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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    That's what I've been doing with my walker too, especially when the dogs come running up to me. I've been gripping that walker as if it's my last lifeline, and I've just got to get over that!
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    I adjusted my walker as you suggested, and I'm sure that was my problem. Hopefully my shoulder will improve if I pay more attention to not straining it!
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    TKR 36 hours sleep since Aug. 9th

    I was on a low dose of gabapentin before my surgery for insomnia. For me, it's been a life-saving sleeping pill. I'm still on it, of course, because the doctor says it is fine to take with hydrocodone, and it can also help with the pain. I've slept well throughout this ordeal, even though I...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    @beesknee I, too, waited a year for covid to calm down, but when I tried to schedule my surgery in March, the soonest slot available was July 26, because everyone else had waited too! I expected to be far more recovered by now, which I would have been had my device not broken. And now the...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    My knee is doing well, thanks to this forum. Ignoring my PT schedule, I've been stretching, icing, walking,and icing, and today, 6 days after my 2nd surgery, I have almost no swelling, and I haven't taken a pain pill yet today. When I do, it will be more because of my shoulder than my knee! The...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    @pdlinda My experience in the hospital this week suggests NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY! The covid cases are out of control here in central Indiana, and far worse in other parts of the country. I don't know when this will ever be over, but the last thing that anyone any of us needs...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    Pdlinda, I also had cataract surgery earlier this summer, with a 12-in-1-day surgeon. I'm so tired of being treated like a slab of meat on a conveyor belt...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    Thanks for the advice, Jockette. That was exactly my plan, based on other posts I've read on this site. The doctor said I could pick right back up with my therapy where I left off, and to that I say, "Thanks, but no." My therapist had really pushed me, saying, "You can't break it!" Thanks for...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    I'm back home now, and the doctor assured me this was a fluke and will never happen again. Apparently, the spacer popped out, and he said that's happened to only one other of his patients in the last ten years. He said my mcl and acl were both very loose, which allowed the spacer to pop out...
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    Turns out the knee replacement is broken. I forced my doctor's PA to see me this afternoon, and, long story short, he took xrays and found that the plastic meniscus disc was dislocated. I'm having emergency repair surgery tomorrow, but I'm scared to death. It's going to be a long night.
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    My surgery was on the right knee on July 26, 2021. I will have to look up the device, but I can't move right now. The pain is excruciating, even though I was doing SO WELL before this incident.
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    Revised PKR to TKR Sore shoulder

    15 days in, I have been doing pretty well, but last night I was laying on my bed on my side, and the cat jumped on the bed and landed right on my knee. I scream, he flew away, and I'm basically still screaming. I am in excruciating pain, which feels as if a nerve is caught in my knee...
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