I am now one year into tkr on my left knee. I continue to experience extreme discomfort and tightness on the left side of the tkr. Gladly, I do not experience excessive pain, only this extreme alien like discomfort that affects my state of mind. This forum is a great place for us to share our post operative problems and I am very grateful for it. I understand the need to recognize and give credit to the surgeons and supporting medical professionals whose care have resulted in successful outcomes for their patients. However, for those of us who are having these extremely negative outcomes, I believe that our surgeon's bedside manner, expertise, (probably they should fine tune the operation process since scar tissue is generated by excessive trauma) and ability to emphasize have a major impact on our outcomes. They should also consider preoperative screening for allergic response to the prosthetics. Mine readily defaulted to the "scar tissue monster" and said that I will have to live with the situation for the rest of my life. I can concur with your feelings of discomfort mixed with a lot of sadness and disappointment. I continue to ice and elevate. I also wear compression aids and have therapy twice per week.
We are living in a technologically advanced period. I do not feel that enough attention is being paid to people who are having these negative outcomes. I believe that there is a need for the industry and medical community to be more "caring?" about our outcomes and invest more money into research and time into creating better outcomes.
For individuals who plan to do knee replacements, I believe that it still worth doing. However, I would recommend that you thoroughly research your surgeon, do intensive exercising before the surgery and lose some weight if possible. May God continue to help us as we continue on our journey of healing and recovery.