Knee replacement recovery
The first two weeks: why the knee stays swollen, warm and bruised, which changes are worth a phone call the same day, and where your own limits and schedule come from.
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YOUR DISCHARGE PAPERWORK
Find yours below and open it. It goes through what that sheet covers — read it, or have it read aloud — and asks you two questions at the end.
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The first two weeks: why the knee stays swollen, warm and bruised, which changes are worth a phone call the same day, and where your own limits and schedule come from.
OPEN THIS SHEET →What furosemide does, why you urinate more for a while after a dose, and where the dose and the timing on your own paperwork come from.
OPEN THIS SHEET →Neither sheet sets a dose, a limit or a schedule for anyone. Yours are on the paperwork you were sent home with, and so is the number to call.