So true!!!

I sought a second opinion when my first team said my numbers were great and I wouldn’t need an MUA. I had reported to them that the numbers were only achieved in therapy, after much aggressive, painful approaches, and I didn’t retain any gains whatsoever after each session. I knew something wasn’t right and I wasn’t about to settle on a non functioning painful joint. The 2nd Dr. said no one would follow up on my knee if I didn’t try an MUA first.
If only they had done something at my 6 week checkup.
You have to be your own advocate for sure.

I agree. I had to do my own research and go through patient advocate to get my surgeon to do an MRI when I complained of extreme discomfort caused by tightness and stiffness. The surgeon placed a lot of emphasis on the x-ray which showed that the healing was going well. He practically sealed my health record ,wrote "no x-ray" on it and would not respond to my request for an MRI. However, I was going through literal hell and x-rays do not identify the problems with scar tissue and other soft tissue issues. MRI's and CATSCANS are the correct tools to use(among others).My understanding is that x-rays mostly/only deal with hard tissue like the implant. It seems as if it is all about the extension and flexion numbers. Discomfort is not important. What are good numbers if you continue to experience extreme discomfort? I am almost 7 months out from tkr surgery after having 2 MUA's and an arthroscopy. I have shown some improvement with the stiffest and tightness and but I still experience a lot of discomfort. The journey continues to be very rough!!! I did some crying today, wondering how much more improvement I am going to experience. I continue to do therapy and lean deeply on my faith to see me through. Otherwise, I will have to suffer through to the end of the year when "Another surgeon will give me a second opinion "The norm seems to be that they will not look at a tkr patient before a year has elapsed.
Scar Tissue seems to be the boogey man for any and everything ( poor surgery techniques??) that might have occurred during surgery.
I feel that more focus is f placed on the schedule to get to the next operation and no allowance is made for those of us who might be prone to "scar tissue build up.
We seem to be the forgotten. We did not do well with the surgery and it seems as if very little research is being done to address the "scar tissue problem"
In the meantime, I will continue to attend therapy and "PRAY"