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Lateral Approach Total Knee Replacement
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I'm sure I've said this before, but I have had two respected knee surgeons tell me to wait as long as I can before having a TKR because there are so many new and innovating treatments coming to help with recovery. I just had a pin placed in my hand/finger due to an injury...this 'pin' will dissolve after helping to heal a torn cartilage..when I had this same surgery years ago in another part of my hand, I had to go back in for surgery to remove the pin...that is just a sample of 'progress'...
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Since you mentioned hand issues.. I have arthritis in both hands; have been advised by several surgeons to get carpal tunnel surgery. Never did and turns out I have a pinched nerve at the base of my neck and is causing numbness in both hands, thumb, first and index fingers. No problem but finger joints are knobby and fingers twisting. Lately severe pain in left hand at night; looking for natural options.
I don't know where to post this but I went to a Chinese lady (don't do needles for acupuncture) but she mixed up a concoction in a bowl, cut small strips of gauze and pasted the concoction on the gauze strips and wrapped my right-hand first finger with them.
Waited 1.5 days and came back to have them removed by her and my finger (the ONLY one of 10) is straight as an arrow and has remained that way for 2 years.
I can't get her to do it anymore and wondering if anyone has heard of this. Truly amazing.
Interesting on the dissolving pin ... so far I'm 80 and have avoided injury and surgeries until falling on the ice last March - now everyone wants me to have TKR.
Thanks...
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My surgeon told me the same thing. “Wait. Wait. Wait.”