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How do you feel about falling?
Aging Well | Last Active: Feb 26 11:30am | Replies (190)Comment receiving replies
Hi I was on before about tkr 2 years ago. Now I have fallen may 23 and smashed my femur in same leg as tkr. My leg was put back together. Bone growth didn't grow. Nothing to grow now. Dr wants to operate now and remove plate and clean leg out and do revision surgery on knee. Put all metal and cement in knee
A rod in my leg. I can't walk good even with a walker. Dr thinks I will with this surgery. Anyone heard or experienced this? Any advice? Kinda on my own with all this and afraid. Thanks.
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@ammaw52 I understand why this would be scary. I wonder if your doctor could connect you with someone who has had this surgery and found it to be successful. I know of some amazing surgeries that have been done- my neighbor had surgery on his foot which involved his heel being removed, the bones being shaved and fit back together. It's been a really long and painful recovery but he's walking now and better than before. Sorry you're going through this.
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I didn't have the same experience regarding the knee, but I did fracture my right femur and they put a rod in. All I can tell you is that the leg with the rod (the right one) is much stronger than the other leg. Also, I have not experienced pain or discomfort in my right leg and my surgery was 5 1/2 years ago. Again though, I had no knee issues.