Wow--so glad we found these comments as my husband is now 16 months out from TKR and is still in LOTS of pain from the Iovera shot. I do not know about the rest of you but right after he had the Iovera procedure done, he had horrible pain and has ever since. The shot never did what it was designed to do "be numb from pain before the surgery" and so has had 24/7 pain, lots of burning pain that feels like a vice squeezing sensation and he cannot have anything touch his knee. We are ranchers and so of course he has to wear jeans outside and just "deals" with the pain but once he comes in the house, he takes his pants off and puts shorts on so nothing is touching his knee. He cannot even sleep with a sheet on it. His surgeon and the PA (who gave the Iovera shot, (that was not given under ultrasound guidance like it is suppose to) act like there is nothing wrong and he does not know what he is feeling but he does !!! We have done tons of PT and it was out PT gal that told us to get a second opinion as something is not right so we then went to a different city for a second opinion from an orthopedic specialist and they have referred us to Mayo.

I am so glad we found that other people are experiencing the same symptoms after having the IOvera shot done and I am so glad this is on the Mayo Clinic site as we have been accepted and awaiting for an appointment this summer/fall to be seen with an Ortho specialist at Mayo. Can any of you tell us how Mayo has helped you all get over the pain or what procedures they did to get back to normal? Also, may I ask anyone that has gotten help at Mayo the Orthopedic specialist they went to for help as we would love to see the same specialist.

Thank you all for listening and I hope we can all help each other. I look forward to hearing from anyone !!