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1 month after tkr the top two inches under my scar feel rock hard
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 13 6:41pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
Your post was not what I would have liked to hear, but being 8 months out from original replacement, a failed MUA resulting in cracked femur, and a most recent (out 5 weeks from) revision, it confirms my suspicions that this is what happens to “ some” of us, and no one really knows how to address it properly. I spend my entire day doing some form of PT or therapy (i.e. icing, heat, dynasplint, etc). I’m exhausted and just decided to accept my fate, and not be too hard on myself. Most surely, not going through 45 minutes of physical pain in PT twice a week. I will never have another surgery to address this, much less the last one you described.
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I was in a similar situation with PT. My therapist would try to bend my knee without progress. He said “with most people, I can tell that I can make progress but with you, I hit a hard stop”. He advised me that I was wasting time and money by continuing PT. My surgeon concurred with this. Prior to these surgeries, I had been a sprinter in the Sr. Games and an ardent weight lifter. With my pain & immobility, I quit my gym. About 6 months passed as my body aches (74 yrs. Old) increased and the future looked dark. At my wife’s persuasion, I rejoined a gym and started doing what I could, mostly upper body, and am now feeling much better overall. I look forward to my next step with the Mayo Clinic. I have to wait until April to go, since I had to change my health insurance to be covered outside my area, which means that they won’t pay for a preexisting condition until a 3 month wait period expires. Never Give Up!!!