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Elad1002 said:
He is a huge proponent of PT, so have to chose my words carefully.
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I never took PT after 11 knee surgeries and never told my OS a thing about not taking it. All they cared about was my function. And this was 6 different OSs through 30+ years of knee surgeries! Don't tell yours a thing. If he asks just smile and tell him that you are doing your exercises cause you are in your daily activities!
 
SusieShoes said:
The worry does eventually go away. It's perfectly natural to worry after this surgery. I mean, new body part, foreign object, all the cautionary advice and articles... it's a wonder we don't stress ourselves silly. I'm not particularly fretful, but for the first months I worried about nearly everything. I caught a cold... was the fever sign of infection? One of my knees hurt especially much one morning... was the implant loose? Misaligned? I developed a mysterious rash at six months... was it a metal allergy? I react to cheap earrings. Maybe that was it!!! It wasn't. It was quite something else and I never ended up with any of the things I worried about.

Getting a new knee is very much like getting an infant. We don't know what is happening with it and we have to guess what's going on. Is the baby sick, or just hungry? What does it need to make it stop crying? When in the name of mercy will it ever grow up?

So eventually the worry does stop. It stops when we realize the knee is actually doing very well. When we feel less pain. When it begins to bend better (finally!) and we start to walk normally again, and return to a more normal life. After a while you will not worry about it at all because you won't even think about it; it becomes just a knee and you will love it.
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Very well expressed. I agree.


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I agree, never thought I'd worry this much over anything. So much information I didnt know until after the surgery. I can say I made an uninformed decision and can be very hard on myself for having done so. But time is changing the way I'm feeling. I am looking forward to healing and feeling better. I can hardly wait!!!!!
 
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I also made a very uninformed decision. But it’s not our fault. They barely told us anything and we thought that’s all there was to it. We didn’t even know what questions to ask.
 
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The back of my knee is really bothering me the last few days. I have my leg on a pillow Stack as I attempt to fall asleep in bed, but it just feels tight and achy I took my Tylenol..hope it calms down so I could get some sleep.
 
The back of mine is bothersome from time to time but it's not really painful. I hope you can get some rest!
 
I woke up after 5 hours of sleep( I'll take it), and upon the walk to bathroom noticed that the back.of both knees are hurting, but I only had a R tkr. I'm wondering if the 10 minutes on the recumbant bike yesterday had anything to do with it. Bike was at 0 resistance but I havent done it in a week, could have stressed it. Weird to have the back of both legs aching. The good leg only aches when I walk so I'll be elevating and icing a lot today.
 
So many times in my recovery I tried to do something to help or strengthen only to have it backfire and cause a new pain. :hairpulling:
 
@Elad1002 hi there! I am doing pretty well. It has been a tough recovery but I am lucky other then a constipation issue that landed me in the er about 2 weeks out I am doing well. My emotions have been really all over the place which is out of the norm for me but that's getting better. Still on pain meds as needed but that should stop soon. I was also cleared to take my sleep medication so sleep was so much better last night. I've had other major surgery but this by far is the hardest. This forum is so helpful and I am so blessed to have a wonderful fiance who has been so helpful and understanding. My doctors and employer are equally awesome. I am really so blessed. I see PT today so will have my measurements later.

As far as your legs hurting I have found I experience all sorts of things that seem odd to me. I wouldn't be concerned. Taken It easy on yourself and rest when you need to. We got this!
 
So glad to hear you are having a good recovery. It's not been too bad for me either. I had a fall, and broke a metatarsal in my other foot, but it does not hurt much unless I bend it. So I try not to. My emotions have been all over the place too. I want to go out and do something but due to the icy cold weather it's just not doable. My knee has felt odd lately, popping and pinching. It all makes me nervous so I come here to this forum. It helps when someone identifies with my experience.
Well good for you, sounds like you have some wonderful support.
 
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Thank you, the back of my knees feels better since the Tylenol. My new issue is a pinching feeling below and to the right of my knee cap when I bend in a normal walking pattern. I fist felt it when I stretched this morning before getting out of bed, it hasnt let up. It feels like it is out of alignment when I walk. Geez, seems like its always something.
 
I too had a handful of "new movement = new pain" events, including one much like you describe. Stretch the knee, get a sharp pain beside the knee cap. It was my left knee. It was always my left knee. What I learned over time was that what usually helped was 1) ice, 2) elevate, 3) cut out stretches for the time being, and 4) wait a couple of days. Usually it resolved. In the first three months, it took more than two days. After several months of recovery, it might just take a few hours for the pain to resolve.

Chances are excellent your knee is not really out of alignment. It's just (temporarily) out of sorts. :bored:
 
@SusieShoes
Thank you Susieshoes. My nerves are all over the place, actually sitting here trembling. I didnt actually do a formal stretch, I just naturally stretched upon waking. I really need the support.
 
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This is a very tough recovery, we understand how you feel. Talk about any of your concerns with us, that’s what we’re here for! :console2:
 
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