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  1. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Thank you Jaycey, I couldn’t remember how to get back into my thread…..can you tell me how to do that if I log out so I don’t post wrong again, thanks!
  2. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Hi everyone! Just checking in with a few questions……it’s going on 8 months and I see improvement (but with some set backs, ie: Achilles tendons on both ankles which I am in PT and piriformis muscles are a problem so double whammy) but pertaining to my knee……I am 8 months out of surgery and my...
  3. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Thank you Layla! May you and yours have a blessing and Merry Christmas!
  4. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Does anyone have aches and pain when the weather gets cold? My knee feels more stiff and uncomfortable right now, we are going to get very cold and snow coming starting this Thursday. My knee is really tight.
  5. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Ok thanks for the tip!
  6. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Oh, I was wondering if anyone can give me advice how to get the knee where the incision is to stop burning. The incision looks ok, it’s getting there but the tightness and burning is bothering me. I message the incision with vitamin e at least twice a day. Also is that normal at going on 6...
  7. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Jockette, I pray you are right! Praying it will get better. At least I have some family members that have friends that it took a year or so to feel good, not like some people who got better within a few months, so they look at me like something is wrong because I still don’t feel better…..wow...
  8. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    I have been trying to do as much as I can, but it is not at the level I am use to…..that is why the tears start flowing because I am so use to go,go,go, and I don’t get to the level I am use to and then the knee flares, ankles and back. I really thought I’d be better since the knee replacement...
  9. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to deal with the pain and disabilities I have been having and not doing very well at all. I am so sad that my knee is still stiff and painful, burning sensation , along with other issues, ankles and back. It will be 6 months on the 27 of December and I am really...
  10. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Very depressed, knee still not there and now added complications such as Achilles tendonosis, and sciatica still flaring…..’my podiatrist said to walk flat footed and physical therapy for 24 days……tendonesis is a degenerative problem. MRI showed no tears or rupture, so thankful for that…..I...
  11. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Happy Thanksgiving to all!
  12. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    My right knee(surgical one) looks like the left but not as defined…….the pulling is making my incision sore…..the incision looks good, not quite a white line, still somewhat red . It will be 5 months next week. my flexibility I feel good about, it is stepping down off stairs or a step is what...
  13. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Thanks, I was walking and standing a lot lately, back to icing!
  14. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Can anyone remember when the tightness in the knee goes away? Does it? Anything I can do to make it less tight?
  15. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    I am more concerned about my Achilles’ tendons at this time…..can barely walk.if it wasn’t for this I would feel very good about my knee progress and would be ready to schedule my othe knee replacement, but I don’t know what to do? As your u can tell I am not very patient so waiting another...
  16. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    JusticeRider, I have been trying to find a message therapist to do lymphatic message therapy and I am having a difficult time finding someone.
  17. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    So sorry Doc your knee is not right….maybe see another orthopedic doctor?! Now I am dealing with terrible Achilles’ tendon pain on the opposite leg, but have some tendon pain in my surgery side…..getting MRI on both next Friday…..I am so sick of being in pain! I can’t stop crying….. please...
  18. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Thanks everyone! The good news is my final PT today, ROM 119 flexion, 0 extension! Now hopefully my MRI on my Achilles’ tendon comes back where I don’t need surgery, ugh
  19. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    The therapist did say keep note how I felt after so he can adjust the treatment…..not only my surgical leg but my other leg as well…..how do people get right back to living so soon! Wow! I wish I had that kind of recovery! Just feel so old, well I am but mentally I can’t accept it. I am even...
  20. Mickimouse

    TKR Questions 8 months from surgery

    Somewhere in my thread I recall someone saying be careful getting a massage, well got one yesterday, by a trained massage person at our highly rated hospital, and I hurt so bad this morning…not my knee so much but muscles/joints. I was told I have tight muscles and I thought it would help…now my...
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