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I'm now 1 month post surgery (24 May, 23). Hit 100 degree bend at PT today (90 5 days ago) and getting about 5 degrees short of straight right now. - What is the "normal" progression of ROM (range of motion) at different times post surgery? Is this on, behind, or ahead of the curve? - How...

Thanks Layla. Surgery apparently went fine this morning according to the Dr. Pain was pretty high when I woke so they gave me more meds and since then I've been good with keeping to the pain med and exercise schedule. Using the walker, slowly bending the knee to 90 degrees, etc. Even ate at...

Thanks. Mine will be outpatient so we'll see. Good luck on your surgery. This sounds like what they described. Their only comment was that it will reduce the OxyCodeine usage I need. For 2 days and $500 I decided that it wasn't worth it to me. Especially since I hear that the first day is...

Had my pre-op today for the surgery next week. They are offering / recommending an Ambit Pain Control System: basically a catheter in the inner thigh with a pump providing continuous dosage of a local anesthetic that they claim will reduce the amount of oral meds I need. Does anyone have any...

My surgery has been moved up to 24 May now. Only 2 weeks out. The sooner the better!

Thanks to all of you on the above comments. Greatly appreciated! My German Shepard so far seems to be sensitive to that type of thing as I'm walking with a cane now (pre surgery) and he seems to know when I'm having a rough day. I'm hopeful that he'll be as careful post surgery. We have a...

I hadn't thought of that. My regular slippers probably won't work. I'll look into something like Crocs. Did you go with a size or more larger than normal? Yep. A ways outside Seattle. On clear days we can see the Olympic mountains to the west 70+ miles away. Thanks everyone for the...

You'd better believe it. We've found our happy place up here and enjoy the heck out of it. Sunrise from the front deck: Sunset from the back deck: I think I have the relaxing environment sown up. Thanks to both of you. I have already purchased the lounge doctor and have practiced the...

Thanks Layla. I think I'm as prepared as I can be, except I'll have to find a hard board to put near my nest to bang my head on in when I get frustrated. I'm a "patience hell, I want to get this over with..." type of mentality that I'll have to overcome. One serious question relates to the...

I am having my TKR on 12 June (or earlier as I'm top of the wait list). Looking to learn as much as I can from others who have done this and are going through this. This is the first medical procedure that I'm nervous about. Not really the surgery itself, but the recovery and how I'm going to...