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    THR Great hip surgery but...

    My husband had a total left hip replacement, went great, excellent healing, pain gone BUT he hasn't been able to urinate since...the surgery was 14 months ago. He now self catheterizes. We've been to five urologists here in New York City, had every test...the conclusion was that "his bladder...
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    THR Can't Urinate

    Such excellent ideas. Thank you all!
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    THR Can't Urinate

    I had never heard of pelvic rehab but since reading your post I have looked it up and learned that it is an OT specialty. I have just contacted a friend who is an OT to ask her for advice and recommendations. This is exactly why I posted on BoneSmart...I was hoping that someone would have...
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    THR Can't Urinate

    Thanks so much for your reply. No, after removing clots from the TURP procedure (June 2019) the urologist has not checked for swelling, inflammation, etc. However, two weeks ago it was a podiatrist, during the course of a visit, who suggested just that and said that a TURPS surgery was very...
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    THR Can't Urinate

    Hello. My husband, age 70, healthy, had hip replacement surgery on April 8th, 2019. All went well EXCEPT he has not been able to urinate since that date. It will soon be five months. In between urologist performed a TURP (prostate) procedure. Lots of bleeding complications that required...
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    TKR Two Years Later...

    My husband is two years post op after a TLKR. Surgery was very successful, no complications, no knee pain today. However... Prior to the surgery my husband had two bowed legs - they'd been like that for a very long time. Now he has a straight left leg and a bowed right leg. He has lower...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    @Orthodoc Thank you.
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    @Orthodoc Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    @Orthodoc No, the femoral nerve damage was the result of a herniated disc at L2-L3 three years ago. He had a microdiscectomy four months later - surgeon said the nerve was "pretty beat up but it sprung right back." He predicted an 85% recovery of function. The knee deteriorated after a while...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    @Josephine Physical therapy twice weekly consisting of recumbent bike, treadmill, stairclimber, machine on which he lies down and pushes with his legs, straight leg raises with weights, sitting on edge of table and raising legs with weights, walking, side slides. The therapist also does a lot...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    My husband's nerve damage occurred three and a half years ago. We have been to neurologists who said there is some femoral nerve damage but it's "not severe." Camper, I do feel that at this point he has more nerve function than you did early on. He can do leg raises and almost all the exercises...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    My husband had dealt with limited mobility for about 3 years prior to his knee replacement as a result of the nerve problem. The pain was never really a big issue - more a feeling of weakness. The new knee, six months out, is great...very successful surgery...but he can't walk very far because...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    My husband will soon be five months post LTKR. He went into the surgery with some left quad weakness and atrophy due to nerve damage from an injury, a herniated disc three years ago. His knee replacement went well, surgeon viewed recent xrays and said it was "perfect; physical therapist is...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    My husband is doing well at almost 4 mos post LTKR. He has physical therapy twice a week and that has been very helpful. Yesterday he noticed some swelling in his right ankle - non operated side. I see it too - the area around the ankle bone is especially swollen, looks almost like a sprain...
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    TKR 6 mos: Great knee, bad quad

    Well, my husband is at three months post LTKR and doing well EXCEPT for the lower back pain which comes on whenever he walks. Therapist says it is muscle fatigue that will go away. (Doctor's original prescription was for knee and back strengthening exercises. ) My husband is due to see...

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