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  1. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Hi again @SusieShoes, yes you're right, I feel a bit embarrassed to look back at how I was feeling before and the contrast between then and now, but thank you again for your wisdom and support throughout it all! Hi @Suzette, it's great to hear from you too, sounds like you're doing really well...
  2. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Hi all, it's been a while but I thought I'd post an update at almost 35 weeks post-op. ROM: About 140 flexion and +2 extension, but it really doesn't matter much anymore. Pain: Although I still get twinges or aches, these are relatively short lived and definitely more to do with...
  3. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    I just thought I'd post a pretty positive update now I've reached week 20 post op. ROM: I don't even think about this anymore because it is sufficient to do anything I need to do, but at a guess I reckon it's about 130 flexion and +5 extension and I'm pretty certain it will get better still. I...
  4. robhunt3

    MUA Comprehending MUA

    I worried about my ROM for a long time, and was also worried by my OS mentioning the possibility of MUA at my 6 week review where I was probably at around 80 flexion. By 12 weeks I had about 90-100 but not doing much other than getting on with life and a bit of gentle exercise, and he was more...
  5. robhunt3

    TKR Struggling through recovery<

    Hang on in there, it gets better - for me and some others it seems that 12 weeks was the time when I thought less about my knee and more about just getting on with life. I'm at 16 weeks now, and things are so different to where I was 8 weeks ago. Stay positive, rest, recuperate, don't overdo it...
  6. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Thanks for your good wishes everyone. @hopalong61 you're still only a few weeks past your MUA which will have put you back to the start of your TKR healing journey, but you have really good ROM now and it will get better, as will your pain and your mobility - your new 3 month point is June...
  7. robhunt3

    TKR Clonking knee cap 9wks post op

    You're doing fantastically well in just a few short weeks, but don't overdo it! Rest and heal while you have the chance, consider it a 'freebie' while you're recovering and take advantage of the opportunity. All the best!
  8. robhunt3

    Bilateral TKR Stiffness

    Hi @Yerdua, I've spent the last 6 weeks worried about my ROM which seemed to be stuck, but finally listened to the heaps of good advice on here and decided to stop worrying about it, forget about it and as if by magic, at week 10, 11 and 12 everything is settling and things have improved. Less...
  9. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    So here is my 12 week update... I saw the OS last night and he was more than happy with my knee and my ROM (probably around 115 flexion/5 extension now) and said it would improve further over the next 18 months. So all my concerns about that have proved to be groundless, and in fact by not...
  10. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Thanks for the support @Jockette, I keep being told these things but find it very hard to listen! What will probably help is stopping the physio (which stops shortly anyway, not sure it has been of much use) and not having to see the OS again. It will allow me to just get on with it without...
  11. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Week 10 update - still stuck at 100-105 maximum flexion :-( I've had a couple of sports massage sessions this week which focused on myofascial release, and definitely helped loosen the skin around my joint - after the first session my bend felt significantly better in terms of it being less...
  12. robhunt3

    TKR A different knee

    Congrats on the progress. I don't have skateboard, but I've found the Concept II rower sliding seat at the gym just as good to rock back and forth on.
  13. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    So I'm now just over 9 weeks in and as frustrated as ever by the slow pace of progress, although I'm becoming used to it. Highlights over the last couple of weeks: I'm working in the office 4 days a week, and 1 at home. No real issues other than swelling of an evening, to be expected and...
  14. robhunt3

    TKR Very ill after TKR

    What an awful situation, I hope you manage to get the help you need to feel better. Do try to get social services or others to help if you can, I expect the extra burden of your husband's condition (and I don't mean that in a negative way) is not helping you either. Take care.
  15. robhunt3

    TKR Recovery<

    It sounds like a temporary blip from the fall @trucka, but otherwise you're doing really well. Take it easy, I expect it's frustrating to have had one knee go like a dream and have a few problems with the other. I take paracetamol and find it to be the best pain med for the various aches that...
  16. robhunt3

    TKR My recovery story

    Me too when I was taking it @Suzette. Helped with the knee pain but gave me a headache in the process!
  17. robhunt3

    TKR Week 20 update...all good and getting better

    Hi @Suzette, everything is going reasonably well at the moment thanks. Time does fly! I'm at 8 weeks now and have been back at work for two weeks, 3 days in the office and the remainder at home each week. Starting next week I'll be in the office 4 days a week. I know exactly how you feel about...
  18. robhunt3

    TKR After surgery...4+weeks

    Your knee is nicely bent too isn't it? Are you sure you need that MUA? :) :-) (: In two weeks my knee flexion has improved by about 20 degrees after seemingly being stuck for ever at about 85/90, and it now feels so much more likely that it will improve. This has been at the expense of my...
  19. robhunt3

    TKR 12 Months since my TKR.

    Brilliant @denn, made me laugh out loud!
  20. robhunt3

    TKR Thumper's new knee 21 Mar 2018

    All the best for your surgery tomorrow. Try not to worry. Sure, some people have pain, but mostly it's well controlled and there are many different meds that will be able to help you stay on the good side of it. I was lucky and had minimal pain from the start - in fact the pain I had before...
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