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    Letter of approval!

    You will most likely need some PT to help you get things going while in the hospital---but you can set limits even there as to what you will allow them to do to you. After my BTKR, I had PT only twice a week---and there were times that I would cancel a day or two---anymore than that will not...
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    abnormal lab results after ltkr

    I took care of it for you!
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    abnormal lab results after ltkr

    will do!
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    Bilateral TKR in January - I have questions

    I had a BTKR nine years ago, and I was 80% excited to be losing a painful and restrictive lifestyle---the other 20% of the time I was nervous. I can tell you that, in looking back, I would have done it the same way again. One pre-op, one surgery, one hospital stay, and one recovery. My...
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    Choosing a Dr

    My surgeon (nine years ago) was in his early 40's.
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    TKR 9 weeks and my biggest complaint is muscle soreness>

    Yes---some surgeons tell their patients to avoid it---mine let me kneel after six months, due to the little button inside the patella. I have tried to kneel---and it really, really, feels weird, so I try to avoid it. I would talk to your surgeon for his protocol on kneeling.
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    abnormal lab results after ltkr

    Congratulations on the recumbent bike!! That is a big step!! How would you like me to change the thread---I can take care of that. Some have said that they can tell when the weather is going to change by how their knees feel, but I really have not heard of the cold affecting them. As for my...
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    The story of my knees

    2018? Wow---over a year's wait!! I thought I had a long wait of eight months!
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    Banjaboy's recovery thread<

    I would, if you can, see your OS and talk to him about what you can do about the pain until your surgery takes place.
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    New knee about to happen!

    I had a BTKR nine years ago---recovery took longer than I was prepared for, but when I was fully recovered, it certainly was a huge positive!! I got my life back, and I got my active lifestyle back. I could sleep at night without pain, and my knees now are "normal"---I can go for days without...
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    Banjaboy's recovery thread<

    WOW---I am sorry to read of your long wait---is there any way that you can get moved up? I did not use one---bu there are some folks on the forum that have used them---others will chime in and give you their opinions on the matter. I did try the SynVisc shots which worked all of three...
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    Which bedroom? Another silly question....

    I agree with the others---if you do go downstairs, I would go down for the day and then go back up---you will not be going up and down and up and won in the early days of recovery. I also concur that you may want to sleep elsewhere---in the early days, after my BTKR, I slept in a recliner---and...
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    TKR 3 weeks post op

    Remember---we all recover at different rates and on different schedules. Don't worry about where you are now or "where you should be"---you knee or knees are in charge of the recovery schedule and you will get to the destination of being fully recovered. My BTKR recovery took me six months to...
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    PKR Partial KR five days post op and struggling'

    Yep, at where you are at in recovery, "less is certainly more.":thumb:
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    PKR BILATERAL - now at six weeks

    I created a signature for you for your partial BTKR.
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