Hello, I had a right total knee replacement on 2/7/22. This recovery is nothing like what I expected based on my many friends experience! My knee gives out multiple times every day when walking. It is really bad when walking up any type of slope. I saw the doctor last week and he said I just need to trust the knee. He sees nothing wrong structurally and wants me off of the walker. I've started using a cane or free walking between objects I can grab onto at home. I still use the walker when out of the house. It feels clunky and I feel movement in the joint when walking. I can feel the muscles moving around when I use them. I've been in PT since week 1. My range of motion is 0 - 110, although it feels like it's been tightening up recently and I can't bend it as well.
Has anyone else experienced this for this long? At 9 weeks I expected to be walking without anything and possibly be back to work. Now I feel like I will never walk normally again. I'm super depressed and my anxiety is sky high.
I've read so many articles and posts on this site but haven't found any that are similar this far into recovery. It seems to be something people experience early and then it goes away. Mine has been unstable and is still unstable. There's no rhyme or reason to when it gives out. Sometimes it's in the morning and sometimes it's in the evening but it happens multiple times every single day.
Has anyone else experienced this for this long? At 9 weeks I expected to be walking without anything and possibly be back to work. Now I feel like I will never walk normally again. I'm super depressed and my anxiety is sky high.
I've read so many articles and posts on this site but haven't found any that are similar this far into recovery. It seems to be something people experience early and then it goes away. Mine has been unstable and is still unstable. There's no rhyme or reason to when it gives out. Sometimes it's in the morning and sometimes it's in the evening but it happens multiple times every single day.