Walking is getting to be almost impossible much of the time. Sunday the pain was really bad but I had to get some groceries after not cooking or shopping lately due to the move, and was forced to use an electric store cart. Yesterday morning was even worse; I couldn't walk at all unless both hands were holding surfaces and it was still excruciatingly painful. Finally, in total frustration, I sat on my bed, stretched out my leg, bounced it and pushed down on it with my hands. After a while of doing that I tried walking again. I could sort of walk; the pain was still bad but it wasn't excruciating as it had been. It's like the post was stuck against the bone, and I had somehow jarred it loose. I know that's not really possible-it just felt that way.
For a while I was able to walk, albeit in some pain; then a sudden sharp pain stabbed me and I couldn't walk without support again. This keeps happening-I'm walking, but in some pain, then all of a sudden a sharp stabbing pain hits and I can't walk due to excruciating pain, then it eventually lessens enough to allow me to walk, but it's still painful, then the sharp pain hits again, and so on. I'm officially sick of this knee/leg!
Today was a little easier to walk-even though it still hurts a lot with each step it wasn't the excruciating pain. I messaged my OS about all this and he knows something has to be done, but is concerned about my post-op issues. He said If my post op care wasn't so challenging for me, he would try the bone grafts, but since it's such a major issue, he wants to be sure whatever we do next will solve the problem (don't ask me for details as I'm clueless about the procedure he's talking about). But I think we both realize I'm at my limit with this knee/leg and we are going to have to do something since it's obviously not getting better.
He told me some time ago (when I first asked him about this pain shortly after the revision) that only some minuscule percentage of people have the problem with their bones not remodeling; I think it was less than 1%. And naturally, my crazy body looks to be in that teeny percentage.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.