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TKR Knee recovery 2024

I like the sage cabinets on the bottom, pretty!
Cream is pretty too, but I have all white cabinets so the sage is refreshing to me.
Sounds like you'll be able to handle the task with your plan to do door and drawer fronts. :thumb:
Breaks that include ice and elevation are allowed. :wink:
Let us see the finished product. Enjoy, but don't work too hard. :)
@Sdfoxy1
 
I'm happy to hear that you can start back in phases and they are lenient. I was at work yesterday for 4 hours and by the time I got home I just wanted to put my knee up and ice it. I'm also trying to phase in my hours but I need to actually go in for more hours - haha! Next week I plan to do a couple of full days and some partial days.

It's a nice thought that the pain will get better and not worse!
 
Sdfoxy1 said:
I am doing weight machines and also extending from the knee with a heavy ankle weight on. I think that is maybe too much. Weeks ago I could pop up in the morning with barely any pain. Now I can barely stand down on the knee. My ROM is 0/110 he said it was fine.
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I saw this on someone else's thread and want to answer you here on yours. It is much, much too early to be using any weights at all. You are not building muscle, you are healing your muscles and soft tissues. Weights at this early stage are causing your knee extreme inflammation, which adds to your pain and swelling. Tell them NO weights or forcing your ROM. That is counter-productive and just causes setbacks in your healing. It is obvious that your PT needs updated training on how to rehab a joint replacement!

If I were you I'd stop going to that PT and find someone who uses the Bonesmart approach or, better yet, do your own rehab by using your knee the natural way in your daily living. This means no exercises, weights, pushing or anything that isn't a natural thing for your knee to do. It will recover quite nicely. I know because that's the way I, and many others have done it.
 
sistersinhim said:
It is much, much too early to be using any weights at all. You are not building muscle, you are healing
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Agree totally with @sistersinhim on this.
I didn't start using any weights or resistance bands until pretty much six months and then it was very light weights like 1/2 kg. I have great ROM (150 plus at 15 months) and I never did anything painful.
Pain is definitely counterproductive to healing and flexibility.
 
I agree that you should back off weights, @sdfoxy. My surgeon told me NO weight or tension until I was 3 months post-op.
 
I had a PT who wanted ankle weights on me right at six weeks. Gentle reader, I declined.

Also didn't go back.

I started some basic strengthening with no weights or bands several months out. Like @EalingGran I didn't use bands or weights til 6 months.
 
Hey everyone. I went to my 8 week checkup today. My X-ray was fine. We talked about the PT. The dr said my range of motion was fine. He didn’t measure just looked and that found back to PT was up to me but I could strengthen at home. I told him how stiff and sore I still was at 8 weeks tomorrow and he said that was normal for some people. I had extra done that just what a bone on bone person has. Still there was a woman older than me in there who was two weeks no pain and could practically dance. Instead
Of feeling jealous anymore I was happy she was having such an easy time. I have to get over my pity party. lol. He said the whole year of healing just
Like bonesmart says. I told him about having to go back to a standing walking job in four weeks. He said they could give me longer if I needed it. I am going to try and just phase myself in. He said I could take some NSAID’s now. I don’t take Bc of my diverticulitis but I may try a few now and then to see if the symptoms are any better. I hope everyone is doing well. Shawn
 
Great update, @Sdfoxy1! Isn't it a relief when your surgeon says you are doing well enough to quit PT?

Sdfoxy1 said:
told him how stiff and sore I still was at 8 weeks tomorrow and he said that was normal for some people
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I still have stiffness some days (and I'm past the 3 month mark) but, it's definitely getting better. Try to be patient a bit longer. It does improve with time. :flwrysmile:
 
I'm just past 10 weeks and still stiff and sore and walk like a duck with a cane but it's not painful like it was. I have a harder time standing in one place for long vs. walking. That's awesome your doc said he'd write it up to give you more time if you need it because maybe you will need it. It's nice to have that option!

I've also stopped going to PT but I still do the stretching - out of necessity I have to do it just not to stiffen up. I need to personally work on stairs a bit but I still struggle with stability walking (partially because I still need a TKR on my left knee).

How's your bun? I have been spending way too much time looking around in stores at all the adorable easter merchandise and trying not to buy much of it. I did buy the new Starbucks cups that feature bunnies on them for Easter (one has a bunny topper on the straw). I leave some of my Easter decor up year round because in this house it's always bunny season - haha!
 
She’s doing great. Thanks for asking. When she wants a treat she comes to the French door and scratches or thumps. I like that I can sit in the living room and watch her play.
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Hey look...its the Easter Bunny! :wink:
Happy Two Month Anniversary, Shawn!
I hope you have a great week and a beautiful Easter weekend!
@Sdfoxy1
 
Layla said:
Hey look...its the Easter Bunny! :wink:
Happy Two Month Anniversary, Shawn!
I hope you have a great week and a beautiful Easter weekend!
@Sdfoxy1
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Thank you Layla ! I hope we have warm weather. I was hoping my knee wouldn’t be stiff and sore at this point but have decided to roll with it. It will do what it’s gonna do lol. Have a great weekend !!! :SUNsmile:
 
Oh my goodness! I could just hug and squeeze her! Does she use a litter box like mine did? It was so cute. Pets are such a help to our recoveries, IMO!
 
You have been chopped, sawn, glued, bled, stitched and stapled. Knocked out, drugged, stabbed and large parts of you removed, not to mention that sharp knives were used...you have every right to be in pain, miserable and scared. Like me. Give yourself time and let all those insulted cells get over it. Holding your breath or pushing through pain, wishing you were healed will only hurt you.
Patience. Take the drugs. Heal.
 
Oh my…I’m scared after reading that! :bolt:
While joint replacement is a relatively standard procedure these days, it is trauma to the body, although controlled. It improves quality of life and mobility for most people. For those that are pre-op reading here, please understand that joint replacement surgery is one of the most prevalent surgeries performed worldwide. The outcomes of these surgeries have become excellent based on a number of techniques changing over the years. The implants are durable and long lasting, with longevity much greater than before offering an increase in the likelihood you’ll never have to experience this procedure again. Early recovery has its challenges, but with lots of icing, rest, prescribed meds and time, most are happy they endured the surgery and recovery.

Just as our friend, Shawn, who’s thread we’re on is healing and making steady progress and just as, @ladyj has in her past recoveries, you will also @Xsbank as the brave bilateral that you are! May you all have a wonderful week!
 
ladyj said:
I am at exactly four weeks from my op today.
Got up earlier this morning to do a couple of jobs.
Sat down, had breakfast, fell asleep woke up at 4.00 pm.
I know it’s normal, and beneficial but it’s damned annoying.
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Yeah it is annoying... the good news is, while you "lost" the day your body on a cellular level was using all available energy to reconstitute itself! So you were doing your job :yes:
 
Thank you for that. You are of course completely right.
I saw the physio today, expecting to be told off because I couldn’t do half the exercises, but no.
He was lovely. Told me I am doing much better than most of his other patients on the same time frame.
I really MUST get out of my guilty conscience mind set. It is not helpful.
What I have decided is that I will try and go
out everyday. In the car, to the shops, in the car, or speak to a friend. It is very
easy to feel quite cut off when rehabilitating from a joint replacement.
I saw the physio today, tomorrow my daughter is popping round etc etc.
Thank you all.
 
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