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    Oh thank y’all so much for your encouragement!!! As to whether I’m doing anything to find out if my knee is infected, i am. Had a blood test about 2 mos ago. The doc looks at one particular number in the blood cell count that indicates infection. It was normal. Took another 3 weeks later and it...
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    In addition I’ve had to delay my return to work again so thats taking a toll financially. I’m sorry to be a bummer. It just feels very bleak today
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    I sure need a shoulder to cry on today. I went to my primary care doc today for something unrelated but told her all about my experience with my knee. Of course i had to weigh. I have gained 12 lbs SINCE i got the knee replacement. That threw me for a loop. Its not a vanity thing. Its a health...
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    And also i am so happy you are thriving. One year anniversary!!!!! So glad for you
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    Thats very good advice. I fully intend to get to the bottom of this. From what i can find online this is the correct first step. Doing blood work to test for inflammation which indicates an infection. Tell me what the steps were for you please
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    I just wish I’d been told this by the surgeons office. Instead of starting over at four months I bet I’d be well on my way. That is extremely frustrating and makes me angry that they give you so little information
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    I read somewhere in the middle of this journey that doing too much could backfire. I didn’t see how that could be true if my knee felt good. Now i see. I had no idea how much energy it takes your body to heal. Sometimes my husband will glue something together for me and he’ll put a big brace...
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    Ok. Thats a great way to look at it. I’m just starting over!!!
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    I’d thought I had read all of the recovery articles that pertain to my questions but I’ll go back and look again. I guess the thing I find so confusing is since I’m four months along I felt like I was supposed to be past the stage where I was elevating and icing and taking ibuprofen every day...
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    I haven’t elevated my knee in a month probably because I figured it was too late and that it would be useless.
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    My feeling is my knee is either infected or I am literally starting my recovery over again. I don’t think I’ve ever done the proper things. I was doing everything I would normally do in a day from the second day forward. I took my pain meds for about a week and then stopped taking them thinking...
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    I have no idea what the knee compartment is called so I don’t know the exact name. Looking down at my leg it was the left side. All of you please forgive me for not answering quickly. I have been left in another century when it comes to tech. I’m always missing texts and calls. I don’t even know...
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    @Jockette @Flashlight thank you soo much for your replies. Jockette you actually had a PKR? Thats very interesting. It sounds like I was also fooled. Every article i read made a PKR sound like it wasn’t even a major surgery. Because of that i assumed i should push myself to do everything i...
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    Its so confusing. Some days i have no pain for several hours and then I’ll start to feel that old familiar pinch each time i take a step. There are very gew articles on PKR but the ones i jave seen say 4-6 weeks out and you’ll be doing regular activities. I wish i could just find an answer to...
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    @Layla Hi. You told me to let you know if I’m still struggling. After i posted i saw my docs PA and she gave me anti inflammatory meds. I took them for five days and felt great. They also did a blood draw to see my inflammation levels. It showed them as normal. About 1 month ago i had to have a...
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