My second knee replacement is in four days. It’s the BOGO free deal as it’s the second one this year. (Thanks JDM, Twenty, Lars and McMurtry.) $41,000 to the guys.
Anyway, wrt blood flow. The worst part is the tourniquet at the top of your leg. They don’t tell you about that. But I believe the surgeon only has 30-35 minutes to complete the procedure; thus, the tourniquet. Several days later this was where I felt the greatest pain and the entire area near the tourniquet placement was black and blue for some time afterwards. “Wtf happened here, Doc?”
“Oh, that’s just where the tourniquet was. Didn’t we tell you about that?”
“Sure as fvck didn’t. Hurts like fvckin’ hell.”