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    TKR trixie's TKR

    Haven't posted in a while...very busy with my boys spring lax season. Happy to say that I reached 120 bend and am at -3 extension. Have to keep working on the extension but happy with the bend so far. I am at 15 weeks! Still going to PT but only 2x a week going down to 1x. Little nervous...
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    TKR Left TKR: More than I anticipated

    So glad to hear you are improving and have made it back to work on a more realistic schedule! Your rom is where I was at 9th weeks and now I am getting just a hair past 115 both on the wall and sitting. Like you my flexion is not that great...it looks straight when I stand but the back of my...
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    TKR Left TKR on Feb 17

    I am just past 10 weeks and finally feel like I can work on my gait. My knee was too stiff/feeling weird to really work on this. The muscle memory example is a good one. I spent two years walking with a limp...The last six months prior to surgery unable to straighten my leg. So I know I have...
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    TKR Knee replacements 7 weeks apart

    So glad to hear you made thought your second tkr! You are a brave girl! Have a suggestion for you on icing...my physio uses Torex hot/cold compression sleeves. You can find them on amazon for $20 or so. They have a gel filling and you roll it up your leg providing gentle compression and...
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    TKR Left TKR: More than I anticipated

    You are doing well...I think that a lot of us go I to this surgery with unrealistic expectations -- me included! I am 48 and had my right tkr done January 8. I just reached 115 ROM with consistency over the past few days. It would vary from 107 to 115 depending on what mood my knee was in! I...
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    TKR 3 weeks and no better...

    Hi Ourgran...hang in there and it will get better. Sounds like the UK is trying to do the US plan where ever one one is up and walking normally in a matter of weeks! Not happening!!! Figuring out your medication is critical...everyone is different...I found taking heavy medication made me...
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    So we just never learn do we! Jumped back into my regular life taking sons to school, going to lacrosse practices, driving all over the planet, volunteering for the school and spent 6 hours helping with a fundraiser friday night...and had to spend all of Saturday resting, icing and elevating...
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    Thanks for the encouragement!!! I am hoping I get the same numbers back at PT on monday! Tim...love the grasshopper quote! I use it on my son's all the time...now I have to use it on myself! Yes...I am fortunate to have a great physical therapist...really follows all mantras on this site...
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    Finally had a breakthrough with my ROM! Been stuck at 110 (at best) and today made it to 115. Even my PT was surprised! No pain..just a lot of stretching...heel slides on the wall and my PT doing some stretching while I was sitting on the table with a towel under my knee. She is very patient...
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    TKR My Journey as of 12/16/13 - Over 1 Year and Still Trying

    So sorry to hear you are feeling blue. Pets are such a source of comfort..I have two big orange cats and a mutt named duke...All rescues...and all have helped with my recovery! The cats loved the afternoon naps! Hopefully you will find a gem of a house that is just the right size. Keep your...
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    TKR My Journey as of 12/16/13 - Over 1 Year and Still Trying

    I was just following the threads on stair climbing and am experiencing the same love/hate relationship with my stairs. Been practicing at PT, now at 8 weeks post op, I'd give it a try at home and going up the stairs went very well:)! I am too chicken to try going downstairs yet:sorry:! Have a...
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    TKR Knee replacements 7 weeks apart

    Hope all went well with your second TKR! Let us know how you are doing!
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    So lucky that we did not get the snow!!! Dodged a bullet! So got to go to therapy and was cleared for stairs! Tomorrow I will be at 8 weeks and was feeling a huge mental need to do the stairs. Can do them going up but haven't gotten the courage to go down as my stairs at home are a little...
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    That makes sense...I forget that I had two years of limping and not walking properly! I do have to focus on my gait, heel toe, instead of walking flat. Having a little pity party for myself today I think brought on by facing another 6 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow!!! Hope you are not in the...
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    TKR trixie's TKR

    Really surprised by the fatigue I am still feeling! Had a big therapy session on friday..increased weights, more stair work...All felt good but have been exhausted! Took a three hour nap yesterday! Laying down now doing knee slides waiting to watch Tottenham Spurs game! Have been getting out...
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