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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    I was discharged from PT today!! My PT said my progress was like a being in a marathon and being so far ahead that if I looked back I would see no one behind me. I am just awe struck. Next week I see my OS for my six week post op. So I guess I keep doing my exercises and keep on moving.
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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    PT tomorrow. The temperature here has been in the high 80 and low 90. Hard to get moving when it is so hot. I have a question. When would it be okay to get a pedicure?
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    Knee Scars - Post Your Badges of Honor Here! NO CHIT-CHAT please

    At 4 weeks post op
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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    I started twice a week for 3 weeks and this week once and then one more the 6th week. The PT and I discussed it and agreed that since I was doing so well we could do just once a week. All my PT has been outpatient. I ride the recumbent bike as well. I find it relaxing weird. I have one at home...
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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    Tired wife, I would my pain level is at 3 or 4. No more constipation due to no more narcotics. I eat a high fiber diet so I am good. I will be at 6 weeks when I stop PT. I will continue doing the exercises they have taught me. Adding which have already the recumbent bike and now the treadmill...
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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    Thank you Iceman. I have a sweet loving relationship with my ice packs. Got 3 from the hospital. I am not afraid to tell my pt no or stop. I am 120 in flexion and my left leg is almost laying completely flat. Is Tramadol an opium based drug? I halllucinate very bad on any opium drugs.
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    TKR My Recovery from LARK on June 13th

    Hello all, I am so glad I lurked on this forum before my surgery. It helped a ton since I wanted to know from those that had been there what to expect. My surgery was on June 13th. For 10 years I have done the cortisone injections, those injections made out of a rooster comb and a knee brace...
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    TKR Full moon and Friday the 13th!

    I had TKR on June 13th too ! I am walking , riding a recumbent bike and doing my last 2 pts in the next two weeks. Flexion is 120 and can almost flatten my knee. I take Tylenol for pain and sometimes ibuprofen. It is cool that you and I are TKR buddies of sorts.
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