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    TKR 2nd TKR Nerve Block did not work!

    Thanks for all of your help and advice. This was my (please dear lord last) and right knee replacement. I so hope I won't need a hip replacement as so many others I know with TKRs have had to do. Almost all my fingers are turning sideways, knuckles bulging and some trying to self fuse, but I...
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    TKR 2nd TKR Nerve Block did not work!

    Hi, Have not been on the forum since 2021, when I had a revision. Revision went well and solved the issues I had (patellar instability/entrapment/klunking) and recovery was short and leg has worked great since then. Got larger spacer. Knew it was not in my head. Worked very hard to get...
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    Well, it appears you censor real-life experiences. Especially ones that do not conform to your very non-medical knowledge (I say that with an undergraduate degree in biology and a year of graduate studies in pharmacology). So much for helping people.
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    Sorry, this is not a "new" pain or irritation. And step-ups, which are essential for old-age strengthening, hurt much more than squats. BoneSmart is very anti-activity. Although I don't believe in too much exercise immediately after surgery, and slow and steady is good, I do believe one should...
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    Reply: Haven't had PT since 3/13 due to Covid shut-down. Can I NEVER do aerobic or strenghtening exercise for body health and fitness again after knee surgery? Only just walking around the house and doing light chores? Do I have to wait an ENTIRE year to do moderate exercise? I'm 68 and need...
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    Oh, forgot, but I do have almost 100% of my ROM back.
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    OK, I was 7 months out yesterday. Knee not perfect, but hurts less than the unoperated one. Much less pain than before knee surgery (but not the 80% less I was promised), but still healing. Still needs icing and elevation for pain after 3x weekly exercise. Stiff and achy after a long period on...
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    TKR 1 year anniversary, continued pain, seeking 2nd opinion

    I barely could get past 90 to 95 degrees ROM, and without horrible pain, until over 6 weeks out. Now, when I look back, I know it was because I was just still too swollen. Then I started doing gentle movements on a stationary bike. Just backwards with a stretch, then forward with a stretch. Not...
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    TKR Birdwatcher's recovery thread

    5 months post-op and I have only tried kneeling on the surgery knee twice--just to see how it feels. It didn't exactly hurt, but was very "off." Was only on it for a few seconds. Hope this weird sensation will go away (I have a plastic disc on the back of the kneecap from so much erosion), but...
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    TKR Pain one year post op

    Ask your heart & ortho docs. Have had auto-immune pericarditis, and heart doc said no more systemic steroids, but allowed (even though he wasn't thrilled about it because some does get into your system) cortisone shots in both knees every 3 months for 2 years before surgery, last one 3 months...
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    TKR Arthofibrosis

    Hi, Hang in there. I was 5 months on 6/27. The first 3 weeks, my jaw ached from grinding my teeth from the pain, even during the little fitfull sleep I got. I was in week 4 before I actually had moments (minutes) when there wasn't constant or really bad pain. It took me almost 4 months before I...
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    TKR Crunching & Thunking

    At 7 weeks as of Monday, March 16, I still cannot sleep more than 3 hours at a time and then knee stiffness and soreness wakes me up. Can sleep some in bed, then in recliner, then back to bed. Knee felt better during week 6. Pain/stiffness day after PT (2xweek), but then much looser, easier to...
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    TKR Recovering from TKR Jan 28/20

    Outside of knee if super numb, but that's nerve cutting surgery! Probably will never be 100%. My right leg was numb for years after a ruptured disc and spinal fusion, but a bit did eventually come back so I could feel a needle wheel running up and down it. My biggest problem right now is...
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    TKR Post Op 1 week - highs and lows

    Keep on keeping on -- especially the first 3 to 4 weeks. Remember telling hubby about week 3 1/2 "I just want one hour in the day when my knee doesn't hurt, the constant pain is wearing me down." Week 4 got better, more tolerable. Week 5 much better, lots of stiffness (keep icing and elevating...
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    TKR 3 weeks and counting

    Will be 6 weeks out on Monday and still can't sleep more than 2 hours at a time and no more than a total of 6 hours a day. Don't know what to do. Pray it will get better. Don't want to have this issue with right TKR coming up within the year. Has anyone seen a doc for some of the Rx sleep...

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