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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Good news when i woke up from the anaesthetic. after having said that the xrays indicated that a replacement spacer wouldnt be any improvement, and that a total revision was my only option, my surgeon decided to give it a go once he had the incision made. He has put a 2 mm thicker one in, and...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Well.. this is it . Woke up at 4 am in time to eat a banana before the 4.30 cut off time, and will be jumping (lol @ the idea of jumping anywhere!) into the shower in a few minutes for the final scrub down and get my hair washed. Ice packs are in the freezer, and kindle is loaded with Mills &...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    :yawn:Thanks to everyone for ' always being here'
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Here we go again !, Awake at stupid o'clock, overthinking everything and no matter how much I consciously force myself to relax and do the 'breathing thing', I find myself all tense again within a few minutes. Ah well, another 36 hours, and it'll be the start of the beginning of the journey...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Going into the Murrayfield in Edinburgh . It just seemed to be all a bit of a panic. I was in for my pre-op assessment on Wednesday , then on Friday got the call saying there was an emergency prescription being made up for me!
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    While I was at work today , hubby took a phone call from the Hospital, saying that they'd been in touch with my GPs surgery , asking them to make up an emergency prescription for a special body wash and nasal spray that I have to use from now until my surgery on Monday morning. Is this routine...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    I forgot to add, when I was at my pre-op assessment, I gathered up the courage to tell them that I did NOT want a particular physiotherapist seeing me while I'm in . I couldn't remember her name, but when I described her, they knew exactly who I was talking about. She's probably very good at...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Great to see you Silver and good to be still sharing the journey with you . Pre-op tests all went well this morning, but I think I'm more nervous this time round because I know what I'm signing up for . I'll just keep telling myself that this time next year, it'll all be a fading memory . :)
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Thanks puppywalker ! I'll look into these, because even if the new knee is stable, I think I'm always going to have that soft tissue mess which some support will help :)
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Its now official. I go in on Monday 10th Aug for a revision. Despite thinking I probably COULD have waited a year, it got to the stage where at one point I was sitting on concrete steps, in torrential rain, at 6am in the morning waiting for pain to settle after my knee clunking out and back in...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Hi all. I saw my surgeon today and he confirmed that there is lateral movement in my knee, and he said that in hindsight, given the amount of tissue damage to my knee, I might have been better with a different type of implant. However, giving me the different one would curtail the level of ROM...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Oh yes Silver - Kenesio tape is my friend ! I buy it in bulk - bright pink ! Haven't found a sleeve that fits me though , I think my thighs are too chubby and they always end up rolling down ..lol It's good to be back, because, and I can understand this, people either don't understand, or just...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Josephine, I continued with the cross-trainer and the exercise bike for several reasons. 1. My surgeon had told me that I was just a slow healer and things would continue to improve, 2. My physiotherapist told me that I needed to build up the muscles around my knee to compensate for the medialis...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Yes Jamie, I tried to reactivate 'skyelark' and have my password reset, but it didn't work, so I re-applied with a different email address. I'd be more than happy to have the accounts merged . And Kneeta? Don't worry, I'm know I'm in the minority, by a LONG way, and that's why I felt the...
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    Revision TKR Revision due to flexion instability - (Triathlon TS)

    Hi Bonesmarties, I had a previous post regarding my TKR in July in 2012, but I think I've been away too long and I couldn't carry on from where I left off. So, I'm back, and hoping that someone can offer some light at the end of the tunnel. I know some of you have gone, or are still going...
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