Returning Home
Your discharge day will depend on many factors and is usually goal orientated. So once you can get in and out of bed independently, shower with minimal assistance, walk using your crutches and manage a few stairs….you are able to go home.
Remember to take home all your belongings, medications that have been dispensed and x-rays.
Remember to organise someone to take you home.
We strongly recommend that someone stay with you for the first few nights.
Key Post Surgery Dates/Milestones
You will have an appointment with your surgeon’s nurse generally 10 to 14 days following surgery to have your wound checked and clips/sutures removed. At this stage you will be doing your exercises at home and attending a rehabilitation program or seeing your own physiotherapist weekly.
At six weeks after surgery you will have an x-ray and an appointment with your surgeon to check you progress.
To maximise the level of your post-operative care, Orthopaedics ACT run a clinic as part of care. Our nurse is available on (02) 6221 9328 if you have any concerns.