lissa
junior member
Hi!
I'm the mieacle baby that had both knees replaced and was released to go home after three days. Have knee bend at 140. At four weeks, was walking fine with walker and hiking poles. THEN, therapists looked at my odd bent walk and found out I did not have 0 extention...far from it...at -10...very bad! So, knee bending was forgotten, and 10 pound weights were added above my knee for 15 min a day...to work on extension. What a slow painful thing this is. Now at 11 weeks, have 0 extension so all this is fine..great..super...Problem is, I'm in more pain-stiffness-throbbing acking all around the components. Scar tissue is clean, swelling, well inflamation seems to be right below the patella..and it occurs all the time! I have to do the weight thing and the straight leg raises to keep extension...but I do not walk unassisted without hurting with each "correct" step! Tramadol I reduced to one every six hours, but i would like to go back to four hours..just to see if I can get apin back under control. Therapists have cut out my biking, and all repititive weight bearing exercises. I can swim..but we are all on "hold" as they do not want me to increase pain meds. The kneees and the components are good..and healed...but I am not happy with having such a step by step problem when walking. I expect the stiffness, I expect pain during the exercises...but i find myself taking more and more time to get up...and knees are throbbing in bed...just don't want to get up and moving. This is not me! I have a shorter tolerance than at 4 weeks. Therqpists say it if all inflamation...so I'm taking Aleve with Prilosec (ulcer stuff)...but don't see any dramatic differrence.
Since I was such a early recoverer...up to 4 weeks..you can imagine this 11 week no porgress...well, its more than that..it's not walking easily...makes me cross and crazy.
Suggestions, Please! Lissa
I'm the mieacle baby that had both knees replaced and was released to go home after three days. Have knee bend at 140. At four weeks, was walking fine with walker and hiking poles. THEN, therapists looked at my odd bent walk and found out I did not have 0 extention...far from it...at -10...very bad! So, knee bending was forgotten, and 10 pound weights were added above my knee for 15 min a day...to work on extension. What a slow painful thing this is. Now at 11 weeks, have 0 extension so all this is fine..great..super...Problem is, I'm in more pain-stiffness-throbbing acking all around the components. Scar tissue is clean, swelling, well inflamation seems to be right below the patella..and it occurs all the time! I have to do the weight thing and the straight leg raises to keep extension...but I do not walk unassisted without hurting with each "correct" step! Tramadol I reduced to one every six hours, but i would like to go back to four hours..just to see if I can get apin back under control. Therapists have cut out my biking, and all repititive weight bearing exercises. I can swim..but we are all on "hold" as they do not want me to increase pain meds. The kneees and the components are good..and healed...but I am not happy with having such a step by step problem when walking. I expect the stiffness, I expect pain during the exercises...but i find myself taking more and more time to get up...and knees are throbbing in bed...just don't want to get up and moving. This is not me! I have a shorter tolerance than at 4 weeks. Therqpists say it if all inflamation...so I'm taking Aleve with Prilosec (ulcer stuff)...but don't see any dramatic differrence.
Since I was such a early recoverer...up to 4 weeks..you can imagine this 11 week no porgress...well, its more than that..it's not walking easily...makes me cross and crazy.
Suggestions, Please! Lissa