kiddthekatt
new member
Hi;
I guess I'll start out by introducing myself. My name is Angel, I'm 53 years old, mother to 3 grown children and Granny to 9 grandbabies. My husand and I are raising the oldest grandson, he turned 13 in Jan.
I had a PKR in March 07, and due to the surgeon cutting my tibia too short, I had to have a revision in May 07 and then another revision to a TKR in Oct. 07. My knee is as good as it's going to get.
The first OS did the PKR and the first revision, OS number 2 did the TKR and both are among the best in the Houston area. But both made serious mistakes that left me with 75 flex and bones that are literally unstable. The TKR unit is stable, but it did slide a little before the cement set and that left my knee turned out a bit. I finally went to Baylor College of Orthopedic Surgery and found a wonderful OS, but it was too late to save my right knee.
I can not have another revison on my knee due to the bone instability, and if the TKR unit ever fails, I'm looking at fusion to the right knee. I went from working 9 hours a day to using crutches for the rest of my life in less than a year. I really thought that the arthritis pain was making my life misrable, but that pain is nothing like what I have now.
I had to find a pain management doctor after the TKR because the 2nd surgeon didn't do pain control. This started two weeks post op, and I was taking way too many pain pills to suit me, I could feel my system begin to get all out of whack and I tossed the pain pills 11 days ago, I never thought that I would have to cold turkey from opiates ever, and hope never to have to do it ever again.
Today, I feel wonderful inside and out, a little tired, but so much better than before. I have very little pain in my knee, unless I over-do, and then I slap ice to my knee. I have had to learn to live my days with some pain, and I've made peace with myself knowing that I have a long road ahead of me. I go back to the OS in Oct. for a check-up, and I think he'll be happy to know that I do my exercises every morning to keep the 75 flex that I do have.
I haven't found the place where most people say that they are happy that they decided to have the surgery done. If I had it to do over, I would take the arthritis pain any day.
Thank you for reading such a long drawn out intro and listening to me vent.
Angel
I guess I'll start out by introducing myself. My name is Angel, I'm 53 years old, mother to 3 grown children and Granny to 9 grandbabies. My husand and I are raising the oldest grandson, he turned 13 in Jan.
I had a PKR in March 07, and due to the surgeon cutting my tibia too short, I had to have a revision in May 07 and then another revision to a TKR in Oct. 07. My knee is as good as it's going to get.
The first OS did the PKR and the first revision, OS number 2 did the TKR and both are among the best in the Houston area. But both made serious mistakes that left me with 75 flex and bones that are literally unstable. The TKR unit is stable, but it did slide a little before the cement set and that left my knee turned out a bit. I finally went to Baylor College of Orthopedic Surgery and found a wonderful OS, but it was too late to save my right knee.
I can not have another revison on my knee due to the bone instability, and if the TKR unit ever fails, I'm looking at fusion to the right knee. I went from working 9 hours a day to using crutches for the rest of my life in less than a year. I really thought that the arthritis pain was making my life misrable, but that pain is nothing like what I have now.
I had to find a pain management doctor after the TKR because the 2nd surgeon didn't do pain control. This started two weeks post op, and I was taking way too many pain pills to suit me, I could feel my system begin to get all out of whack and I tossed the pain pills 11 days ago, I never thought that I would have to cold turkey from opiates ever, and hope never to have to do it ever again.
Today, I feel wonderful inside and out, a little tired, but so much better than before. I have very little pain in my knee, unless I over-do, and then I slap ice to my knee. I have had to learn to live my days with some pain, and I've made peace with myself knowing that I have a long road ahead of me. I go back to the OS in Oct. for a check-up, and I think he'll be happy to know that I do my exercises every morning to keep the 75 flex that I do have.
I haven't found the place where most people say that they are happy that they decided to have the surgery done. If I had it to do over, I would take the arthritis pain any day.
Thank you for reading such a long drawn out intro and listening to me vent.
Angel