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Having knee replacement: how to prepare and questions about PT
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 17, 2021 | Replies (170)Comment receiving replies
@debbraw , @contentandwell : you both seemed to have fairly quickly and almost overnight arrived at a pain-free level. I am a little envious and grumpy that I still have twinges (surgery 9/13). Perhaps indirectly caused by a decade of dealing with Sciatica - mostly succesfully, mostly with exercise program - but I think that causes me to still not quite put the weight equally on both legs. Plus, of course, the “gift” of having the cracking feeling and noise with every step is a bummer. Looking forward to reaching the point where the TKR knee feels natural, and the last ouchies go away. And - Debbra: I forgot about the joys of compression hose. Those were the days...............!
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@ellerbracke It wasn't overnight, but I didn't have sciatica problems either, and I am sure that complicates things. I never had noisy knees after either TKR, so that was not a problem.
You will get there, when you least expect it. As I have mentioned, I seemed to go literally from some serious pain to feeling great overnight. It was amazing!
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@ellerbracke - No... If it sounded like I quickly became pain-free, that was not my intention. By 2.5 weeks I got to where I was not taking pain meds during the day. My incentive was that the doctor would not release me to drive until I was off of them for daytime. I still took tylenol during the day as needed and then stronger pain meds at night. I was still needing strong pain meds at night occasionally until about 8 weeks. And I had those occasional twinges - especially when the weather changed or the moon was full or whatever. (LOL) for months. I think you will continue to see good improvement all the way up to 6 months out and some gradual improvement for the whole first year. And yes, I hated the compression hose with a passion. I'm having my left TKR the 29th of this month and I'm already having nightmares that involve compression hose. How are you doing with extension? Is it still difficult or have you mastered that?