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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Again, thanks a lot for so much encouragement and kindness this forum provides its members with
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you very much for the encouragement. Interesting that my doc told me it’s up to me to ice or apply heat or whatever works
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you very much for the kind words and advice, everyone. It was just that in many places on the internet it says that in two to three months after TKR you should be almost pain free and definitely better than before the surgery which is absolutely not the case with me
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    I understand that but I expected the right knee tkr to be better since it was in a better state with almost no pain before the surgery. It was done by a different surgeon who used a different prosthesis though
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you for the encouraging words. Both of my TKRs were mostly caused by too much tennis on hard courts. This lack of progress is really disconcerting especially since my first tkr had a faster recovery
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    I have to admit I'm not doing much icing and elevation. Will try to do much better in this area, thank you
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Hello there, It will be 3 months in 6 days since the surgery. The knee is still stiff and painful. The doctor put me on Celebrex 400mgs for a week and then 200 mgs next week. The knee was much less painful while on Celebrex but returned to being painful and stiff when I came off it. I greatly...
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you very much for reminding me of my two month anniversary:) I am doing pretty good all things considered. The main achievement for me is an ability to sleep on my side which greatly improved my sleep. I caused a little setback in terms of pain walking 17,000 steps two days in a row while...
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Also this time it’s a different doctor and a different implant. Getting almost 7 years older must not be helping either:)
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Exactly! I also started taking Tylenol 30 minutes before getting up.
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you for sharing your approach of dealing with stiffness. I tried these stretches with little success so far. It looks like massaging in front of the knee where I get most of the pain walking works a bit for me.
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you for sharing!
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you for the encouraging words
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Had another PT session yesterday and also talked to PA over the phone. They both say it's normal to be extremely stiff in the morning or every time I sit down and not moving. I don't remember being so stiff that each step is a struggle with my first LTKR. Even doing exercises doesn't relieve...
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    TKR Right TKR on 11/28/23

    Thank you for the advice. I had a good first session with the outpatient PT. It looks like we established that the side pain is actually coming from a spot below where IT band ends at the knee and it got better after massage and some stretching exercises. However, the pain in front of the knee...
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