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cherylpf
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 Posted: 02/25/06 - 11:32 Post subject:
[more dorky nurse advice] Knee surgeries tend to have the highest occurrance (of all surgeries) of blood clots. Two major ways to avoid those? Don't be still, get up and move around and stay hydrated. another way would be lovenox, unsure if you were prescribed that
heal fast!
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 02/25/06 - 11:39 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | [more dorky nurse advice] Knee surgeries tend to have the highest occurrance (of all surgeries) of blood clots. Two major ways to avoid those? Don't be still, get up and move around and stay hydrated. another way would be lovenox, unsure if you were prescribed that
heal fast! |
Everyone could use a prescription for a little love.
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copteacher
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Posted: 02/25/06 - 12:50 Post subject:
PFFF I got my mom here, who is a NP, my sister comes at 12 and she is an OT. Abby has here nurse here and Robin comes home from work at 5. I am good to go. I have been walking around slow but moving around.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 02/25/06 - 17:30 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | [more dorky nurse advice] Knee surgeries tend to have the highest occurrance (of all surgeries) of blood clots. Two major ways to avoid those? Don't be still, get up and move around and stay hydrated. another way would be lovenox, unsure if you were prescribed that
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why do you hate so much? that's stuff is nasty, just put him on Coumadin instead. less pain and bruising
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cherylpf
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Posted: 02/25/06 - 17:46 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | [more dorky nurse advice] Knee surgeries tend to have the highest occurrance (of all surgeries) of blood clots. Two major ways to avoid those? Don't be still, get up and move around and stay hydrated. another way would be lovenox, unsure if you were prescribed that
heal fast! |
why do you hate so much? that's stuff is nasty, just put him on Coumadin instead. less pain and bruising |
lovenox first, coumadin later, or so I learned in class. 
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copteacher
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Posted: 02/25/06 - 18:29 Post subject:
Lovinox would not be bad, I have already had the class on how to administer the drug.
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Posted: 02/27/06 - 09:28 Post subject:
Hope that you are feeling better.
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Posted: 02/27/06 - 10:21 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | RangerG wrote: | Relax and get better...
You have worked your butt off for years to take care of everyone else, let them take care of you for a few days.  |
 Relax a little. |
Listen hard to these guys. I know what the "can't take care of everyone else" feeling is like, but it will hurt you far more if you push too soon. And then you won't have a choice -- you'll be forced on the sidelines.
For everything that your family has been through, give them credit -- they're tough. This is just a bump in the road, and everything will be back to normal before you know it.
Get some rest, grab a magazine and a coffee, and take some time off.
You'll need the rest....'cause we'll kick your a$$ back into shape once you're better.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 02/27/06 - 10:32 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | [more dorky nurse advice] Knee surgeries tend to have the highest occurrance (of all surgeries) of blood clots. Two major ways to avoid those? Don't be still, get up and move around and stay hydrated. another way would be lovenox, unsure if you were prescribed that
heal fast! |
my brother got a clot in his lung after knee surgery. He says the doc "told" him to lie around. He lives directly behind my parents, I'm sure he was "milking" my mom's care. This "bro" needs no excuse to lie around. 
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