Thank you Gail. I'm trying to get an appointment at the Mayo to see what<br>can be done. You know that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the<br>same thing and expect a different result. Time for a change.<br>

Hi Jmacvol.....Do you live close to Mayo (which one?). I've been there twice for 2 different issues and for me it takes 3 flights each way to get there. Well worth the effort. Not to make you jealsous but after my first TKR, when I went back to see the surgeon in 2 weeks for a check, I needed no cane, etc. The gal asked where my cane was and she said they were going to put me on a pedistal in the waiting room! However I went to a nursing home for post care for the first one as I live alone. The physiatrist there was nuts. This was back when they still used ths passive motion machine, and she got upset when I raised the angle to bend my knee over 90 degrees. That is what you go there for, to get as much bend as possible. When she wasn't around I'd raise it again, but the best I ever got to was about 124 degress of bend but after I got home and used my stationionary bike to help me with the bending by lowering the bike seat as much as possile. My second one is an even better story. gailfaith

I live in SW Virginia and it takes 2 flights and a 90 minute drive to get to the Mayo. Believe me, I've heard more stories like yours than mine. I'm really happy for you. I had no trouble walking right out of surgery and ROM was pretty good. As time went on things deteriorated. I'm hoping that Mayo has the experience to help me overcome my proclivity to scar. Statistics show I'm less than 1/10 of 1% of population. Lucky me.

Check Mayo web site about TKR with no muscle incision....It's done at the Florida Mayo Clinic.