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    PKR Partly Bionic

    Had a bicompartmental knee replacement today. I still have my own medial compartment. Pain control has been very challenging. Had a spinal but no anesthetic injected into the knee. I was finally given morphine, which is making the pain almost tolerable.
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    Conformis iduo

    My doctor has recommended a custom Conformis iduo instead of a total knee. The implant would cover both the patellofemoral joint and the lateral tibiofemoral joint. My medial compartment is relatively pristine and I don't have pain on the inside of the knee (yet). I am a little ambivalent...
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    decisions, decisions

    My OS offered me a knee replacement at the end of June but I wasn't ready to schedule it at that time. I see him next week and I am still unsure of when to schedule it. Since I am a teacher I would like to put it off until near the end of the school year but that is a long ways off. The...
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    Unloader brace

    My doctor ordered me a custom unloader brace to unload the lateral side of my joint. My hesitation in going through with this is the brace will cost me 320 and it is supposed to unload the lateral side, but I also get pain medially, and most of my pain is in the patellofemoral joint. My other...
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    pain disrupting sleep

    I can fall asleep despite minor pain but am constantly awakened by the pain. Part of the problem is my preferred sleeping positions aggravate my knees. Since I have arthritis in my patellofemoral and lateral compartments sleeping on my stomach or side becomes painful. I still have tenderness...
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    Assuming this is not good...

    I recently had a scope to assess whether I was a candidate for ACI on the trochlea of the femur. My scope last year showed my patella was only grade 2 but I had one to two areas on the trochlea that were grade 3. I am reading over my operative report from the scope last week and my doctor...
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    Pain Management Suggestions

    My doctor hasn't provided me any help with pain management, other than don't exceed 4,000 mg of Tylenol a day. I don't tolerate NSAIDS but take 3,000-4,000 mg of Tylenol a day. I ice my knees 4 times a day but still deal with painful, swollen knees around and above my kneecaps. So far...
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    TKR...someday

    I am 39 and just have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis. I woke up with knee pain on July 23rd, before that absolutely no pain and had absolutely no physical limitations. My knees have been rapidly deteriorating. My OS said I will need a TKR someday because this has started at such a young...

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