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Total knee replacement problems
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Sep 28, 2024 | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
I am never *not* aware of the new knee. I'm aways aware of it as something I need to take care with. It's limiting in many ways--I used to do yoga, but there are poses that I can no longer do. I have morning stiffness every day and often when I've held the knee in the same position for an extended time, say, an hour or 45 minutes. When I think back on it, I can't remember the pain that caused me to give the go-ahead for the TKR. I had a recent fall (fractured my left humeral head; I fractured the right shoulder much worse last September), and I worry that the fall might've hurt my new knee. My physical therapist (for my shoulder and back) tells me, though, that if my new knee had anything wrong with it, I'd certainly know about it. I'm just always aware of the knee as a not-natural joint. It just feels artificial--I'm conscious of it in a way that I'm not conscious of my other, natural knee.
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Same. Whether I’m bending, walking or sitting or even sleeping I am constantly aware of my that had the TKR. I wonder if I have the revision surgery if that will change. Some of the feeling that I have is if I bend my leg at the knee and shake it from side to side, I can hear a clicking noise, but I also can feel it go back-and-forth. Doesn’t seem right.
Replying to lj1952.
First to say I am so sorry for your fall.
I might go on a bit but I am at month 4 TKR. It has been a miserable recovery experience. My PO X-rays and doctor plus PT say surgery went well.
The thing is recovery. I am acutely aware of this knee. My functionality is poor bc I do not trust it. One hypothesis is that I am treating the surgery as tho I had amputation and mourning the loss of my real knee. It has been a struggle. I continue to improve with range of motion etc. but just can’t get past how stiff and unnatural the knee is.
PT is guessing I will need a year to feel more at ease.
And yes I am also mourning my old days with yoga. Child’s pose is gone forever.
I DO NOT want my second knee done!
Sending empathy.
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How old is your knee?