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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    2 1/2 months post knee replacement and three weeks post fall I'm doing much better. Was going to return to PT but, after having an assessment there yesterday, I found I am pretty much back to where I was before the fall. In addition, they wanted to schedule me for PT twice a week, two days in a...
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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    Have been taking Tylenol 500 mg. x 2 every six hours as suggested and it has significantly lessened my pain. Thanks for the info folks, looks like I'll live after all.
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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    I am now 7 weeks out from TKR and would be doing great if I hadn't had a serious fall that severely compromised my progress in PT. I am off RX pain meds and have been playing with ways to control the moderate to severe pain in my knee since the fall. I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis so I have...
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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    Big setback. I was on my last week of PT 6 weeks after surgery but slipped on a wet patch of tile and went flying. Bad news for my knee. Was taken to hospital in acute pain. Luckily hardware is intact but have soft tissue injury with swelling and pain. It’s been 5 days but I can see this is...
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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    I am at week five postop and can finally say I can see quite a bit of improvement. I only use a cane when I go out which is still not often. Walking around the house I sometimes forget about the TKR and move a bit too fast. Haven’t fallen yet but some close calls. In outpatient PT three times a...
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    TKR Reeldove's Recovery Thread

    I had the surgery on December 30 and have gone through a grueling recovery process. At two weeks the pain was extremely intense but having just passed the four week point I can say that I am doing much better. After home PT I started outpatient PT last week which has helped immensely. My range...
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    Knee replacement for osteonecrosis of femur

    I am scheduled for a knee replacement at the end of December. It is somewhat urgent because, besides arthritis and cartilage problems, I have been diagnosed with osteonecrosis of the femur at the knee which means the bone is slowly dying due to a lack of blood supply. Has anyone else had this...
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