napper
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I'm a 53 yr old female. I'm hoping I can get some insight.
I had a knee replacement in April 2015 then had to have it manipulated 8 weeks later. I was fine after that. However, a year later, I started having pain again. They did a bone scan but it didn't show anything. So they sent me to PT for 8 weeks to try to strengthen the muscles around the knee, hoping that would help. It didn't.
I then had a revision. They found a broken piece behind my knee. After the revision, again, I was fine. Now, three years later, my knee is painful again. It's clunking and hurts behind the kneecap whenever I walk. It also pops behind my knee like it did before the revision.
The surgeon sent me for another bone scan and this time I THINK it shows something. There are hot spots in the places on the front of my knee and one behind the knee. Exactly where it is hurting. It also had a hot spot on my left knee which is probably arthritis. That hurts, also, but I've been ignoring it.
Do these hot spots prove that I'm in pain and there is something wrong? I go see the surgeon on Friday. I wanted to know why to say when I see him.
Thanks for any advice.
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TKR April 2015.
Manipulation Eight weeks later
Knee Revision May 2016
I had a knee replacement in April 2015 then had to have it manipulated 8 weeks later. I was fine after that. However, a year later, I started having pain again. They did a bone scan but it didn't show anything. So they sent me to PT for 8 weeks to try to strengthen the muscles around the knee, hoping that would help. It didn't.
I then had a revision. They found a broken piece behind my knee. After the revision, again, I was fine. Now, three years later, my knee is painful again. It's clunking and hurts behind the kneecap whenever I walk. It also pops behind my knee like it did before the revision.
The surgeon sent me for another bone scan and this time I THINK it shows something. There are hot spots in the places on the front of my knee and one behind the knee. Exactly where it is hurting. It also had a hot spot on my left knee which is probably arthritis. That hurts, also, but I've been ignoring it.
Do these hot spots prove that I'm in pain and there is something wrong? I go see the surgeon on Friday. I wanted to know why to say when I see him.
Thanks for any advice.
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TKR April 2015.
Manipulation Eight weeks later
Knee Revision May 2016
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