Well, tomorrow will be 7 weeks past LTKR. I'm only taking 1 Tramadol with 2 Tylenol pills in the morning and mid-afternoon, plus 1 Hydrocodone before going to bed. Guess I get to stay on that in this week before my next surgery, March 28, RTKR. They take me off of so many of my other meds and vitamins that I'm thankful I get to still take some pain meds in this 8th week post LTKR.
My PT ended 4 weeks post LTKR, and I've been doing my post-op exercises for that knee as well as my pre-op exercises for my right knee. In addition to that, I rode 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, and then took a walk around a neighborhood pond this morning. Maybe a mile. Felt like it was just a bit much, and will go back to walking around the neighborhood the rest of this week. Still icing and elevating some during my awake hours, and occasionally wake up middle of night and go our to living room recliner to ice...then head back to bed.
Needless to say, I am NOT looking forward to going through this surgery in one more week. While I feel that I am doing well and healing nicely, it is NOT FUN. I am concerned about those first few weeks after the new right knee replacement when my PT will only be working on my right knee. Will my left knee do OK if I don't work on it hardly at all in weeks 9-11 while my right knee is getting all the attention? Since many of you hardly do any exercises other than daily living activities, I presume the answer is to not worry about the first knee....it will heal on it's own. But if any of you have had knee replacements close together, what advice can you give me about working on BOTH knees?