I admire you on so many levels. You've shared your knowledge as a surgeon and hindsight wisdom as a patient getting better. Every month is different for continuing better health practices. Last month, for me - box breathing improved my sleep to reach 85% in quality. Next month - a TKR. I am in a more optimal position to do that now, thanks to many of your videos. All the best to you, Dr Rosen.
4 months out from a TKR and from experience, there is a fine line between a healthy mind and thinking and feeling overwhelmed, tired and hopeless for a time. Thank you for honesty presenting your struggles and how they present so we can recognize these symptoms and we can seek help. Lack of sleep, the duration of healing and recovery can play on your mind and wear you down. Thank you, I appreciate your help so much.
Thank you for this video!! I appreciate you sharing your personal experience with depression. In March 2024, I had a total knee replacement. People told me recovery is challenging, hard. What they should've told me is that it is HARD. It's CHALLENGING & requires much of you physically & mentally. I had a fabulous support system. I was (and still am) extremely blessed, but despite my blessings & my loving, supportive husband, I found myself struggling with post operative depression. All your suggestions for dealing with depression are spot on! I reached out to my husband & told him my feelings, I reached out to friends to ease my loneliness. I spent plenty of time outside on my deck absorbing sunlight & enjoying the lovely Spring weather. I'm much better now, but for awhile there, I didn't understand why I was feeling depressed. Now I know, thanks to you, that post operative depression is real for some folks. Thank you so very, very much, Dr. Rosen!
Thank-You so much for this video Dr Rosen. I am a retired nurse and even though i thought i knew what to expect from tkr surgery the actual going through it post op was awful. I am now 2 months past it and working hard at PT 2x week. Definitely felt down in the dumps from the pain and having to depend on family for so much help in the early days post op. Your suggestions are so accurate! Breathing, getting outside, even if it's only in the yard, not isolating, trying to eat well even if there's not much appetite. Not taking long naps after PT because it affects sleeping at night. Thank you again. It does get better but it takes time.
thank you for this excellent video, for sharing your personal experience as well as practical advice. I have followed your TKR videos for both my TKR surgeries and they have really helped me here in the UK.
Wow I am so glad I found this today, I had spinal surgery 4 weeks ago, and from the moment iv come home iv been in a downward spinal. Low mood, insomnia,irritatied, restless. No interest in anything. Could only explain it as feeling lifeless, and numb and sadness. I need to hear this today. I hope things get better as I should be happy I am not in pain anymore. But this feeling is horrible. Thank you for sharing this and your personal journey.🇬🇧 x
Thank you so much, finally I understand that post operative depression is a real thing. I love your videos because you don't candy coat how hard knee replacement is, physically, emotionally and mentally. I find people that haven't had knee replacement tell me to buck up, get over it and have gratitude. I want to scream.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I have suffered from depression on and off since I was 15. We need to talk about it so people know there is help out there. Life is too precious to spend it feeling awful. I had TKR last June (2023). I did have a few weeks of feeling down. So it sure does happen. I was able to get out of it as my knee got better. Thank you for sharing this important topic. BTW, your knee book is awesome. So much good information. Thank you! Take care!
Because I wasn’t told by my surgeon what to expect postoperatively, I felt depressed and shocked. This could’ve been avoided if I had known what to expect . Your patients are lucky that you have prepared them, but I think you are the exception to the rule unfortunately.
Wonderful talk , thank you so much for highlighting depression and sharing such valuable information. I have read your book also excellent information and easy to read 👍👍. Very much appreciated ❤!
I'm a nurse, I know what to expect so it definitely isn't a lack of information for me. I've had a couple back surgeries and in 2017, fell down steps and ended up having 9 more surgeries due to LTKR, right achilles rupture, etc and following complications. For some reason, 2 to 3 week AFTER surgery, I drop into a depression. I've even tried starting on an antidepressant weeks before the procedure and still, there's an obvious drop in mood at the 2 - 3 week mark and lasts months. I think there has to be something going neurologically or chemically. Docs always just say, it's normal to have post op depression. But I want to know why.
