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Originally Posted by Barefoot
I'm glad to hear that things are going well for you.
You didn't mention pain or the need for pain Meds.
If you are without pain, lucky you!
Are you taking iron pills?
Did they tell you that you can return to driving in four to six weeks?
Best of luck in your recovery!
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I do use some pain meds, but not a lot. I mainly use them before therapy sessions, on the advice of my therapist. She said it helps to allow maximum value of the therapy...kinda pushing the limits a little more...within reason of course. I've come to believe it does help.
I'm definitely not without pain. :^) If therapy exercises don't hurt, they're probably not doing as much good as they could. And after a day of exercises and working hard to do even the simplest thing, there is some aching.
So on average I probably use 2-3 pills per day, where 8 per day could be used, per the prescription, for continuous pain control.
With respect to driving, I could possibly drive in an emergency now if I had to...only because the new knee is the left knee. But to maintain maximum at-home assistance from my therapist/support group, I cannot drive or it would put me into a different "classification".