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    Bilateral TKR 2 years out and facing up to facts

    Thank you, @EalingGran, for the recommendation. Having trawled through 1000s on the NJR, I have been seeing @Toothfairy’s chap in Southampton although it’s a trek for me (that’s once I get back in the U.K.). I have tried to avoid London due to logistics post surgery, and who I can foist myself...
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    Bilateral TKR 2 years out and facing up to facts

    After three years living with botched knees, I have decided not to have the revision until things get intolerable. I have been able to go on 5 diving holidays, and have found that each one has been less difficult and painful. So it is very true that improvement can go on well into year three...
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    Amputation Left Above-Knee Amputation, 22 April 2025

    As a long time follower of your thread, I find this horrifying news. I do so hope that you are staying on top of this mentally, it’s one blow after another for you. You have put everything into each recovery and have now been rewarded by this. Unbearable for you. Hopefully there will be a new...
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    Revision TKR Toothfairy is back Revision

    They were done together, in for a penny in for a pound! I really regret not doing research, I believe that mine would be great if done by Prof. C-S. Glad that you had a good ten years, at least. May there be many more years for you. I am in my sixties like you, scary that they may need another...
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    Revision TKR Toothfairy is back Revision

    No way did he do mine! I had them done in Cyprus, I live there, and am not entitled to use NHS, despite spending my whole working life in U.K. I rushed into it during covid, thinking it would be a good time to get it done and over with, as I was unable to travel for 18 months. Had I only known then…
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    Bilateral TKR Slow recovery

    Having had bilateral tkr in one surgery 3 years ago, I would seriously consider what it is that is bothering you before you undertake more major surgery with more risk than the the primaries. If it is your rom, then you must ask yourself if 90 is really too little for your lifestyle. Many people...
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    Revision TKR Toothfairy is back Revision

    That’s bad luck for you that you need a revision after 10 or so years, and indeed that you started on this journey at that age. Mine were done three years ago, one is not perfect and the other a botch, with a loose bottom component, in addition to rotation and alignment problems. It gets me...
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    Revision TKR Toothfairy is back Revision

    Glad to have you back. I’m gratefully watching your thread, as I too am facing a revision after 3 years of pain. I have been to see Philip Chapman-Sheath too, he has a very good reputation and does a lot of revisions. On top of that, he’s a most likeable fellow, and listens. that’s why his...
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    Revision TKR Revision with extreme shin pain

    You really are going through the mill. Thank you for sharing your story. I am facing a revision, and am so grateful for your advice re dexa scan. I shall make sure that my surgeon does a thorough prep. So your surgeon knew that you had a cyst in your tibia, and went ahead and disturbed the area...
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    Amputation Left Above-Knee Amputation, 22 April 2025

    You are making me feel a heck of a lot more positive about having a revision. After 2.5 years, I would still have a problem with sitting for so long, let alone so soon after the op. You’re doing brilliantly.
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    Revision TKR 15 months post-op. Still in pain.

    I am so pleased for you. One of mine has to have a complete revision too, and I am much heartened by your progress, and your comment about night and day. Thank you!
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    Amputation Left Above-Knee Amputation, 22 April 2025

    Forgotten now! “Besides”? The b is next to the v. “Considering”? I’ll leave you to guessing
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    Revision TKR Here I go again - round three

    Thank you for your detailed posts. They are going to really help many people who have to undergo revisions, such as me, and are much appreciated. Wish you all the best with the issues with which you are coping so admirably.
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    Amputation Left Above-Knee Amputation, 22 April 2025

    Spell check! Not videoing, leave you to work out what should be there.
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    Amputation Left Above-Knee Amputation, 22 April 2025

    The longer leg issue hopefully, and possibly, is something to do with how you are positioning your body during the recovery. I thought one of mine was about an inch longer than the other. This was partially due to a longer period of swelling, and partially due to scoliosis (following a back...
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