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After knee replacement surgery
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 1 9:12am | Replies (623)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @ellerbracke - since you posted about the possibility of a shoe insert following your total knee replacement, I've merged your post with this one so you can meet others who've gone through similar journeys.
So glad you met @lioness, and also hoping you can meet members like @moscholl @contentandwell @kdo0827 @cobweb @gailfaith and others here. I trust that they will offer some thoughts on your working painfully on getting total extension 3 weeks after the surgery and also looking at a gel insert for your shoe so you can walk longer distances.
How has your pain been overall postsurgery, @ellerbracke?
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@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.
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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!