DLC1128
junior member
Found this forum and reading comments has helped a lot. Had bilateral TKR on 9/19/17. Spent one week in in-patient rehab. Home now and getting around pretty good.
Week 4 starts today. I am walking without my walker and pretty much on my own...no cane either. The left knee is doing okay, responding to PT and I can pretty much straighten it and it is 100 degrees. The right knee is giving me fits. It is only at 80 degrees and it does not straighten at all. I work very hard when walking to walk upright and to consciously not bend over.
PT twice a week. Had PT Monday and usually afterwards I am tired but I ice and take ibuprofen and do okay. This week my knees have not recovered and I find that I tire easily. I’m assuming this means I should REST and ice and elevate.
It is hard for me to sit still! And I want it to be done now!
Diana
Surgery 9/19/17
Bilateral TKR
Week 4 starts today. I am walking without my walker and pretty much on my own...no cane either. The left knee is doing okay, responding to PT and I can pretty much straighten it and it is 100 degrees. The right knee is giving me fits. It is only at 80 degrees and it does not straighten at all. I work very hard when walking to walk upright and to consciously not bend over.
PT twice a week. Had PT Monday and usually afterwards I am tired but I ice and take ibuprofen and do okay. This week my knees have not recovered and I find that I tire easily. I’m assuming this means I should REST and ice and elevate.
It is hard for me to sit still! And I want it to be done now!
Diana
Surgery 9/19/17
Bilateral TKR