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  1. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Yes, I have actually used a long, tubular hot water bottle that drapes over my knee.
  2. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hello, I must admit to being somewhat disappointed and frustrated at the time it is taking me to recover from my knee surgery on January 5th. I did think I'd be walking about freely, maybe with a stick by now. But no, although I can manage to walk indoors with my Walker, using it outdoors is, so...
  3. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Layla Thank you very much for your kind words. The progress I am making is still, frustratingly, slow particularly with getting the leg to straighten but, as has been said, slow progress is still progress!
  4. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hello again, I saw my Consultant, the excellent Mr. Helmut Zahn, FRCS, on the 24th of this month and despite me being in my wheel chair, I was able to report to him that, since all the pain that I had before he resurfaced my kneecap was gone, I thought that the procedure had been successful. My...
  5. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hmmm, I am strangely reluctant to contact the hospital. The incision is not giving me any problems so unless it does, i'll wait till I see the Consultant on the 24th.
  6. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hello, It's now five weeks the operation to resurface my kneecap. I can walk about carefully on my Zimmer but the leg has yet to straighten and strengthen so, at the moment, it's a bit awkward. This happened when I had the TKR in 2018 and I think it was some two months before I could put my...
  7. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Jaycey. Thank you for the information, which has been passed on. Today, I have been exercising my leg using a little pedal exerciser and by using the Zimmer. I get little or no pain while exercising but the leg is not straight enough or strong enough yet to put any appreciable weight on it...
  8. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    On another subject entirely, my stepson has severe back problems. It doesn't appear that backs are covered in this forum. Does anyone know of a similar source of information and support that I can give him? Thanks, Jim
  9. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Now, three weeks after the operation to resurface my knee cap, the swelling of my leg is diminishing day by day (despite spending most of my day at my PC) Pain relief is limited to a couple of paracetamol a day to cope with the odd twinge. The acute sensitivity of the leg, particularly the...
  10. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hi again, a lot of people can walk with aids fairly easily after a knee operation. I can't. This may be because I have a fixed flexion deformity of some 10°, dysplastic hips and short Achilles tendons, due to being born with mild cerebral palsy. Having spent nearly 80 years with this condition...
  11. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hello, Removed the dressing today. My sister-in-law thinks the scar looks like the Grand Canyon! Tiny bit of bleeding that stopped in a few seconds. I decided not to apply another dressing and to leave it open. Swelling slowly reducing and leg feeling slightly less like a log. Difficult to...
  12. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Good morning. Swelling noticeably reduced this morning. Striving to put more and more weight on the leg when climbing upstairs - still relying mostly on bannisters of course. Only two more injections to guard against DVT and then the day after the dressing comes off and I can give the scar a...
  13. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    No more bleeding overnight, leg feels fairly mobile but because of my disability and the swelling, the leg does not straighten easily but, based on my experience with the previous TKR it will with time. Swelling of the upper leg is virtually gone but the lower leg and particularly, the foot, it...
  14. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    I don't know how many of you will be interested, but I have just received a copy of the clinical letter sent to my GP following my recent patella resurfacing: I was born with mild cerebral palsy and as a result of this I have severe hamstring tightness, an adduction contracture of the right hip...
  15. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Jaycey. Thanks for the information. Take it Easy "R" Us!
  16. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    This morning I noticed that the lower third of the new dressing had adsorbed some blood. I wondered if I should cease the blood thinning injections so I phoned the ward. They asked if any liquid blood was visible which there wasn't. So just to carry on as before for the moment. I am trying to...
  17. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Jamie, @Jaycey Good morning, A traumatic start to the day as the laxatives finally did their work. Fortunately, I was in the right place at the right time! Changed the dressing this morning and took multiple photos of the procedure for my Family Photo Database! Removal was easy, all but the...
  18. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Jaycey Errmm, I haven't been Icing as I have been amusing myself playing games on my PC so as not to get bored. I am not concerned about changing the dressing. It is saturated with dried blood and I would have assumed that a gentle clean using say, soapy water with an added medical...
  19. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    Hi, thought you might like an update on my recovery following my Patella resurfacing on January 5th: Pain not too bad and easily manageable with paracetamol. Experiencing quite a degree of swelling but I expect this to reduce before too long. Having some trouble sleeping, I'm waking up every 75...
  20. JamesAB

    TKR Can't straighten leg or walk eleven weeks post op

    @Jamie, I'll Keep in touch! Jim
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