Good news, my OS feels it’s the PT inflicted trauma causing effusion under the patella, which is causing this slipping and clicking, and that when the swelling goes down this circus will stop. I haven’t been that nervous since the morning we drove to have this surgery done! He was super supportive - apparently this wasn’t the first time a PT has done something totally idiotic and wrong to one of his patients...
He also told me that due to my muscularity, athleticism, and size, he made it a tighter installation to ensure it would be solid and strong... that otherwise it might have felt weak or had a feeling of giving out when walking. 120 just might take a year. So, apparently part of this feeling I have that I’m trying to push against a brick wall makes sense, nice to know 6 months later...
I’m still a bit unnerved that my patella catches upon lifting my leg. This doesn’t seem normal to me. I took my kinesiotape off to redo it and moved about a bit - sure enough it happened again. With tape - gone. Far less clicking too.
*Interesting side note - the tape is making my tkr leg warmer. I was concerned but found this:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27688220/
I want to believe I’m ok, though I still have some semblance of doubt... so I’ll finish this course of prednisone and do MY OWN therapy and cross my fingers. I will also incorporate some patellar modalities I’ve found online. Thankfully the pain part has passed, it’s jut the clicking (and concern for wearing parts out prematurely) and the catching (and horrid memories of excruciating pain when this happened when I had my injured bio knee prior to first meniscectomy - my patella dislocated 5 times and was put back in place by a team doctor manually - I’d say this was indescribable pain, but all of us here have TKRs, which cancels that argument).
Thanks so much to everyone who’s responded. I’m so emotionally exhausted by all of this, don’t quite know what I’d do without this additional support.
Interested in the thoughts of the group. Part of me still feels like something is wrong. I’m going to try, but blind faith isn’t my strong suit.