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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Hi @Majic how are you??? Sorry I have dropped off of here. I've been doing fine. Knee pain all gone and sorted - just that "not my legs" sensation, numbness and loss of strength tow work on. So how are you?
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    @Jamie please could you rename this thread? I don't seem to be able to do it myself. I'd like it called something like Bilateral TKR July & September 2015
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    @Josephine could you please advise? I'd be very grateful. The right knee, done 7 weeks after the left is much less painful and seems to be doing well. But when I sit and don't have it elevated, it feels swollen like someone has tried to blow up the knee like a tyre. I then have to elevate...
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Hi @Majic and all I hope you're doing well – sounds as though you've had a rough time So sorry for dropping off the radar. I've been very busy - the pain etc to 4 weeks post op was a living hell, and as the pain grew less and I walked more, my back got bad as the now straight left leg was...
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Thanks @Josephine. I didn't intend swimming, just walking up and down in the water, which I thought might be a good way to strengthen quads. Sorry I didn't make that at all clear! So I think activity would be fine but how long to ensure complete wound healing? Is it five weeks then? Many thanks
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    @Josephine someone has offered to take me swimming weekly. The surgical staples are out, my op was 27 July. Is it safe to swim next week? Indoor pool. Thanks!
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Thank you @Celle much appreciated. It's calmed slightly (good news) but spread out (bad news). Just gonna have to roll with the punches I guess.
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Ended up sleeping the night on a pack of frozen peas. Pain in the bum from a hard lump of ice better than the pain in my bum was before. This is bad. I think it's piriformis syndrome. Not because I have been googling but because I work in Pain Management reporting, and see lots of reports of...
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    TKR Can lost ROM be regained

    c sounds like you're having a rough time. I've turned the corner as of Saturday just really struggling with pain in the bum (literally). It's not sciatica it just is in the bum - I think it's the piriformis that's tight and pinching a nerve. With your meds, if it helps any, I take mine...
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    TKR Both TKRs July & September 2015

    Thanks @PolarBear60 Nope the buttock pain is worse. It's at the back of my hip, in the buttock. The codeine amitryptyline etc hasn't touching it and I hesitate to ask the gp for yet more meds. Does anyone gave any ideas? It's worse when I've gad the leg up a lot, so physiotherapist...
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    TKR Can lost ROM be regained

    @Majic hi and sorry for being out of touch. Problems at work means I had to do stuff when I should have been resting... A friend dropped by today with his spare shower stool!!! He had heard I was looking for one. So I don't need your kind offer. Thank you very much though. Hope you are...
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    Bilateral TKR Coping with sleeplessness

    Sorry!
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    TKR Can lost ROM be regained

    I'm icing much less now anyway, the swellings not too bad. Get my staples out Tuesday!
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    TKR Can lost ROM be regained

    Wow can't believe you sleep with ice! I use frozen peas in pillowcases(5 bags) but in hospital they said I could only ice 20 minutes at a time and no more than once every two hours. Doesn't it make you mad all the conflicting advice? No we don't share a surgeon! Fingers crossed you're having...
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    TKR Can lost ROM be regained

    Ps I never asked - who dud your knee? It's just I had two diff surgeons in Cheltenham, might be one of my previous ones!
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