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Spacer replacement 4 years after TKR
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I am now pushing 20 weeks and I can report that this procedure is working. Much of the pain and swelling is gone. My recovery has been longer than I thought though. I feel another 4 weeks will see further improvement.
As I was recovering from the original TKR, I felt I was behind. I had daily swelling and pain. As time went by, I saw some improvement but never fully recovered. I did feel instability and had to work hard to keep up with others when walking. I also had a clunking feeling and the knee would sort of lock at times. The main difference, though, between now and then was the pain and swelling. Because that is less, I can walk much better now. I may have been lucky on getting second opinion - doctors do shy away from these cases. I will check back in later and update if anyone is still interested.
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Here is my April update. I am a little over 5 months out. I am still able to see improvement when I walk, but my knee is still not feeling "good". I am seeing the pain and swelling lessen but not to a point I can live with. The knee cannot take a lot of activity at least right now. A 5 mile bike ride was okay but a 10 mile got me sore for 3 days. I have backed of everything but walking and hoping it is a matter of time before I can do more. I am hoping I can build up to it. The doctor says this can go on up to 6-7 months. I will see if he is right but it is hard to trust my knee or him. I am preparing myself for dealing with a bad leg the rest of my life but I really feel this may just get there. It has taken much longer than I (and my doctor I am pretty sure) thought, so I am not entirely confident in that. Time will tell. I will post again at the end of May FWIW. My one big complaint having gone through this is being in the dark about what is happening to me. The doctor should have been much more up front with me about what I have been dealing with and what I might be facing for an outcome. At 6 months after the original TKR I was struggling but I was told I was fine. Just 5 months later, I was told I needed a new part. That is why I am posting here. Hoping at least others might not feel as lost. This is hard to go through.
I know it’s been some time since you posted here but I’m hoping that you’ll see this message and can give me some information about your revision. A little over 13 months ago, I had a total knee replacement and probably about four months ago. I started having a lot of clicking and pain. When I move my knee from side to side, there’s a clunking clicking sound. Walking, driving, and sleeping are all uncomfortable again. The doctor thinks the spacer is too small and wants to do a revision surgery to swap out the spacer and put a new one in. I’m just not up for the revision, but I also am starting to have a lot of pain in my hip because my gate is off. Did you find that you had pain and other parts of your body due to your gait being off?
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Thanks I can't get a dr to tell me anything they all say they can't find why I'm hurting I shouldn't be one suggested a physcritorist I'm like really was an a hole it's been almost 2 years I think if I was faking it I'd given up my now