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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I will be at 2 months next week, and I am going backward with leg extension -6, and bending 92. It is depressing me so much. I am trying on my own, but bending is so painful, and straightening. I keep trying. I had an evaluation by a PT two weeks ago, but she told me she has no experience with...
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    Depression/post-op blues

    Sbg, I totally relate. 4 weeks ago I had a complicated knee revision, and this recovery has been the most painful and exhausting surgery recovery I've endured. I'm trying to reduce pain medication but I am still in too much pain to reduce much at this point. Like you, I can't take NSAIDS for...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Pumpkin, do we get cold when reducing pain medication because we need pain relief, or is it a result of going off the medication?
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I was told by my PA to start weaning down my medication. I've tried to explain to them exactly what I'm doing, and my pain level. The PA did say with my type of revision the pain is high, yet at the same time they want me to start reducing. I'm just exhausted. I'm not doing PT exercises, so my...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I'm sort of clumsy using this forum. Someone else here removed hospital name. My PA reviewed photos of knee and said looked great. I told her pain really bad, and hard to put weight on it. I'm having a very rough day. I'm not exercising, just doing basic walking in house. I'm getting chills, and...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    PS~ I can edit my most recent posts, but there is no option to edit my first post.
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Thank you!! So far they are great with communication, I just think that overall they discount the recovery difficulty. One nurse told me that he was surprised I was taking pain medication the day after my surgery, which I found so bizarre that some nurses are so ignorant. The nurses that were...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Thank you. So far they have been supportive, but I know that with my TKR in 2013 I ended up being referred to a pain clinic. My incision was a gaping wound and oozing scab at 4months back then, and had a difficult recovery because of the surgery.
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Is there a way to edit my first post deleting the name of the hospital I had my surgery done at?
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    Knee Scars - Post Your Badges of Honor Here! NO CHIT-CHAT please

    Knee the first week after the revision 12/29/15.
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    Depression/post-op blues

    I am so happy to find this thread too. I am at 4 weeks from a complicated revision. My pain is still quite bad, and I am so exhausted. I am normally not a depressive person, but I have to say that through this experience I have had to really redirect my thoughts from discouragement to hope. I...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I struggled with pain terribly bad after my PT appt at home on Friday. I actually was beginning to worry something was wrong. I decided to stop exercising, except getting up and doing mild walking and a couple other movements. I laid low and iced a lot. It has eased somewhat, but I am taking...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I have no idea why they told me not to, other than they were concerned with interactions. I did not have good post surgery nurses, they seemed to know very little about ortho surgery as well. I am now back to taking my vitamins etc...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Josephine~ 1. what are your pain levels right now? (remember the 1-10 scale: 1 = no pain and 10 = the worst you can imagine. And don't compare this with the bone-on-bone pain you had before surgery! :no-fin:) Also don't forget to include other forms of pain such as soreness, burning, stabbing...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Thank you very much. :)
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    I thank you both for your replies. I have been cutting back because I am afraid they won't keep helping me with pain medication due to how strict they are. Before my first TKR I have rarely ever taken any medication, and I am not addicted to anything, so I am hoping they honor my honesty and...
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    TKR Just need advice after RTKR on 12/22/15<

    I am at week three since having a complicated revision with long stem rods component. I am at 96 bending and 100 straightening. I am worried I will not be able to ever bend much. It is so so painful to bend. My knee is so painful, it is difficult to stand or walk, and like you the pain at end of...
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    Revision TKR Complicated Knee Revision pain and recovery<'

    Hi, I had a knee revision December 29 2015, three weeks ago, but I initally had a TKR in Feb 2013 that was messed up from day one. My incision with first TKR would not heal for over 4 months due to where the surgeon cut me in relation to a previous incision from a big surgery when I was 16...
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