Comments on: 90 degrees – my knee, not the weather http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather Gadget obsessed tech chat Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Laura http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather/comment-page-1#comment-387 Laura Wed, 25 May 2011 11:41:50 +0000 http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/?p=630#comment-387 Daren't wear a skirt as bad knee looks 3 tines the size of the other!scars are looking good now :-) Daren’t wear a skirt as bad knee looks 3 tines the size of the other!scars are looking good now :-)

]]> By: Laura http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather/comment-page-1#comment-386 Laura Wed, 25 May 2011 11:40:40 +0000 http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/?p=630#comment-386 How are you doing?I've started hydro which was fun but tough and didn't realise Joe heavy legs would feel when I stepped out of water or how tired I'd be!up to 100 degrees on bend needles though lol new thing is a cracking noise upon bending - not quite sure what that is!I wasn't on morphine only when in hospital, tried to reduce tramadol whilst cage was on not a good idea, so am now reducing whilst not in as much pain, down from 200mg to 50mg now then next week plan to finish.....yeah!!!!! How are you doing?I’ve started hydro which was fun but tough and didn’t realise Joe heavy legs would feel when I stepped out of water or how tired I’d be!up to 100 degrees on bend needles though lol new thing is a cracking noise upon bending – not quite sure what that is!I wasn’t on morphine only when in hospital, tried to reduce tramadol whilst cage was on not a good idea, so am now reducing whilst not in as much pain, down from 200mg to 50mg now then next week plan to finish…..yeah!!!!!

]]> By: DarrenG http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather/comment-page-1#comment-385 DarrenG Sun, 15 May 2011 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/?p=630#comment-385 Crikey, yes I can understand why you want to get back to work, I'm very lucky as I work from home so that was one pressure I never had. Coming off the drugs was the hardest thing but I didn't attempt that until the pain had stopped. Then I stopped taking Tramadol first and then the Morphine. That was very hard, instead of reducing slowly I stopped it dead. The withdrawal effects were awful, terrible shaking and sweating etc, lasted 10 days before it began to ease off. Looking back, the drug withdrawal was the worst part of it all. I'd have the op again tomorrow, even knowing how bad it was at times, but I wouldn't want to repeat the withdrawal ever again! The scars will fade, some of mine are almost invisible, get your legs out, the sun and a tan will help them :) Crikey, yes I can understand why you want to get back to work, I’m very lucky as I work from home so that was one pressure I never had.

Coming off the drugs was the hardest thing but I didn’t attempt that until the pain had stopped. Then I stopped taking Tramadol first and then the Morphine. That was very hard, instead of reducing slowly I stopped it dead. The withdrawal effects were awful, terrible shaking and sweating etc, lasted 10 days before it began to ease off.

Looking back, the drug withdrawal was the worst part of it all. I’d have the op again tomorrow, even knowing how bad it was at times, but I wouldn’t want to repeat the withdrawal ever again!

The scars will fade, some of mine are almost invisible, get your legs out, the sun and a tan will help them :)

]]> By: Laura http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather/comment-page-1#comment-384 Laura Sat, 14 May 2011 21:15:35 +0000 http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/?p=630#comment-384 Thanks for the advice!I miss work and want to get back and pay is already at half and will go cometely in 2 months time so I'm kind of pressurising myself to get bend back and drive asap but I now understand my body will take time and 5 months in a frame can't be fixed in a week!wish it could though! Good news you drove so soon, I hope to swell! Swelling is only around knee but looks nasty!leg doesn't look anything like the other one lol never was a girlie skirt girl but legs not fit for skirts now! How are you coping pain wise?I tried coming off tramadol with cage in but too painful so Weaning off it now and that seems fine!finding it difficult to sleep though as previously was on back and now joInts ache!positive thing is though cage helped me to go from 15 to 11 stone so that's all good! hope things are looking good for you! Thanks for the advice!I miss work and want to get back and pay is already at half and will go cometely in 2 months time so I’m kind of pressurising myself to get bend back and drive asap but I now understand my body will take time and 5 months in a frame can’t be fixed in a week!wish it could though!
Good news you drove so soon, I hope to swell!
Swelling is only around knee but looks nasty!leg doesn’t look anything like the other one lol never was a girlie skirt girl but legs not fit for skirts now!
How are you coping pain wise?I tried coming off tramadol with cage in but too painful so
Weaning off it now and that seems fine!finding it difficult to sleep though as previously was on back and now joInts ache!positive thing is though cage helped me to go from 15 to 11 stone so that’s all good!
hope things are looking good for you!

]]> By: DarrenG http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/ilizarov/90-degrees-my-knee-not-the-weather/comment-page-1#comment-383 DarrenG Fri, 13 May 2011 10:24:20 +0000 http://www.griffinnet.co.uk/?p=630#comment-383 I got behind the wheel as soon as I could bend it enough to get in! I had the seat as far back as possible and it wasn't ideal but I was desperate to drive again after 9mths. Was quite some time before I could use an exercise bike, found rowing was good exercise. I never had any major issues with swelling but did take some paracetamol when I had a bad ache, normally after physio had been bending it! Don't try to push yourself too soon, it all takes time and if you push too hard you risk making it worse. Do the exercises but be gentle! I got behind the wheel as soon as I could bend it enough to get in! I had the seat as far back as possible and it wasn’t ideal but I was desperate to drive again after 9mths. Was quite some time before I could use an exercise bike, found rowing was good exercise.

I never had any major issues with swelling but did take some paracetamol when I had a bad ache, normally after physio had been bending it!

Don’t try to push yourself too soon, it all takes time and if you push too hard you risk making it worse. Do the exercises but be gentle!

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