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    Thank you for your kind replies. Yes, the bike. I cannot use it as my knee won't rise hight enough to peddle. Dressing myself is a work of art, jeans are an almost impossibility to put on whilst shorts are as difficult. One of the most frustration of TKR is kneeling up. Both knees still hurt...
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    Hi all. I'm 18months since my left knee was replaced but it doesn't seem to be as successful as my right. I did however show concern about my leg not straightening as i'd like it to have done. I never went as straight as my right knee to which many n here said it would. I go to the Gym three...
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    Good evening, just an update since my last moan. I still get stiffness when rising from a chair but, no pain when walking. I couldn't straighten my leg, this hindered me when walking. I contacted the surgeons team but no luck. I got a phone call a few weeks later asking me what the problem was...
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    I visit the Gym regularly and do more leg work than weights. I also row but cannot cycle. In have tried numerous exercises in order to get this leg straight but it seems I'm flogging a dead horse. My leg still hurts and my knee will not straighten without severe discomfort. Stiffness is still...
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    I'm getting mixed messages from here and from the surgeons team. I rang them this morning and received a call an hour later. My surgeon wasn't available but I spoke to another who is on that team. After explaining my problems his reply was, I have to keep it moving else I will be left with a...
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    I'm still a tad worried that this problem will not be going away. My leg wouldn't straighten long before my TKR and it seems like it won't straighten again. I have severe pains when I get out the chair, the same pains I had before TKR. I'm finding it difficult walking, one leg is straight whilst...
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    Hello Sisterpat. I saw my Surgeons team six weeks after my operation. As I said in one of my previous posts regarding this appointment, we spoke more of the Eliquis apixaban as to why i was initially prescribed them. Apart from that, he mentioned my flex which should be a little more easy...
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    Thanks for your reply. Glad to read your recovery is going to plan but a return to work must be a daunting task. I had my right knee done in 2018 and that went much, much better than this left one. I don't have pain with it at all. This left one seems to be taking longer and isn't much better...
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    Just a quick update. Nothing has changed, I still have stiffness like before my op, especially when rising from a chair. The pains are mainly behind my knee. I'm not too sure if anything is not right but when walking i get severe pain at the top of my knee as if the hinge on a door is catching...
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    Hello all again. During the consultation with the Surgeons team I was asked if I had any pain. I didn't really express how bad the pain currently is, also the stiffness at the back of my knee. Each time I rise from a chair I can't really put my foot down until the pain subsides. It seems worse...
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    Again, I'm really touched by the replies, they really mean a lot to me. I am a worrier , always have been. According to the GP he has written to the local Hospital requesting an appointment for me, this could take a while because of Covid. It sure has been a kick up the backside and I'm more...
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    I thank you so much for that reply, really appreciated. Dennis.
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    Thanks very much for your reply, it's appreciated. Both knees together? I didn't think they did that, it must have been a strange feeling when the anaesthetic or the feeling returned. I had the hepadural both times and the feeling is somewhat strange. That call from my GP seems to have knocked...
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    Good evening forum. I saw the Surgeons team, well, two of them. They were happy with the progress but somewhat alarmed that the physio had told me to return to Gym, and especially telling me to do leg presses. I was told to keep the crutches and maybe use one to stabilise me when walking. Do...
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    I'm now six weeks into TKR and this knee is no where near the progress my right knee was at this stage. I dread getting from a chair, the stiffness is worse than before it was done. I have tried walking but I'm struggling doing so. I have a lot of questions to ask the surgeons team on Monday...
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