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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    So I shouldn't tell them I want a second opinion? I don't want to get there and be turned away because I wasn't up front with them. Is that normal? To just not tell them until they see me? Dickson-Diveley was not part of the list, but thanks for the name!
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    Thank you. I found out from my PT today my OS plans to put me on a CPM machine for a couple of months. That's confusing to me. I feel like that's something that may have helped at 2 weeks post-op. But at 12 weeks?? I am not hopeful. I feel like it's going to hurt too bad at this point...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    I go back to my OS on Thursday. I'm nervous. Never was able to find an Ortho that would talk to me, so my only choice is to go back to the one I've lost faith in. I know patience is needed, but I don't think I can spend the next 9 months like I am to wait until another doc will talk to me...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    As an update...I've been given the names of 3 great OS's. I've called all 3 to set an appointment for a second opinion. Not asking for them to do anything but talk to me at this point. No one will see me. No one will talk to me until I'm a year post op. No one wants to get in the middle of...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    I even asked the person that was with me in the office when doc said it....without her seeing what I typed, she said he said they may need to be 'shaved down'. Maybe he was putting it in layman's terms for me, but that really is what he said. :flabber: I have asked my friend for her OS's info...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    I know someone that had TKR 2 weeks after mine and she's in great shape. Back to work, not even using a cane, better than ever. I think I'm going to see if I can get into her doc for a second opinion. I'm REALLY glad to hear the second surgery wasn't as bad. Of course, I know they will...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    Dr Stitt. He's really good. I've went to him for years. He's won awards, came highly recommended. But I can't help but wonder if something truly is wrong.. I think I mentioned before, but now I can't remember...my PT thinks my joint may be too big. I don't know. I just know that I'm...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    You're right, 2 months today. I did the signature. I'm not excited about having anything surgery, but PT and OS are telling me it's not going to fix itself. The thing I do the most is lay across my bed with my leg hanging off...hoping gravity will pull it down. At PT we add weights and work...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    My doc wants to go beyond MUA. He wants to (this is really going to lack technical finesse) 'shave down' the plastic pieces in the joint, so it can move more freely. I'm certain he'll also manipulate it at that time. My PT thinks maybe the joint used is too big and that's why he's talking...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    Trust me, I've read and read and read. I'm not totally just sitting here feeling sorry for myself. My knee seems to be 'permanently' bent to where I basically walk on the ball of my foot (like that foot is always in high heel position). Not ever comfortable. I just wish I knew now, will it...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    Basically thought I did, but sure.... 1. what are your pain levels right now? (remember the 1-10 scale: 1 = no pain and 10 = the worst you can imagine. And don't compare this with the bone-on-bone pain you had before surgery! ) The knee pain is normally about a 3 all the time, spikes when I...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    All - Thank you for all of your replies. I kind of fell off the earth for a while. I'm sure everyone knows how the depression goes. I go all internal when I'm not happy. That's where I've been since my post over a month ago. I know that's not the answer. I know everyone here is so helpful...
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    TKR Not quite 3 weeks post-op

    Hello! I am at about 2½ weeks post op from right TKR. It has been a LONG 2 weeks! I think that I was a little naive going into surgery, to be honest. I'm younger than most having the surgery (nearly 39) , my health is good, other than being overweight and the knee. I just knew I'd bounce...
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    2014 March Musketeers - Are you having knee surgery in March?

    Hello, I'm new on here. I'm having surgery on March 13th.
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