I am also having problems with my knee caps. My orthopedic surgeon said that exercise and gave me celebrex and Glucosamine 500mg/chondroitin 400mg if it does not get better in six weeks then they willdo an MRI. I am all ready feeling the decrease in the pain with just the meds. The exercises are some that we can do in bed. The dr said that this was caused from my back surgery that was done in December 2000.
A new friend Lynn
>Dear All,
>I still have not slept all night since my Hernia repair surgery in June.
>Even though I have tried several different sleeping meds, a few
>prescription. Although I am not waking every hour. I am starting to
>get a couple or more hours of sleep at a time.
>I am also having some pain at the navel, where I had my surgery at. I
>have a 3 1/2 inch incision at the bottom of my navel & mesh about 1-1/2
>inch all the way around the navel. I am not sure how much pain this is
>causing because of the meds I take for the adhesion pain. Oxycontin
>80mg 2x day and Vicodin 10mg for the breakthrough pain (4-6 a day). How
>long does it really take to recouperate from Hernia repair surgery, I
>didn't really get that information from the Dr that did it When I had my
>staples out, I saw a different DR because mine was off. The one that
>did it, really didn't want to do it, but didn't have any choice, so he
>really wasn't very informative. Is it normal to still have pain after 2
>months?
>I went to my DR on Monday for more sleeping pills, the last ones I got
>didn't work too well. (waking every hour on the hour). I also got a
>prescription for a "steriod blast" for my knees. The inside of the knee
>cap is rubbing on the femur bone on both knees. Exercise is the only
>thing to help & the adhesion pain keeps me from exercising. My knees
>had become so very painfull all the time, not just sitting & standing
>up. Today is the 2nd day on them & I can already feel the difference!
>Also, I had to get something for my swollen feet & ankels. They had
>swollen so much it was making it hard to walk. With the meds, they have
>already gone down by half, Im feeling better. My Dr is going to send me
>to a pulanari(sp) expert to see if he can get me into the sleep apnia
>clinic. I have always had problems breathing & snoring at night. Hubby
>thinks the harder time I have breathing & the more struggling I do
>affects the amount of pain I have the next day. The insurance rejected
>it from my regular dr although my DR told the ins co that my hubby said
>I stopped breathing at night! I think the insurance co denied it because
>it is me. They are tired of getting all the referals & stuff on me!
>I hope that everyone will have a comfy day!
>Thanks for listening!!
>love
>robin M