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    TKR Just giving up

    Hi, just need someone to talk to, i had TKR (L) 2013 and my life has not been the same. My legs hurt all the time, been on all kinds of meds and pain pills, my legs hurt burn and are twice the size from before, now they say i need the right one done, bone on bone , i dont want them to do...
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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    you and i are twins because i am the same way you are. Some times i feel like something is poking me in the knee and i can't stand or walk long. When i sit with my leg down i cant get up very well also. Lost my job because of my knees and trying to find a new one is not easy, sorry i could go on...
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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    It has been 10 months and still my knee doesn't work right and still in pain, never again! And they want to do the other one LOL to that.
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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    ok 10 weeks out , my leg is on fire! it burns so bad (why) and doc will not do anything :sos:
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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    My doctor would not give me any pain meds or even call me back last week. So, Saturday I went to the hospital for help. Well, because my doctor wrote in my chart that I shouldn't be in the pain I was in, no more meds. The hospital said so. When I started to cry, THEY LOCKED ME UP FOR 72...
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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    Hello , First i would like to thank all the people who wrote. I feel like we are all friends here and the notes made me cry just knowing people do care about each other. i went to my doctor (GP) and got some voltaren cream but i dont think it helps much but will keep trying. Went and had my 8...
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    TKR Returning to work

    oh my god i am in the same boat , your story is the same as mine , dont know what to say ,other people will help :)
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    TKR Returning to work

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    TKR STILL not doing good....

    I just sit and cry, my leg hurts so bad. The pain pills help very little and now the doctor wants to start cutting back because I am in my 7th week. I am on FLMA and don't see me going back to work (work at a nursing home on feet all day) at the end of the month. My work won't let me go back...
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    knee replacement

    Hi! I will get my replacement on the 25th. Work said I can take 12 weeks off - no more or find a new job. Do most people go back before then anyway? I do work on my feet all day and run up and down pushing wheelchairs all day. Has anyone every gotten short term-disability? Thank you so...
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