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Total Knee surgery sucks: Did you get help with a second opinion?
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Hello cam28, in Texas. I have not made a comment for a while but I am glad that I checked in today. I had TKR Sept. , 2023. ...extremely painful but was told repeatedly that it would take a year to heal. ...gradually the knee began to hyper extend, bending backwards to the extreme. My surgeon said that he had NEVER had a patient that this had happened to. I did a lot of research and chose to go to a young surgeon that had training in revision surgery.
GOOD NEWS, I had revision surgery Oct 29, 2024. It has been a completely different experience.
virtually no pain, very little swelling...I was on Hydrocodone for 2 weeks and am not take anymore pain meds. It has been 3 weeks today since I had my surgery ...I can't say enough about the different results.
BTW I am in San Antonio. Let me know if you want the doctors name etc
All the best.
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The same thing happened after my knee TKA. Apparently, it is rare for the knee to hyperextend. I had a revision to place a bigger spacer. It’ll be 4 years since I had the revision surgery and 5 years since the TKA. The knee functions, really no pain but still feels tight and stiff. I’m not able to walk normally and my situation is compounded with a spinal/disk issue (failed Fusion surgery). I don’t think the docs can help me, so I’ve learned to just manage and do what I can do which isn’t a whole lot. I’ll be 76 in a couple of months, so although it’s not what I’d hoped for in my retirement years, it’s easier to accept these limitations. Best of luck to you.
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That part about taking pain meds only 2 weeks got me. I have a huge pain tolerance, or so I thought prior to my knee surgery.
I thought it was normal to need OxyContin prior to my PT 3x/wk as it was excruciating when they tried to bend me or get me flat. No coordination with the surgeon. I didn’t like how the pain med made me feel and it really didn’t cover those pushing me off the table times…
Then an MUA, and now I’m getting somewhat better. Almost 6 m out from surgery. But, it still is tight. I can hike and walk better. It still reminds me when I walk ( mid-knee pain) and especially going down stairs. I have to exercise it to get it going. I’ve been told it takes up to a year. So tight. We shall see.
I still take ibuprofen and Tylenol. Never did before all of this.