At almost 10 months now. I still have an unbelievable amount of swelling which is keeping me from riding my bicycle. I could ride it a lot except the swelling won't allow me to bend it enough on the upswing to ride. I still have more pain than I'd expect at this point. Hubby says sometimes I limp just as badly as I did before the surgery. I am due to have another bone scan in April to see if the knee is still "hot" or if it's settled down by then. I am still wondering if it's possible I am having a reaction to the metal in the implant since I have a severe reaction to nickel earrings. I know the implant's not nickel, but if I have that bad a reaction to it, then I wonder if I am reacting to the metal in the implant, considering all the swelling I still have. It hasn't really ever gone down any more since the initial surgery swelling lessened some, and I am sick of it. I also still have a ton of pain upon rising from bed or a chair, etc.; I hope that lessens with time. The other day we were sitting at a table for an hour or so and when I tried to stand and walk, I almost couldn't and had to have hubby's help. I don't know how much pain is normal at this point, and if my pain is normal or abnormal. I'm not sure if I'm just healing at an extraordinarily slow pace, or if I'm having problems that will eventually show themselves and get resolved one way or another. I was doing a lot better last August/September and have gone downhill in some ways since then. And I also have a couple of keloids on the scar, which itch and also burn and hurt when I bend my knee. Doc says nothing to do there, but I wonder if anyone here has any ideas to help the keloid shrink or at least not itch, hurt and burn. I tried those scar away pad things, but they didn't help.
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