Welcome to to recovery again!
At 15 months the surgeon requested bone scan and X-ray. Both were no help to figure it out
When he told me the Partial appliance was really loose, it totally made sense to me.
Wow, so the loose implant didn’t show up on X-rays or bone scan. Interesting.
What were your symptoms, other than pain and swelling, that made sense when you found out it was loose?
I think mine is loose. It feels fine when I’m sitting on my couch with my feet on the ottoman. It likes the angle of the elevating wedge the hospital sent home with me. I recently tried a lounge doctor, and my knee did not like that angle. Different height chairs make it unhappy. I still can’t sleep on my side, with operated leg on top, it feels like a heavy weight inside is off balance. It’s uncomfortable when I lean forward and feels out if joint when I stand up straight again. It’s painful to do stairs foot over foot. I don’t seem to have a lot of swelling, if any.
My original surgeon offered me absolutely nothing at my one year check up, and my second opinion at 15 months looked at my X-ray and said it was not loose. No other tests have been ordered.
I’m not happy with my outcome, but this has been a very bad experience for me and I am so afraid of doing it all over again. That’s even if I found a surgeon who thought another surgery was necessary. So far 2 have not.
I hope your recovery goes really well this time.