[doctor] stephanie morales , medical record number 113322 . 44-year-old female that presents today six weeks status post right medial unicompartmental arthroplasty .
[doctor] hello !
[patient] hi , how are you doing ?
[doctor] good , how are you ?
[patient] i'm all right .
[doctor] how's the knee treating you ?
[patient] it's good .
[doctor] good . any problems ?
[patient] no , no problems , uh , just still the numbness on this side .
[doctor] okay . that area of numbness will get smaller as the nerves that innervate the skin across the knee heal .
[patient] right . okay .
[doctor] so lem me take a look at your right knee .
[patient] sure .
[doctor] all right , and relax for me . good . all right , and bend . good . that looks good . um , the incision looks nice .
[patient] mm-hmm .
[doctor] let's look at your x-rays . uh , they look good . so here's what you got going on in there . uh , it looks good . everything's lined up nicely . um , that's looking at it from the front . and this is looking at it from the side . and then this was underneath your kneecap , but we did n't do anything there . but things looks great .
[patient] okay . i'm so happy with how the surgery went . i have no pain .
[doctor] yeah , you know , you're still early in your recovery , so i expect you to get even better than what you are now . um , so keep doing your pt to work on your strength , range of motion , and endurance .
[patient] okay , will do .
[doctor] you're probably still gon na have aches and pains occasionally . i usually tell people it's two or three months before you feel like you're back to yourself again , so you're doing really well .
[patient] okay . that's really good to know . thank you .
[doctor] yeah , let's plan to talk again in six weeks . so if you stop at the desk on your way out today , they're going to get you set up for a telemedicine visit . and that visit'll just be to check in and see how you're doing and make sure things are progressing okay .
[patient] sure , okay . and can i ask you about work before i go ?
[doctor] sure .
[patient] well , as you know , i work for ups , and i'm not able to go back yet because of going up and down steps with the position i have . however , they're asking me to come back to work where i can sit for the shift with breaks .
[doctor] okay . i , i do n't want you lifting greater than five or 10 pounds , and no standing or sitting longer than a half an hour . uh , usually that means you ca n't do a ups job .
[patient] all right . so would you write a note to excuse me for another six weeks ?
[doctor] sure . i'll have my nurse anna give it to you .
[patient] that's great . thank you .
[doctor] okay , so we'll talk again in six weeks , and we can discuss your job again at that time .
[patient] sounds good .
[doctor] yeah , those , um , are the types of , of jobs that take a good three months until you're kind of ready to get back to doing that kind of labor-intensive work .
[patient] okay , and driving now ?
[doctor] uh , we have plenty of data that says normal reflex time is returned at six weeks , and then your return to driving is determined by when you're ready and feel safe to be driving .
[patient] okay .
[doctor] yeah . so hang tight . anna will bring that note back in to you , and we'll talk in six weeks .
[patient] all right , that sounds good .
[doctor] uh , but keep working hard on , on pt in the meantime though .
[patient] i definitely will . thank you .
[doctor] all right , have a good rest of your day .
[patient] you as well .
[doctor] okay , this is a six-week post-op meeting exam for her . her gait was antalgic with a slight limp and decreased velocity . she's not using an assistive device . right knee focused exam has a healed surgical scar , mild swelling , tenderness- tenderness .
[doctor] . on the area of the incision . range of motion is zero to 120 degrees . everything else normal . radiographs were three views of the right knee taken today and show implants in stable position .
[doctor] no evidence of loosening or early complications . thanks .

Medical orders:
description: six weeks visit'll just be to check in
order_type: followup