Knee reconstruction surgery

[Emma2017]

Hi,

I am a theatre nurse and I had my ACL reconstructed 5 months ago with success.

basically my question is in relation to going back to work.

i have been seen by occupational health and they are recommending a phased return over 4 weeks.

i had asked if I could take till the end of September off to work on my rehab and physio as I still don't feel that my knee is 100% as yet.

the occ health dr was of the opinion that it prob would never be 100% and that I should crack on with going back to work.

having spoke to my consultant, he told me I would continue to improve for 9 months post op so there is still room for improvement and he felt that going back to work now would hard on me.

so my question is, what are my options? I'm calling my line manager to discuss tomorrow but I don't want to go back too early and undo all the good work that has been done so far.

any help would be appreciated, thanks

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

This is something that you will need to address with your surgeon and other members of the medical team. It may mean that your surgeon needs to speak with the occ health doc. However, this is not a question that can be answered by the members here. Best wishes for your recovery.