How different has the treatment been for everyone post op?
So, for me I received a spinal block for my ACL reconstruction surgery, they did a hamstring graft. The research I did here, on the internet, and talk I had with another doctor are completely different from what I got in the end.
So, the first doctor I went to quoted up to 2.5lakhs INR (with everything covered), while the second doctor the one I got my surgery from quoted 1.3lakhs INR (with everything covered). I didn't expect to stay in the ICU after my surgery for almost an entire day. The medicine I received was mainly through the vein for almost 2 days.
After an entire day in the ICU, I was shifted to the room. I walked with a physiotherapist in the ICU a day after the surgery. I was asked to walker assistance with full weight bearing on my knee. My physio started on Sunday (the day after my discharge), it's day 5 of post op, and I'm able to walk up and down stairs, bend up to 45 degrees in the sitting position already.
The previous doctor said, I will be needing crutches, and I will stay in hospital only for a day, I was really hoping to get general anesthesia but they went for spinal block as they have to put a ventilator.
How different was your surgery experience from this?