Please read the responses to knee surgery before you have the knee replaced. It is nothing to "look forward to". Much heart ache and wondering!

I am talking about another Mayo section, like the Parkinsons section, that has 100's of responses in negative statements. (Worse than negative, if you can imagine.)

I have had 6 knee surgeries - four about knee replacement and two for other reasons. I am in constant pain from those related to TKR (the shortened form of "the knee replacement!). Was diagnosed with Parkinsons some years ago, and stopped taking the carbidopa-levodopa when we found it wasn't working. We found out the tremor in my right hand are "essential tremor" so no Parkinsons med would work for that (no other med works for extended periods of time, either).

Good luck, Hate to find folks like me -- dual diagnosis, if you will! Please read the TKR section before you have it done.

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