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    TKR When oh when oh when

    I'm 65 and about 9 weeks out from a rttkr and what you described is how I am feeling too. I am doing so much better overall but still have pain and mild swelling. I guess it's a plateau in recovery. Things are still progressing but much slower. It gets discouraging. I had to stop all NSAIDs they...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Thanks for all the encouragement. Sleep deprivation and crazy random pain being normal helps. On a good note, at exactly 6 weeks, due to the need to see a specialist for my daughter this week, we had a drive of 3 hrs each way an 3 hrs with doc. Such a long day and I was totally wiped out. BUT...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Question. I'm 5 1/2 weeks out from my rt tkr and overall Im doing well with walking and ROM and comparatively mild swelling, but I'm having a lot of sharp and burning pain at the top of my shin all the time. Is this normal? I'm still needing pain pills mainly from that. I do still have...
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    TKR LTKR - 16/02/23 - Hip buttock pain

    So sorry you are having the the gnawing hip pain. My first 2 weeks I had hip and groin pain worse than the knee pain. It was my sciatic nerve flaring up. I had a medrol dose pack that calmed it. And Iess acute angle of elevation of my leg. Also ice to my buttock. I really hope you get relief.
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    Knee Scars - Post Your Badges of Honor Here! NO CHIT-CHAT please

    3 1/2 weeks!
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Thank you all so much for your help. @beachy you put it well. The pain is more heavy and stiff now, less sharp. And I had started doing more a few days ago and have backed off. The last 2 nights were better- funny how that works.
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    The good news is my bp is continuing to slowly go back down! I do miss the pain relief the NSAIDs gave though. My main problem is the nights have gotten very hard. I can be very tired but cant fall asleep. Im taking a pain pill at night but it seems like the shooting pains are worse, to the...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Thanks, I think no NSAIDs is helping. 24 hrs with out and average bp 5 pts lower. But I can also tell how much they helped the stiffness in my knee. Sigh. I'm setting a timer for tylenol to stay on top of the pain. It got ahead of me last night to point the oxytocin didn't help much. Daylight...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Im 3 weeks post op today! Compared to left knee 6 years ago which was horrible in so many ways this has been a walk in the park. The medrol dose pack and a chiropractor helped the sciatic pain a lot. But I know recovery is up and down. I've had pretty elevted bp since surgery. So doc stopped...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    Thanks everyone for your support. It was very helpful, you definitely encouraged and cheered me up!. I had my lt. Tkr 6 1/2 years ago and this is much so much smoother but out patient or not its still a big deal. Today is exactly 2 weeks post op. I've developed an inflamed static nerve on the...
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    TKR Had my rt tkr Feb 1st.

    My rt tkr was February 1st. So 2 weeks post op. My staples were removed today. I'm doing SO much better than when my left was done.I have home PT 3x a week which is gentle and has a lot of safety teaching re stairs sitting and standing safely and I can already bend 75-80 °. But seems everyone...
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