Overall, I’d say average. Oxycontin round the clock for 3 days after discharge, tapering off to 6 Tylenol/day until 2 week mark, now 1 or at most 2 Aleve per day. Sometimes none. Does not mean no pain, but it is tending down to pre-surgery level and slowly improving. Would be much better if I did not do the exercises....... necessary evil for now, helpful in the long run. Thanks for asking!

@ellerbracke I had a TKR just about a year ago but never had need for any type of insert. I was in considerable discomfort for a while but it literally lifted overnight suddenly! These days of course the surgeons are very judicious about prescribing narcotics so I was on very little, and being a post-transplant patient I can only use Tylenol for pain relief. I had a small prescription for hydrocodone that after a short amount of time I was told to cut in half, and then in quarters, and also tramadol and gabapentin that I only took at bedtime.

I never had trouble with extension, but did with flex, and I do not believe I am at the flex they want you to achieve even at this point. I heard that number was 120, and I suspect I am a bit under that because I know my right knee is, which was done a few years ago, and my left knee does not flex as well as that one.

I have an appointment with my ortho at the end of the month. I will be curious to see what my flex is then. I am still working on it.
JK