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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Layla, yes of course. Total right hip replacement on Aug 2, 2019.
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    It's just such a totally different experience than the hip, which I expected to a point. Healing is at a snail's pace at this point, which is also discouraging. I wonder at what point you literally feel no sensations or limitation from the surgical site at all....
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    I had my surgery when I was on the cusp of needing it. I could've waited longer but didn't want to wait til I was bone on bone like I did with my hip, so I dont really have that pre op basis of comparison than many others. I'm just ready to see some sign of improvement, so matter how small
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Wow! The thought of that feeling lasting 11 months is brutal. I have no choice but to reduce exercises, because I have them for neck, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle issues and to do them all takes 2.5 hours. There's no swelling, so I don't ice. It gets tricky because I'm told to walk for knee...
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    It's sometimes hard to give it time when I see zero improvement, and nothing I do helps. Hopefully I will turn a huge corner at some point like you did. To make it worse, I have a torn peroneal brevis tendon in my ankle on the same side, so the knee makes some of those pt exercises more...
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Unfortunately, acetaminophen not only doesn't touch it, but it makes my liver really mad, even when I take less than the RDA. Ibuprophen makes kidneys and stomachs angry, so it's a trade off I suppose. It's discouraging to not notice any improvement at all, despite religious pt and 3 and a half...
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Hopefully mine will lessen too. It's been 3 and a half months. Glad to know it's not permanent because I couldn't do that
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Hopefully this is posting in the right place for Layla. It was my right knee, total replacement using MAKO, on Oct 12, 2022
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    Thank you! My pt says it happens to 20% of patients, so of course I'm in that 20%. I find it causes stiffness and sometimes pain, but I'd rather not take pain meds. Any ideas on exercises to help?
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    TKR Tourniquet feeling

    I'm 17 weeks post op and my knee feels like there's always a tourniquet around it. The surgeon and PT say it's scar tissue and to give it time, but is thete anything I can do in the meanwhile for relief?
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    TKR Sleep

    I had the same issue, tho I wasn't in pain. I just couldn't sleep over 3 hours. I was so sleep deprived I was barely coherent. I tried pain meds, gabapentin, xanax, muscle relaxers, cbd gummies, medical marijuana gummies, and ambien. Nothing helped. Every doctor said give it time, but thats...
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