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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you for asking, Layla. To recap, I had an arthroscopic op in November on my left knee, with resection of the lateral rim of patella that was overhanging the button and the impinged tissue underneath it. After that, many symptoms improved, including that walking became bearable; and 7...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you Layla, that's very kind of you to ask. I'm improving very slowly. I can mostly sleep at night. I can walk down stairs sequentially – it hurts a bit at the front, but I couldn't do this at all 5 weeks ago! The knee feels much more normal in "function", but still very inflamed, which I...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thanks for all recent replies. The date of the new surgery was 18th November 2025, and the procedure was "Left Knee Arthroscopic resection of overhanging lateral patellar facet with debridement of impinging Hoffa's Fat Pad". In the orthopaedic literature, "revision" seems to have rather a loose...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Hello Legseleven, I'm just reading your post from June. I haven't been on this site for a long time, because I found it too upsetting. However, I thought I would post a recent update, in case this is useful for anybody. I have read your own thread, and see that perhaps you were looking for...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you all for your interest, empathy and suggestions.
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you for replying Jockette. I think I might have lost all trust in surgeons now, I'm quite nervous about the thought of going to see one for a second opinion. My physiotherapist has mentioned one that he seems to trust. I suppose I do have 2 specific questions, for anybody with experience...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    I am now more than 10 months post-op and continue to have disability and pain that is so much worse than before. Having been a very fit and avid "outdoors person", whose social life revolved round hiking, cycling & skiing, I now can't really even walk – I just hobble short distances, with tight...
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    TKR 18 months post TKR mako still have pain

    Dear Karen, I’m very interested in your history of lateral hamstring pain that worsened after TKR. I had bilateral Mako knee replacements (on 4th March this year). Since approximately week 6 post-op, I have had worsening pain at the outer-back part of my knee and upper-outer part of tibia that...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you Layla & Jamie, really appreciate your input. Layla, my hip replacement was 13th June 2018. Right side. Rapid, uneventful recovery. I’ve also had:- Arthroscopic debridement Left patella in 1995. Arthroscopic debridement & lateral release Right patella 2000. Arthroscopic excision...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    PS I have been taking NSAIDs regularly, day & night since surgery. They reduce the discomfort a notch.
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thanks for the advice Jamie. I think I’ll ask the physio to reassess the knees. They have not improved at all after 4 weeks of icing, elevating and occasionally going on the stationary bike (with no resistance). I can’t sleep at night for painful stiffness and inability to get comfortable...
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    TKR Trying to stay positive so frustrated

    I had both knees replaced 2 weeks before you did, Limpycat, so am at 4 months. Before surgery, I was a really healthy, cheerful 63 year old, who loved hiking, cycling & gardening. Like you, I am hugely frustrated at being so much worse than pre-op. I can’t sit or stand for more than 5-10 minutes...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you Selketine and Mendogal for your suggestions. I feel like I'm treading such a tightrope. I understand that hamstring stretches are bad for the hamstring tendinopathy that I presume I now have, so I'm cautious of doing straight-leg raises (if that's what you were describing, Mendogal)...
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    Bilateral TKR Rehab Hospital after Bilateral TKR

    Hello, I had bilateral TKR at the beginning of March of this year, in the UK, where rehab care (or lack of it) is different, so I won't comment on that. I hope you get balanced advice about your forthcoming surgery. I hesitate to be negative, but I can only say that I personally regret...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 months, little progress

    Thank you all for your support and suggestions. Jockette, I've read the long and sorry saga about your PF Knee. It sounds so awful, you poor thing. I marvel at how you remain so cheerful after all that, and so supportive and kind to others. You asked for the date of my surgery: it was 4th...
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