Part of the presurgery at Guthrie is a session called Joint Camp. My camp took place March 22. My wife and I walked in the hospital at 7:45am to begin. One of the main goals of the session was to gather all the background needed for surgery ahead of time. The nurse who I am likely to see after surgery taped on EKG leads and ran a tape. She did an intake of my medical history.
After that we were taken to a conference room where we met the other "campers." Four of us are facing joint repair. The first camper I met is 6 years older and will have both knees resurfaced the day before my single surgery. The next camper was a mid-sixties woman and the last a late 50s gentleman who will get his hip replaced.
The two facts I gained from the physical therapist were one, the cutting of the ends of my leg bones will mean the loss of the pressure receptor feedback. This could make the joint feel strange until my brain releans. The second regards a nerve block. For recent shoulder surgery I had a nerve injection. Not fun. In this case an IV would be inserted to drip anesthesia on the femoral nerve until its time for me to be discharged. This will allow me to do PT with less pain.
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