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    TKR 3 Year Update

    Thanks for sharing this report! I'm just at 16 weeks post surgery and have ok days and bad days, so it is good to hear that it can get much better in the next few months. Thanks!
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    Knee Infection* Infection?

    Hi, I'm sorry you are going through this. My knee swelled and developed hot red spots around 7 weeks post op. I went to PT and my PT immediately sent me to the surgeon as he was concerned it was infected. The surgeon drained fluid from the knee and sent it in to the lab to see if it would grow a...
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    TKR LTKR Recovery!!

    I hope you are doing ok Emelbee! You are very brave!! I couldn't imagine getting my second knee done yet. Luckily it shouldn't need it for a few years. I'm thinking about you and wishing a speedy and relatively pain free recovery!
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    TKR LTKR Recovery!!

    Best wishes on a great outcome and recovery! I totally get your nerves, but you've done this once and you can do it again!
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Homemadesalsa, I do home massage with some CBD cream, and I use a Hypervolt massage gun. I've even gotten in a hot tub (that was only about 90 degrees) with powerful jets. They all seem to help. My PT, who works with Aileen (I've met her and she is great) also does Graston scraping and gentle...
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    TKR Amazingly better experience with knee #2!

    Stay cool! That heat is crazy, and dangerous. I'm glad to hear you are doing well and I hope your recovery continues on a good trajectory.
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Thanks gardenplotter. I just read your thread and it does sound like we have some similar pre-existing issues. For years I've had pain going up steps that I now recognize as IT band pain. Saw my PT this morning and he tried some dry needling in my hamstring and lateral quad (?) to help with IT...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Wow, woke up with knee pain this morning and it is steadily getting worse, and I definitely have some more swelling. I didn't do much yesterday so I have no idea why it is flaring up. Walking is pretty uncomfortable today so I guess I'll just lie around and ice and hope things improve. I had...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Taking it easy seems to be helping as my ROM before stretching yesterday was 119, and after stretching it was up to 125. Interestingly the pain I feel now is not in the joint but in muscles and tendons nearby. My IT band is very tight, as is my hamstring. This feels like progress that my knee...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Thanks for the great support and suggestions all! I really appreciate everyone's thoughts. I saw my PT today and he said he feels the swelling and increased pain I'm experiencing is from too much time on my feet and too much walking around doing errands and ADLs. He highly recommends trying...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Thanks Ghostpipe, doxiemom, FCBayern, BBCG and all. This recovery is so frustrating!! I've cut down my activity again for the past two days (going about life but no biking or extra walking) because my knee is acting up, and it still woke me up last night and I actually had to take a hydrocodone...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Of course now I'm back in the ODIC, as my knee aches and is a bit more swollen after a bit more activity the past two days. The good news is my ROM has not been affected. What is sad is that I didn't do a lot, at least by my standards, but it was still quite a bit more than I have been doing...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    Ghostpipe, crawling around was probably not the right way to describe what I was doing as I was not kneeling. I have not tried kneeling yet as it does not seem like it would feel ok. I love to paddle board and want to try paddle boarding again soon, but it often requires a bit of kneeling to...
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    TKR LTKR April 1 - bending knee hurts

    I had a big weekend - 3 1/2 hours in a car Saturday and then again Sunday, and lots of crawling around putting furniture together. I didn't have an ice machine with me and barely iced and didn't get to elevate --- but my knee did great. I slept great, and this morning I did a short bike ride...
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    MUA MUA recommendations?

    Hi Minstrel, I just read your thread. I'm so sorry you are struggling with pain and ROM issues. I totally get the need to move and that lying around is a jail sentence. My surgeon and PT basically put me on bed rest somewhere around 4 or 5 weeks post op as my surgeon said my knee clearly needed...

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