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    TKR Having TKR in April

    Is this my personal thread? Just want to make sure I am using this right. I am getting pretty freaked out. Surgery is actually April 2nd not 1st. I found out yesterday the surgeon expects me to spend the night as my prior surgeries make things more complicated. I have a friend who will be here...
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    TKR Having TKR in April

    Thank you for the great information! It is my left knee. I posted in here a while back because I am pretty nervous. I've had five surgeries on the left knee starting in 1981 (I was 9 y.o.). At 12 y.o. I had the Houser procedure, I've known this was coming for a long time, now that the time is...
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    TKR Having TKR in April

    I hoped I could schedule my TKR during my break from work (am educator - so Spring Break) but doc is not available, so I am scheduled for April 1st. I will be working online only for Spring Term. I was pleased to find out they can do a spinal block rather then general anesthesia as I have past...
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    Oregon knee specialist needed!

    Thank you!!!! Thank you @Jaycey , thank you @Susie-Q , thank you @JusticeRider I've wondered for quite sometime about the hypermobility. I looked into Marfan syndrome years ago and when I heard of it - EDS (but there are so many kinds...). I never had the other symptoms of Marfan syndrome and I...
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    Oregon knee specialist needed!

    I am in Southern Oregon, but willing to go anywhere that is in-network for my insurance.
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    Oregon knee specialist needed!

    Hi There-- I saw this issue partially addressed in a thread from 2017, but I cannot find it once I am logged in. Anyway - I was 9 y.o. and had a "loose" ACL - my patella was dislocating. They did something - not sure what, but when I was 12 I had the Hauser - which means all the growth that...

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