TKR No Kneecap and a TKR Experience

[sistersinhim]

So did my ankle/foot breaks areas, but I expected that. Not my new knee! How disappointing. I was just bragging a few weeks ago that it wasn't a weather knee anymore!

 

[Jockette]

 

[sistersinhim]

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[Jockette]

These knees really need to get over themselves!

 

[Josephine]

I blelieve it's the changes in barometric pressure but don't ask me to explain that because I have NO IDEA!

 

[sistersinhim]

Oh shoot! I was hoping for a good explanation for why? I looked barometric pressure's affect of joints and this is what webmd says: But barometric pressure often drops before bad weather sets in. This lower air pressure pushes less against the body, allowing tissues to expand -- and those expanded tissues can put pressure on the joint. https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/weather_and_pain

Having a logical explanation will help me not to panic the next time it happens!

 

[sistersinhim]

@Josephine, is there a way I can tell if I have a Bakers Cyst without having an CT scan or xray? The back of my knee is really painful and getting worse. I don't want to go to the doctor unless I have to. He's over an hour away.

 

[Pumpkin]

sistersinhim,
As someone recovering from a ruptured Bakers Cyst, recommend you go to a doctor. I would not wish a ruptured Bakers Cyst on my worst enemy. At times pain rivaled the worst pain of my TKR.
They can drain the cyst if it gets too large.

 

[sistersinhim]

Does it show up on an xray or would I need a scan?

 

[Pumpkin]

Mine did not show up on an X-ray or a contrast CT scan. US or MRI is used most often for Bakers Cyst.

 

[sistersinhim]

Thank you, Pumpkin. I will make an appointment with my OS.

 

[Jockette]

 

[Josephine]

Just what I was going to say - an ultra-sound is the best. However, do not allow anyone to operate on it.
Usually a shot of cortisone is sufficient.

 

[sistersinhim]

I know it's not arthritis because it's my new knee. I got the trochanteric bursitis in my left hip/butt area. Man, you should see me walk. I look like a little old lady and I'm not that old yet!

 

[Jockette]

I’m sorry! If it’s not one thing it’s something else!

 

[sistersinhim]

Yep, it keeps us from getting bored! I wouldn't mind a little boredom!

 

[NightQuilter]

I hope you get some relief … and boredom … this week! Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[sistersinhim]

Thank you, NightQuilter! Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving, also! I would love some boredom!

 

[Cementless]

My tkr was also in June 2016, and my knee still clunks. I can feel it and hear it. It doesn't hurt, though. I still have pain, at times, in the back of my knee and when I lift it up when I'm laying on my left side. So, for many of us, this surgery takes longer than a year. I can say that it is much better than before the tkr. Isn't that what we all want?!

Isn't "clunking" of the knee after a TKR normal? Mine didn't start until I saw my revision OS at 6 weeks and he pressed down on my knee to give me more of an extension. It doesn't really hurt but I think it loosened up everything, which is good, right?

 

[Pumpkin]

@sistersinhim and @Cementless,
I moved the above post from another thread, it was in response to a post made in February. I though it belonged in Sistersinhim's thread where she will see the post and be able to respond.
Thanks!