Rest is a vital part of recovery
It's been 8 days since I had my knee replacement surgery, and boy has this been an experience! I fell the day after surgery and landed smack dab on my knee that had just been replaced. Talk about pain! It took my breath away. So I went to see the surgeon to make sure everything was okay. He did three x-rays and said all was good, thank the Lord! A few days later the back of my calf started burning and hurting really badly. Another trip back to the surgeon! He was concerned about a deep vein thrombosis and sent me for a veinous ultrasound. As the tech moved to the wand up and down my leg pressing on it at various locations, all I could think about was the ultrasounds that were performed when I was pregnant with my children. That was a long time ago, but the memories are still fresh. The ultrasound tech was not able to give me an official report, but told me as I was getting ready to leave his office, that he didn't see anything concerning. That gave me huge piece ...