Worse And Worse 5 Days Post Acl Reconstruction Posted: 02-28-07 21:43pm
I completely tore my left ACL a year ago
and the doctor did the ACL reconstruction
(Patella) for me 5 days ago. Starting the
second day after the surgery I got a fever
(between 38.5 and 39.5 degree) but today
the fever seems like is gone. I also got
swelling and a little bit pain of my knee
and my lower leg for the first couple of
days. At the third day after surgery I
removed the bondage and I applied ice wrap
to my leg then now the swelling is gone
too.
Everything above seems OK but I gradually
got a huge problem, the lower leg pain. It
only appears when I try to stand up. At
that time it feels like the blood suddenly
fills into my leg and somehow stings my
nerves like millions of nails. I did not
notice this pain before I removed my
bondage, but after I did that, the pain
continuously increases. Yesterday the pain
was noticeable but all I need to do is
taking a couple of deep breathes then I
could walk with crutches, but today the
pain is unbearable. If I lie down the pain
is totally gone, and if I sit up carefully
the pain is somehow OK. I just cannot
stand up for even 5 seconds. I was a
soccer player and I have 3 broken bones in
my body, so please believe me, if I said
it is unbearable, it is unbearable.
Now my lower leg skin is hot, red,
shining, and painful if touching it. A
large part of my lower leg skin has
changed its color to dark red/ green/
brown/ purple.(obviously there are some
“dead” blood under there). But like I
said, it is not swelling anymore.
I am worrying about this but I did some
searching online and I did not find any
similar case as mine, and it is weird that
things can go worse and worse after the
surgery. I am not sure if my case can be
related to DVT blood clot, but I was told
it is very rare to happen after an ACL
reconstruction.
English is not my first language so it
should not be easy for you to read through
all of those. Thank you.
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smoothopr8tr
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Minnesota
Posted: 03-02-07 17:58pm
i would go back to your doctor asap if i
was you. not to scare you but it sounds
like infection. what kind of graft did you
have?? you need to be careful with things
like that. how are your symptoms now??
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dalhousieu
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Canada
Posted: 03-04-07 12:17pm
smoothopr8tr
wrote:
i would go back to your
doctor asap if i was you. not to scare you
but it sounds like infection. what kind of
graft did you have?? you need to be
careful with things like that. how are
your symptoms now??
Yes they said it is an infection and they
put me on a 5 day IV of antibiotics. Now
the redness is almost gone but the rush
pain is remaining. I guess I may need a
couple of days more the get rid of it.
Thank you!
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