missyc
junior member
Hi everyone,
It's been a very long time since I've been on the forum. Which isn't necessarily great news. I had my BTKR last August (2008) and my progress has been extremely slow. Finally, my doc has started blaming it (in a very nice, non-blamey way) on my activity level. Which I'll admit is very high. I'm also fairly stubborn and tend to forge ahead despite limping and being in pain.
Which is, I guess, why I had no idea that I'd developed an apparently rare post TKR complication called Recurrent Hemarthrosis. As I understand it, something (likely scar tissue but I don't know??) is causing spontaneous bleeding in one of my knees. That knee also has a lot of scar tissue floating around, so both things seem to require a scope.
I also had patellar clunk syndrome, which developed about 5 months post-op and also required a scope. Same knee.
Not trying to scare anyone -- both things are rare and easily fixed (I hope?).
My questions are: is there any relation between these two syndromes? And, does anyone have any further info on/experience with recurrent hemarthrosis?
And finally, b/c of the bleeding I can't take naproxen anymore and I can't get cortisone shots. I'm super inflamed (at my last appt. my doc loosened some scar tissue and it's been pretty bad ever since), my scope isn't for another 6 weeks, and I'm wondering what I can do!! I'm allowed to take Tylenol but it isn't helping much and I'm a little scared of it. My "good" knee is now starting to act up...
Any advice appreciated. Sorry to be a downer -- it's not really as bad as all that, just kind of dismaying.
Thanks very much and happy halloween!!
Melissa
It's been a very long time since I've been on the forum. Which isn't necessarily great news. I had my BTKR last August (2008) and my progress has been extremely slow. Finally, my doc has started blaming it (in a very nice, non-blamey way) on my activity level. Which I'll admit is very high. I'm also fairly stubborn and tend to forge ahead despite limping and being in pain.
Which is, I guess, why I had no idea that I'd developed an apparently rare post TKR complication called Recurrent Hemarthrosis. As I understand it, something (likely scar tissue but I don't know??) is causing spontaneous bleeding in one of my knees. That knee also has a lot of scar tissue floating around, so both things seem to require a scope.
I also had patellar clunk syndrome, which developed about 5 months post-op and also required a scope. Same knee.
Not trying to scare anyone -- both things are rare and easily fixed (I hope?).
My questions are: is there any relation between these two syndromes? And, does anyone have any further info on/experience with recurrent hemarthrosis?
And finally, b/c of the bleeding I can't take naproxen anymore and I can't get cortisone shots. I'm super inflamed (at my last appt. my doc loosened some scar tissue and it's been pretty bad ever since), my scope isn't for another 6 weeks, and I'm wondering what I can do!! I'm allowed to take Tylenol but it isn't helping much and I'm a little scared of it. My "good" knee is now starting to act up...
Any advice appreciated. Sorry to be a downer -- it's not really as bad as all that, just kind of dismaying.
Thanks very much and happy halloween!!
Melissa