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I'd hit lots of those buttons above if they let us! I know my friend just wants me all better cuz she loves me...but really! I'm just healing as so many of us are - and in our knees' own time! Take care - we're all on the road to recovery! xo
 
Josephine said:
I am just reading a new article about "The effect of pain after TKR on the contralateral, nonreplaced knee". When I've finished reading it, I will post a summary in the Library and give you a link. (I've no idea what the conclusion is yet but I hope it may help! :wink:)
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Josephine Just wondering if this article is posted anywhere? Thanks
 
Oops - sorry, forgot all about it! I will get around to it when I've unearthed it.
 
Well, sorry guys, went away to complete the move. It makes me feel some better that you guys cannot imagine moving in the first year after a knee replacement. The move is done but I still struggle. I will lift something heavy and it does not hurt but then I PAY for it for a good week. I am going to learn one of these days.
I am so happy the move is over and I will just unpack at my own speed. I am 11 months now and still have that pain right below my knee, that band. I use some compound cream that my doc gave me, but is there nothing else to help? Are there any exercises that help that? My ROM is 135 and has always been good, but I cannot get rid of that nerve pain and as Skyelark says, my knee is some wobbly at times. I still one foot steps and that is frustrating.
I can do it if I have two rails but that is rare.
So I keep plugging on and hope that sometime, it really will get better. My doc says it will.
Now that I have moved, I think I will get a second opinion though, I need one here anyway as the other knee will have to go eventually.
Thanks for all the discussion and let's keep on talking. Your support is important!
Silver
 
I hate to be simplistic, but time will take care of these things. You need R&R, not more exercises. Funny how we all get sucked into thinking that some new or other exercise will relieve some pain we're having. Pain is our body's way of saying, "Slow down, honey!"
 
Thanks, Josephine. But I do want to know if this is normal or not. And should I seek a second opinion.
 
Hi Silver - I really empathize with you (even if I can't spell that word!). Somehow, knowing whether or not it's normal to still have pain or difficulty with stairs, etc. just helps! I think it is normal what you're going through. You have great ROM and yucky stairs - some have great stair skills and yucky ROM! I have days when I feel like super woman now and then I am humbled and back with the ice and elevation - but I know I will be super woman again! Well, not really, but just so much better than before the surgery! And those here who helped me when I was at my worst know I never thought I would appreciate the surgery! So I hope you will rest a lot, ice whenever and often, and pat yourself on the back for every success - this is a very difficult and LONG recovery! You are normal! :yahoo: Just like the rest of us! :heehee:
 
P.S. Please don't think I am discounting your pain - nerve pain is awful. But I have heard that the younger we are sometimes the more difficult our recoveries can be and my OS told me to expect that "band" of nerve numbness or whatever it is to last at least a year. I have found that Dr. Hauschka (spelling again) St John's Wort foot cream really helps my nerve pain. I have no idea why!
 
Hi gang,
I really do think my replacement is not right. I cannot walk well at all, have pain constantly and need to rest it a lot. I have now passed the one year mark. I am going to see a new surgeon and see what he says. I have moved so that makes it easier.
I am so very frustrated....................
Silver
 
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Silver, so sorry that your replacement has not been a success. It's very good that you will be seeing another surgeon and that you're in a different area so he won't be concerned about your original surgeon. I feel your frustration---sure wish I had a magic wand I could wave for you.

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I hope you don't have to wait too long to see another surgeon, good luck
 
Too bad you're not doing better, but good you're seeing a new surgeon. My knee isn't really all that wonderful but it's not bad enough for a do-over.
 
I have an appointment August 13 with a different surgeon.
So we shall see what he says. He would not even make an appointment with me until he looked at my records, but then said yes.
It is now almost 1 year and 1 month and I am no better. I am stuck where I am.
I dread what he may say.
Silver
 
Of course there's dread! And we put so much expectation on these appointments even though we try not to.
 
Okay, all, I am in Switzerland and I did really well the first few days.
Used my cane, tried not to overdo it. But day before yesterday, the pain was excruciating, and when we go to our new city, my leg was swollen all the way from below my knee to my toes. So I promptly elevated and iced for the past 36 hours. The swelling is almost gone, but the knee pain is still just awful. I now just want to get past the next 2.5 days so I can fly home and get to that appointment next week. Any advice? Think I should go to a doctor here or just wait till I can see the new ortho next Tuesday?
Very discouraging to be 13 months out and this is how it is.
I suspect something it just not right in the knee replacement, but not sure. How would I know if it is an infection?
I am taking advil and I do have percocet with me but am not taking it.

Help!!

Silver
 
I am right where you are and my knees too were so swollen today. I see my OS in a few weeks for my year visit after my second. A year July 9th from my first. I think I am dealing with scar tissue. I tried deep tissue massage but think ultrasound might be better, so says my niece who is a OS. In the last few days though - like you, I think something is actually wrong. My ROM is fantastic. I reached my goal of kneeling and going all the way down to sitting on my legs. But I still experience the inability to balance activity and rest. I am as active as I like to be, and used to be, and feel great then 5 or 6 days of it and my knees crash. I rest, my knees feel better, then they crash from inactivity and get all stiff and swollen. They still clunk and pop. I really hope it's scar tissue that can be dealt with but getting a little nervous. I thought too about infection but I would think we would have a fever, right? I hope you can enjoy the rest of your trip. Hang in.
 
Thank you, you actually sound better than I. My ROM is fantastic but I have never been out of pain for 13 months. And that is just not right. I cannot walk without a cane long distances and I cannot do stairs without lots of pain.
I am just trying to make sure that the swelling from knee to toes was not abnormal? I have never had that happen since early days after the replacement. But since no one has much answered me, I may go see a doctor here. I just want to make sure I do not have a blood clot or something. The swelling is all gone now, but seems to come back when I walk a ways.

Thank you for your answer and I hope you get better as well! I understand your frustration, that is for sure!!!
 
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