{"id":18307,"date":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/new-knee-new-life\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","slug":"new-knee-new-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/new-knee-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Como uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho mudou a vida de um homem de New Bedford\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul passou grande parte da sua vida como motorista de cami\u00f5es comerciais, saltando das cabinas dos cami\u00f5es e dos reboques depois de horas no lugar do condutor, o que colocava press\u00e3o sobre as suas articula\u00e7\u00f5es, que muitas vezes do\u00edam.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em 2016, caiu de uma escada em casa e rasgou o m\u00fasculo quadr\u00edceps e os tend\u00f5es de liga\u00e7\u00e3o da perna esquerda. Foi nessa altura que conheceu o Chefe de Ortopedia da Southcoast Health, Dr. Michael Langworthy<\/a>que reparou a les\u00e3o utilizando um tend\u00e3o de um cad\u00e1ver. Mas, infelizmente, Paul voltou a lesionar-se poucas semanas ap\u00f3s a cirurgia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante esse per\u00edodo, Paul come\u00e7ou um novo emprego numa empresa de armazenamento frigor\u00edfico em Fall River. As dores, com as quais viveu durante oito anos, nunca desapareceram e a sua perna latejava no frio de 10 graus abaixo de zero da arca frigor\u00edfica industrial onde trabalhava. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foi excruciante\", disse Paul, natural de New Bedford, que partilha uma casa com duas fam\u00edlias na cidade com a sua namorada de longa data, uma filha e um neto que vivem no andar de cima e v\u00e1rios c\u00e3es. \"Eu era como um morto-vivo.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No final do inverno passado, as dores tornaram-se t\u00e3o fortes que foi para o Centro de Emerg\u00eancia Baldwin Makepeace no Hospital Tobey<\/a>. Foi novamente encaminhado para o Dr. Langworthy, que lhe disse que precisava de substituir o joelho esquerdo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Dr. Langworthy disse-me que n\u00e3o seria f\u00e1cil, mas que iria melhorar a minha vida\", afirmou. Paul leu a literatura fornecida e viu um v\u00eddeo sobre a cirurgia para saber o que o esperava. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cirurgia de substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho foi efectuada em Hospital St. Luke's<\/a> em mar\u00e7o de 2024, e o Paul p\u00f4de regressar a casa no dia seguinte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Dr. Langworthy \u00e9 um tipo direto\", disse Paul. \"Foi tudo muito bem explicado e ele d\u00e1-nos confian\u00e7a. Toda a equipa foi muito boa e tudo correu muito bem. Mas foi desconfort\u00e1vel no in\u00edcio.\" Inicialmente, Paul teve de usar um andarilho para se deslocar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00eas semanas ap\u00f3s a substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho, come\u00e7ou a sua reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o em Fisioterapia de Southcoast<\/a> em Faunce Corner Road, em Dartmouth, onde trabalhou com a sua equipa de terapia duas vezes por semana durante tr\u00eas meses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Trabalharam na minha amplitude de movimentos, para ver at\u00e9 onde conseguia dobrar o corpo, e fui ficando mais forte\", disse. \"Southcoast \u00e9 \u00f3timo. N\u00e3o consigo dizer coisas suficientemente boas sobre as pessoas de l\u00e1.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em meados do ver\u00e3o, estava a fazer exerc\u00edcio sozinho, a fazer exerc\u00edcio na piscina, a passear os c\u00e3es, a brincar com o neto e a andar numa bicicleta de exerc\u00edcio que comprou para a sua casa. E regressou ao seu emprego na Ice Cube Cold Storage em Fall River, onde faz trabalhos de manuten\u00e7\u00e3o - mas j\u00e1 n\u00e3o trabalha no congelador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sinto-me bem\", disse. \"Estou muito feliz por estar onde estou. Disseram-me que isto ia mudar a minha vida, e mudou.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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