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    Revision TKR Multiple Knee Replacements

    @Momma-me, good luck today. If that NP says you are "way behind" again, you just smile and pleasantly say that you are a member of the "slow benders club". (There are more than a few of us here.) That is what I told my PT when he said i should have been able to bend more by that time. Made him...
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    TKR Irish471's Recovery Thread

    You're not wrong to hang onto your cane. I'm almost 3 months post surgery and walking fine, but I keep my cane in the car just in case I have walked too much or am going somewhere very crowded where I feel people might want to push past me or kids might run into me. I'm not able to get out of...
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    TKR CiCi New knee

    I had swelling (= edema) at just one month. I'm at 8 weeks and still need to ice (probably more than I do). Elevate and Ice! You can't expect to have a great ROM if your knee is swollen. Just not phyically possible. The fluid is in the way. Relax, elevate, and ice. At just 1 month post-op you...
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    TKR Staying positive

    It is definitely an emotional and physical rollercoaster ride. The first month I cried at the drop of a hat (ie. cute /sad animal commercials, not being able to get down to take a bubble bath, pain...anything really). Plus, some of my friends expected my recovery to only take a couple of weeks...
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    TKR PCL release post TKR<<

    Sounds like 6 months of PT is enough. Your doing all sorts of great things, climbing stairs and hills, going out socially, going to the gym, and riding your horse. Why do you need the PT anymore? I am 8 weeks out and am ready to say "Forget PT". I like my PT guys but I say no to certain things...
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    TKR Staying positive

    Welcome Jp22, I'm at 8 weeks and only just this week do I feel like I might be able to work. I'm a substitute teacher. My doctor said 8weeks minimum, preferably 12 weeks for me, so I will start back next school year. Everyone is different (and some people must return before they would want to)...
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    TKR New knee 8 weeks^

    Hi Macmom3, I had my TKR 3 days before you and I am experiencing the same things as you are. Still not sleeping well, knee clicking, etc. It is par for the course. It is hard to not compare our recoveries with others. I certainly am a little jealous of those who seemed to cruise through their...
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    TKR Walking Post Op

    Hi Pamjam68. I had a breast reduction years ago and it took several months for the sutures to stop coming up through my skin. So I was not surprised when my OS and a few nurses warned me that I probably would have some sutures come out of my knee incision. I am at 6 weeks and feel and see a...
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    TKR Through the Black Hole

    Infection would be a scary thing. Glad to hear your knee hasn't any redness. I figure the PT's must answer to someone, a boss at least, to show they are effective. :flwrysmile:
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    TKR Through the Black Hole

    Hi Bobbyk. Your ROM is urgent, for the PT lady. It's an insurance thing. They have to prove you are improving within a certain time frame. I'm glad you didn't fall for it. :good-bad:
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    TKR 2½ weeks and almost feel like I'm going backwards<^

    Hi Kevin. We had surgery the same day. My knee also puffs up if pushed. My OS would love for me to have a flexion of 130. My ROM is 110 / 0 which my OS says is fine. Good luck fellow March Musketeer. :wave:
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    TKR Pain and swelling after PT

    Hi Tricialen. We had surgery the same day. I had the same issue last Friday at PT. I rode the stationary bike and my knee swelled up and I was miserable on Saturday. I needed to takea hydrocodone pill. Yesterday when they were going to have me do the bike, at the end if my session, I politely...
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    TKR Healing of knee

    Hi Queenrona. We had surgery the same day. I am a 100% cocoa butter girl right now. I agree with Celle, above, our scars are too new to worry too much about. I may use the silicone sheets in the future, as my Dad forms keloids and I have scarred pretty badly in the past. I think I used 'scar...
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    Revision TKR The second time is the charm

    Hi Venus. I can't imagine going to PT every day. How can the inflamation and swelling in your poor knee decrease if they work you so much? There can not be much bending if you have swelling. I'm soo sorry to hear you are having so much trouble. You are 1 month ahead of me. Only today I realized...
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    Welcome to the March Musketeers' 2019 Knee Recovery Club

    Please add me to the March Musketeers. My TNR surgery was the 1st of March
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