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Here's an update on my knee. I sought a second opinion last week and the orthopedic surgeon thinks that the blood in the knee has been reabsorbed. He felt that at this point the knee is in contracture and doubling the physical therapy for four to six weeks to try to regain my range of motion...

Protimenow, Thanks for the reference on Lovenox. I suspect that what happened with my arthroscopic knee surgery was that when I went to the ER 36 hours after the surgery, the ER doc was pretty young, probably not very familiar with anticoagulation/Lovenox and didn't recognize that the Lovenox...

Kristy, njean and protimenow, THANKS! I feel like I'm not alone in this and i'm not crazy! I'm really interested , Kristy in your theory about the Lovenox being the problem....my surgery was on a Monday afternoon and I wasn't done with the Lovenox shots until Saturday morning...

I had arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus (sp?) on July 11th, with the whole regimen/protocol of Lovenox bridging. About 36 hours after the surgery, I made my husband take me to the ER in the middle of the night because I had excruciating pain in the knee. The ER doc drained...