The side affect of this though is that when I overdue things my whole body starts feeling a little feverish. Last night it was noticible enough for me to find my thermometer and check my temperature. It was normal which for me is a tiny bit high.
Next step? Google this. What is really going on?
I don't know, Linda. All I can say is that the same thing happened to me: hot operated knee compared to non-operated knee. And that lasted for quite a while. Now (6 months later) they are the same temp, but for the longest time, the right one (in my case) was much hotter to touch. I never particularly felt that it caused the rest of me to be hotter. That just happens from time to time, at my age, I thought...
ReplyDeleteOk. 4th time trying to comment! (Grrr... I hate where the "sign out" button is!) Yeah. My operated knee was hotter than the non-operated one by a lot, for a weirdly long time. Now (6 months later) they are finally the same temp. I think massage (gently, as tolerated) helps -- I'm still doing it now, in the belief that it may help reduce remaining scarring...
ReplyDeleteI can't say that I got feverish as a side effect of the extra heat in the operated knee... Maybe I didn't overdo, but I think that all-over excess heat is just something that hapoens from time to time at my age...
ReplyDeleteI think you are right on, though, about what causes the operated knee to be so hot to the touch: there's a LOT of hesling going on, for a very long time!
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