replacment - A few things you may ask about - because we found these INTERESTING - after the fact. 1.) The blood transfusion - HE would have given his OWN blood in advance - or I would have gotten his family to do it. (I can't I have thalassemia - it's just a funky anemia) 2.) Ask BEFORE they take you to your room if there is a ROWING machine for your leg. If there is a cooler for your leg, and if there is an inflation machine for both legs for blood clots. The rowing machine was the best thing in the world. It looked like a row boat of sorts and they put DF's leg in it - it sat in the bed with him and it moved his leg in such a motion - away, up a bit, back to him, down - (repeat) it kept it from getting stiff all night. The ice machine was a cooler that sat on the floor - and had hoses that ran to a pad on his knee. The bucket/cooler was filled with ice; plugged in, and ran constantly to keep the incision cold while the row boat thing moved. He said it was WONDERFUL. When they took the row boat off the next day? They put the inflation socks on. 3.) CHECK OUT your rehab place (if you intend to go) BEFORE you go. Check out the nurses, the shower, the food, the type of food. Oh and while your'e at it? Check out the menu at the hospital too - and while you feel GOOD - pick out your meals NOW - because trust me - They start shoving pain killers in you and the last thing you want is to be picking out - soup or salad, pie or cake - and you will be on a low sodium/low sugar diet. Low sugar because - 4.) the shock of knee surgery will more than likely (we were told) cause you to be a temporary diabetic? DF was given finger pricks 3 x a day and given shots of insulin twice a day the entire time he was in the hospital AND the rehab horror house. (Thats why I said if you are going to rehab - check it out before you aren't up to snuff) 5.) They will be giving you - a potty - a walker, a wheel chair. Well they did DF anyway. We had NO idea what to do with the potty - but figured we better hang on to it until the other knee is done. 6.) THE HOME SHOWER - Ahhhhh yes. GET YOURSELF a good shower seat. and Get yourself or make sure your bath mat is like new or at the least SUPER STUCK to the bath floor. 7.) Get a set of those pincers - Ace Hardware sells really nice ones. You can't bend over to get anything. 8.) LONG shoe horn - really handy. 9.) Gauze, Saline, Tape - You'll be doing this at home on your own to wash out the wound - Check with a home health pharmacy for the long gauze.......get the saline at DOLLAR GENERAL (least expensive) as well as the tape. - get this stuff before you go in - and I'm telling you the nurses will NOT leave you with jack. Can't blame them - but we thought Medicare would cover something - NOPE....nada. 10.) For getting in and out of the car...YOU WILL BE A PASSENGER - there is a foot strap for pulling your leg in and out - try it - or make one. DF didn't like his - 11.) RELIGIOUSLY do your exercises....and listen to your PT. (We were told if you don't WANT to go to rehab you don't have to) YOu can go home. DF has Medicare. 12.) Smoking decreases the healing time of incisions. 13 - The doctor said something about honey for healing the scar - but DF likes his wound......Oh lord. So we never looked into it. I don't remember what kind or anything. 14.) DO NOT take ANY Of YOUR current medications to the hospital - (we did thinking it would help costs - nope) If you have any other ??? You'd like me to ask DF - he said he'd be glad to help. He's going in Tuesday for eye surgery. He's was so excited about getting the other leg done and us getting out and about and last week found out he's going blind - so he's kinda down in the dumps. Hopefully they've caught the degeneration in time to help him with one eye. So we're hopeful. OH YEAH _ and did they give you the PRESCRUB stuff for you to wash your legs with at home for three days so that you would NOT - NO WAY - NO HOW get M.R.S.A.? It's wonderful. They sent DF home with three little sponges that look like they are soaked in betadine or something - and he had to scrub his entire body for three days with them - pretty wild. Even the morning of the surgery. But NO MRSA. [/QUOTE]
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