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After knee replacement surgery

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 27, 2021 | Replies (618)

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@nancylh

Hi everyone. Going on six months. The knee will be ok, then something moves in there and then it grabs and hurts and tightens up. Then tonight on the way up the stairs from the basement, the knee that was supposed to be replaced first started hurting so much i had to stop and wait. It is very swollen on one side of the knee and I just give up. I fall asleep with ice on my legs. I had to quit pain all pain meds; my system just can't take any more. Even Tylenol upsets my stomach and if i eat too much more i will gain weight so eating with the meds is useless.

And the arthritis in my thumb scares me because i don't know if they can do anything for that and i use my thumb to work and about everything else.
I feel like i'm 100. At this rate, i won't be able to lose any weight which is most likely the only thing that will possibly make the replaced knee stop hurting. Well maybe not. something in there moves. All the surgeon and PA say is it's normal to hurt for a year sometimes.

Anyone else experience movement in the knee followed by pain, grabbing, poking, etc.?

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Stem cells was first found to help with arthritis. Mayo Clinic was where I found out about that.

So sorry.It took me a year to get over pain with my TKR.My partial knee replacement was much easier.I think you need to see another doctor;I had both knees done at Mayo and never experienced what you experienced. In fact I was told that if this happened to contact them.