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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    It has been a while since I have posted, but nothing has changed very much. Back to work full time, knee still sore and swelled. Was told the swelling could take up to a year to subside. The soreness is not all the time, just part of the time. Yes it is there every day, but not all of every...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    Oh, thank you for responding @newlybionic and @SuperSnapper. It's nice to know there will be light at the end of the tunnel. However long that tunnel may be... How about trips? I have a trip planned in a couple weeks to visit my kids and grandkids. It is about a 5 hour drive. I will be at...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    6 weeks today. Still ice and elevate most of the day. PT measured me at 122 today. I liked that. My knee is still swelled, it has never gone all the way down. I was allowed to try half days this week for 3 days. I only made it 3 1/2 hours. My knee started to feel stiff and sore. I put it...
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    TKR AG TKR new knee

    @agarrett For me the 1 hour days are great. I have been working from my bed since the first week. I do accounting work and it is tax season so I was able to bring home a lot of stuff to get "balanced." There are only 2 of us doing all the administrative/accounting work, so if my coworker got...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    My first day back to work for 1 hour went just fine. Spent the hour sitting at my desk going through the pile of paperwork. Even my first day of driving wasn't bad, but I only live 7 minutes from work, so it wasn't anything major. Came home and went straight to my ice and elevating. Second...
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    TKR AG TKR new knee

    Hi agarrett, my doc let me go back to work this week (4 weeks for me) but only for 1 hour for 2 days. Next week I get 2 hours for 2 days. My first day I sat at my desk and sorted through all the paperwork that had piled up. The second day I moved around a bit more and people were coming by to...
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    TKR New Knee January 19,2017

    Hi bunnyknee! My TKR was only 2 days before yours and I have to agree, nights are the worst. My doc suggested Tylenol PM for nights and that helps me some. Also the pillow between the knees as others have said helps alot. I still use my ice machine all night and feel that helps too. How is...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    Went to my doctor today for my 4 wk check up. Doc was very impressed with my results so far. I have been OK'd to go back to work starting an hour a day for a couple days this week, 2 hours next week and then to half days if I am tolerating it. Even got the OK to drive! but he said I had to be...
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    TKR New Knee for Me

    Hi kayjay. I just read your recovery thread. I had my right TKR the same day as you. I'm still swelled too and my best bend was 108 last week (which I found hard to believe). I have problems doing my heel slides and in general just bending my knee. I'm happy to see someone on here that had...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    Thank you Celle and SuperSnapper! I will appreciate my zingers now that I know what they are!
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    I have been reading through some of the recovery threads and it is so great to know that we have all been down the same road, some a little differently than others, but hopefully to the same end. I will be at 3 weeks tomorrow and have been starting to feel what I can only describe as sparks...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    My 2 week old knee actually got to a 98 ROM yesterday! I was so excited. Went to the doc Monday. They took exrays. Everything looks good. He measured my ROM at 90. He was happy and I was elated. He told me that when I do my bending exercises to just give it a little more push and the ROM...
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    TKR harder than I thought!

    @Stephyrath I feel exactly the same way you do. My surgery was only the day after yours and I feel as if I am getting no where also. I had some extreme swelling and my ROM was only about 30. After reading a lot of stuff on here, I took a week off from everything and pretty much did nothing...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    @SuperSnapper I keep feeling that I need more activity to get this knee to bend. My ROM is only 65 and physio wasn't happy with that. I don't want to force it, or push it any more than it will go, but just figured normal activity may help. I fully agree with you that my tissue is angry and...
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    TKR Needy Knee's Recovery

    I have learned so much from everyone and want to thank all of you for helping me along with my recovery. I really feel if this swelling would just go down, my knee would bend and my pain would lessen.
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