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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    Yep. On the bench right now!
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    in the last month I sold and purchased a new house. Yesterday was my six-month anniversary and also moving day. I had packers come the day before but still ended up doing way too much then and moving day. So today is icing day and elastic stocking wearing day, mostly. I had to unpack my bedroom...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    thanks for the advice @mendogal. I still ice frequently for 45 minutes with legs elevated. i'l follow your outline for getting out of the ODIC. and thank you @Layla for the 5-month well wishes.
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    Hi all, it's been a little over 5 months, and I am doing better. mostly in the emotional realm, but physical, too. I saw my pa due to my concern about swelling and pain. She was underwhelmed by my complaints. Said to keep taking ibuprofen and acetameniphin. She emphasized it takes a year. She...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    The following is from @hammertown. I'm pasting it here so I can find it for my reference: I continue to make progress on TKR and I go to physical therapy 2 times a week. In addition to the home stretching exercises every day, I elevate and ice my knee every day. Last week, I was stuck at 109...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    This makes me feel better! I think I'll ice right now. Thanks @EalingGran @benne68 Thanks for the reminder. My partner is 5 weeks into his own knee replacement and healing. He is following PT - sort of. He feels compelled to quote his numbers to me, so it gets a bit competitive. Fortunately, we...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    Thanks @mendogal for your always speedy response. It's so reassuring to know I can come here for an answer when anxiety ratchets up.
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    I just saw the PT for body work. He suggested more time on the bike to get my heart rate up and facilitate drainage (still have quite a bit of swelling). He said that and walking are all I need to do. When I told him I still ice 3 times a day, he said I should stop. Icing after physical therapy...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    Thanks @Layla. Will do. @mendogal I always appreciate the advice I get from you and @EalingGran. Sense you all have been through it, I find it even more helpful. I've just listed my property for sale with the intent of moving in September. Hope I can pull it off.
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    I'm 3 months post op as of tomorrow. I feel I am progressing well enough except for a few areas. My efforts to get on and off a chair (and toilet) are awkward--I begin to sit and have to plop the last two inches. Getting up is easier. I was told this is because the hamstrings don't have enough...
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    @EalingGran Thanks for the recommendation regarding pilates. I will look for the exercise you mentioned as I am able to get on the floor.
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    TKR Sher101 TKR Recovery 4/16/2

    Hi @Layla. Thanks for your well wishes. I'm doing quite well, icing (found a lovely, inexpensive ice wrap to use sitting at my computer so not to be chained to the machine.) And I'm walking. Sunday I walked 40 minutes with my partner along the bay. It was lovely. May have been too far though, so...
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    TKR Question on pain and swelling six months post TKR

    @mendogal.yeah, I realized that this morning. sorry for the mixup.
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    TKR Question on pain and swelling six months post TKR

    Oh, dear. I don't feel defeated at all. just trying to say I'm working hard not to over do, and that I was still icing. i'll have to work on my language. And here I am, a writer. I did find out today what it feels like to sit in a writing workshop for 2 hours. ouch! but otherwise all is well...
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    TKR Question on pain and swelling six months post TKR

    I, too, iced and elevated almost non-stop the first few weeks. And I started sleeping with my lounge doctor and ice machine at bed time. however, I wake up after two hours so do without the rest of the night as I'm not going to figure out the wrapping in the middle of the night. I just want to...
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