TKR 16 weeks post right TKR

[Susytish]

16 weeks post right TKR. Still bit of a struggle. Ice in mornings as most stiff then. Elevate. Walked 20 minutes and felt it next day but had to do that much. I believed I would be fine by now, so feeling down with it. Have arthritis in right hip but wasn't painful before, although wwas told that would probably need doing at some point.

 

[Anniemof]

@Susytish, Hi, like you I thought I'd be so much better than I am at 15 weeks today. This has be an incredibly hard journey so far. I continue doing my physio but not to pain levels and I have improved on everything except my bend (90 - 100) Other areas now ache more than they ever did before my RKR ( other knee and lower back) and at times I think why did I do this. I think maybe some of us have to be prepared for the long healing journey, which is hard, and I give myself hope by reading about people who made progress later, here and on FB groups. I'm hoping time is the great healer, so they say. Try and keep positive although I know it's hard. Sending best wishes. xx

 

[Jockette]

@Susytish This recovery can definitely take a long time, the surgery causes so much disruption internally. Try to be patient and just do what you can each day. Look back at how far you have come, since the first week of surgery, and you’ll see there really has been quite a bit of progress.

I‘m sorry about your husband, I’m sure that’s a difficult situation.

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