Wayne Schuricht
Howdy All, Just a quick note on my total knee replacement surgery. Today is 3 weeks post op and I am thankful to say I am progressing nicely. I must credit a pre-op procedure that is evidently new on the scene. The day before the surgery I had a cryo-therapy procedure called IOVERA. This entailed the anesthesiologist deep freezing the superficial nerves above my knee. It was a relatively easy and almost painless out patient procedure, lasting about 30 minutes and I went home. This treatment proportedly will last several weeks, during which time most of the post-op pain and healing will take place. I must say that this is apparently the case so far. The first few days were miserable, but rather quickly subsided. One week post op I was walking with only a cane for assistance and had essentially full range of motion. The PT working with me was astonished - he had never seen or heard of this procedure and couldn't believe my progress after one week. My surgeon had only one patient previously who had the procedure, but who sang its praises to him as she had had the other knee done previously with the expected pain and rehab. Joann, my wife, who has had both knees done also, is also amazed. Hopefully this progress will continue in the coming weeks. I only needed strong pain meds for a few days, and that was primarily to sleep! I am now walking essentially without assistance but carry a cane just in case.
I am sharing this with you in the hope that if any of you need or are contemplating knee surgery to please investigate this procedure "IOVERA" and ask your surgeon if it might be applicable for you. My surgeon thinks this might be a game changer for knee surgery in the future. I sure am glad he ordered it for me, and that so far the proof is in the pudding. Please take care and keep in touch. Wayne
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