TKR 8 months after TKR

[Oregon mom]

@rmc@1021 I really enjoyed reading your whole thread today. Aren't the moderators wonderful? It was so great to get to your most recent post.
I'm at 4 weeks and it's hard to stay patient and not question myself or start thinking the worst.
Thanks for sharing your story with us!

 

[Fran55]

Glad to hear things are improving @rmc@1021 .

Like @Oregon mom and @Mrs. Ciz I also had a Bilateral TKR. The first weeks are tough aren't they? The tightness stays for a while. I am almost 5 months post surgery. My pain levels are good. My left knee is recovering a bit slower than my right. They both still have tightness across the top of the knee. It doesn't hurt , it is just tight. I am not concerned. I am not even half way to the 12 months they (including my surgeon) say it takes to recover. Your cycling sounds good. I enjoy walking - my knees always feel the best then!

 

[rmc@1021]

I have not been on here awhile, it's been 8 months since my surgery, I was just trying to get some insight with my recovery, My knee is getting severly stiff after being on it longer than 1 hour, and the longer I am on it the stiffer it gets, I'm trying to find out if this is normal, I would think by 8 months this would not be a issue, but the stiffness was so bad today I could barely walk. Any insight would be great.

 

[Jockette]

It could just be that your knee is not healed enough to handle being on it that long, at this point in your recovery. Recovery from a knee replacement takes an average of a full year, which means sometimes less than a year and sometimes longer than a year. At 8 months, you still have more healing to do.

My whole first year was slower than some others, but I did have a lot of improvement in my second year, and even more in my third. I hope that you will see the same.

 

[Pumpkin]

@rmc@1021
Sounds like standing that long is too much for your knee right now. With further healing over the next few months+, your knee should start feeling better.
Suggest you spend more time Resting, Icing, and Elevating, depending on your schedule.

You'll notice that I have merged your newest thread with your original recovery thread. For several reasons, we prefer that you only have one recovery thread:

• That way, we have all your information in one place. This makes it easier to go back and review your history before providing advice.
• If you keep starting new threads, you miss the posts and advice others have left for you in the old threads, and some information may be unnecessarily repeated
• Having only one thread will act as a diary of your progress that you can look back on.

So please post any updates, questions or concerns about your recovery here. If you prefer a different thread title, just post what you want and we'll get it changed for you.
If you need an urgent response to a question, just tag a member of staff.

Many members bookmark their thread in their computer browser, so they can find it when they log on.
How can I find my threads and posts?

 

[Birdwatcher]

I have not been on here awhile, it's been 8 months since my surgery, I was just trying to get some insight with my recovery, My knee is getting severly stiff after being on it longer than 1 hour, and the longer I am on it the stiffer it gets, I'm trying to find out if this is normal, I would think by 8 months this would not be a issue, but the stiffness was so bad today I could barely walk. Any insight would be great.

hi rmc. Are you standing more than 1 hour, or walking around? I had tkr march 2020, and standing for longer periods, is really a knee-killer for me. Especially on a hard floor, shopping center, etc. Much better when I hike and keep the knee moving. I think you should try to rest once every hour, just sit down 5 or 10 minutes, and try to bend the knee, sitting down, and massage it.