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    Living alone - will I be able to manage after a TKR?

    I also live alone When came home from the Hospital after 3 days, I had a friend stay with me up until week 1 - then my mom stayed with me (not 24/7 but stayed over night) for 4 more nights. Looking back? what was GREAT about this? is my meds arrived on time, Ice was re-supplied and healthy...
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    TKR I'm baaaaack..... 4 yrs since LTKR and 3½ since RTKR -

    My old threads are closed, it has been 18 months since Ive posted. My LTKR had been a total blessing on my life and my RTKR was a curse! yesterday I finally had the right knee scoped.. and as I suspected it was webbed with scar tissue. now the hope is that I can heal this time with out the scar...
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    29 months LTKR and 22 months RTKR - post op

    than you Roy, well I will be pushy when I got back - my OS is a revision specialist and very well thought of. I will make sure that I'm assertive that we get to the bottom of things! thanks for your reply!
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    29 months LTKR and 22 months RTKR - post op

    I have been GONE for awhile!!! (my old thread is closed) I think moving on happens as the focus of our lives moves on and we think "less" about our new knees. I have to share that my Left knee is a Total rock star, it is NEVER sore it is NEVER stiff, I NEVER think about it, it is totally...
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    TKR Another small step forward to reclaiming my life!

    thank you! sorry for the absence. I guess an update is a good idea. Lets see - I think the most overwhelming feeling I have is that my LTKR is truly amazing life changing gift. I can't even remember how much it used to hurt? I can't recall the pain, instability, grinding, that...
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    Too young and too fat?

    I echo the rest! I had tore meniscus in my right knee in 2008 and - this was my first injury to my "right" knee, I had already had 4 surgeries including 2 reconstructions on my left knee in the 80s. The OS looked at my knee xrays, and with in about 15 seconds said the following - well you need...
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    When did you go back to work?

    for my LTKR I went back full time at 9 weeks, I was wiped out at the end of each day, for my RTKR (8 months later) I was out for 9 weeks then phased back in part time (4 hours per day) for 3 weeks then went back full time. It worked MUCH better for me and I was able to continue with PT that I...
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    TKR at 44

    Catherine, I have not been on the bonesmart list in several months but signed on today; I saw your post and started reading!! I'm so happy you have had such a good experience!!! Catherine
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    TKR Two TKR's Am I On Track?

    It was my experience that if I was restless, I was in fact in pain. I was in so much pain prior to my LTKR that I had not slept through the night in years prior to my surgery. It WILL get better. My guess is that you are in some level of pain at just a very short time out from your surgeries...
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    TKR Another small step forward to reclaiming my life!

    Campervan it seemed like my Left knee was a super high achiever I felt pretty much invincible at 6 months out. (although my right knee sucked at that time) so maybe I just didn't ask it to "do" as much. the change between 6 and 8 months for my right knee has been very dramatic, I also keep...
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    TKR Another small step forward to reclaiming my life!

    I wanted to offer a little update. almost 1 yr ago I was laid off from my job and after about 8 unstable weeks of worry, I was recalled to my job. Now a year later both my knees are doing awesome! I'm getting closer to my dream of having a horse in my life again!!!! and we just got notice from...
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    TKR Quick question on the first time you stood post surgery

    I can STILL remember that first stand/step on my LTKR it was was like being reborn! the knee was smooth, stable, solid... and while I had "post surgery" pain, my knee DIDN'T HURT. It only came 2nd to the feeling of walking down a "curb" height step in PT at the hospital with my surgery leg being...
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    Bilateral TKR Anti-coagulant

    My OS also had me take aspirin, worked great for both my TKR - I followed the rules he set out for me to help avoid blood clots and did great.
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    TKR Ladyfleur's Roller Coaster Recover

    Re: 10 weeks on and so depressed All I can say is be kind to yourself. I'm almost 16 months out from my LTKR and almost 8 months from my RTKR the changes between 8 weeks and 16 weeks were huge! the change then to 6 months was amazing~! and I have to say now 8 months out on my RTKR I'm really...
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    riding a bicycle

    walking -- it was the thing I am enjoying MOST since my TKRs it hast taken awhile but I'm 15 1/2 months from my LTKR 7 1/2 months from my RTKR. Pretty much I am no longer limited in anyway way when it comes to walking. I spent 10 hours walking around Disneyland 4 weeks ago no cane, no crutches...
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