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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Josephine, good luck tomorrow. I'm still not sure what to do. Too much PT clearly was a problem and set back my recovery. I don't know that strengthening my quads is a bad idea, given that they aren't strong at all. I now have four different opinions about what is going on with me, and what I...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Okay, Josephine. I see that you think I am doing way too much in terms of exercise, and not icing/elevating long enough to help. I am going to set aside exercises for now. Do you think swimming, elliptical, walking are reasonable? After three years I thought I could get back to doing what I want...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Josephine, I'll try to answer you questions, maybe a few today and the rest tomorrow. I can't believe you are on the site and asking me about what is happening. I love you. The surgeon who replaced my knee got back to me the day after I wrote asking his P.A. to call me. That was really nice...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Thanks Pumpkin and Skigirl. Pumpkin, the truth is that I don't quite know what I have. One doc says it's likely allergy, but not definitively; the second hasn't seen me yet, but doesn't think allergies are likely just because of a patch or blood test. He seems to think that there's likely a...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Well, orthodoc, I wish you were nearby to be my third opinion. Thank you for responding to my questions. I keep trying to be positive. It's possible that PT might help...or an anti-inflammatory diet. The bone scan didn't show anything horrible. The nurse who tried to convince me to get it...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Orthodoc, thanks for responding. I have had blood tests that indicate there is no infection. Also had a bone scan. I'm not sure what soft tissue impingement means. I called the doctor who did the knee replacement and he thinks that it is rarely an allergic reaction. He doesn't believe that skin...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    I thought so too. Two summers ago, I had great PT and felt like I made progress. I began teaching part time and kept up the exercises and walking, but there were days that even part time work, standing as much as I did, ;eft me in pain. Summers are easier because I have more control over the...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Oh, and, moderator friends, I'm not supposed to start a new recovery thread but my old one is inaccessible. It's listed as "closed."
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Thanks, Skigirl. I didn't have blood work. I had a patch test. The doctor thinks that is probably the cause of the pain and swelling/fluid in my knee. He also said the test isn't completely reliable but thinks the amount of fluid I have in my knee indicates something is wrong. I did see that...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    Pumpkin, Skigirl and RedRider, thanks for your responses. It's good to know there are some people out there who may have information. The new doctor I saw does revisions but it's clear he is conservative. Understands that surgery is invasive, hard on the body, doesn't always have the desired...
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    TKR Three years with new knee and new questions

    It's Juniper. I've been visiting bonesmart intermittently this year. Still teaching, now half time, and finally went to a new surgeon, closer to home, just to see what he thought about my knee...still very sore after I've been on my feet for any length of time. He took a look, said it was...
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    TKR Need Help and Encouragement, please...

    BEG, so sorry that you are dealing with pain still. I deal with stiffness, and I need to keep doing all of my PT exercises, but not what you are dealing with. Yes, I agree, finding a revision doctor who will consider options with you rather than say, "See you in two years," seems to be the most...
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    PKR Bj Mac's Recovery

    Love the photo of you and your son, B.J. Good for you. I'm teaching part time this year. Not totally pain free...my knee complains when I stand on it for a half hour, and teaching sometimes involves that. Much better when I am walking than standing. I'm so glad you've been snow boarding and...
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    Bilateral TKR Journey Continuing June 4th, 2012

    Congratualtions, Janet. I'm at nearly 2 1/2 years. Not as pain free as you seem to be, but much more secure with this new knee. I can count on it to work, but it still gets very stiff if I stand on it for more than a half hour. A new normal.
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    TKR Has your knee replacement ever "given out" on you?

    I have to say, skigirl is right. I took a long long time to recover. My guess is that the reason was partly the overly aggressive PT I had as well as the fact that I returned to work at six weeks and that was just too soon for me. At a year and a half post TKR, I changed primary docs and went to...

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