welcome to my world. i had my cane beside me and the therapist thought i was going to hit her. the drs office next door sent 2 nurses to investigate the screams . i got to 119 and quit. 5 years later i am not close to that. now it may be lose but i will put up with pain as long as i can. that is why i did stem cells for the other knee.

Hi @sparky233 - First of all, welcome to Connect. I know you are going to find many kindred souls here who have had similar experiences. I am so sorry to hear about your pain and difficulty with the recent knee replacement. It must be awfully frustrating. I'm glad the surgeon took you off that terribly aggressive PT. I know that there are people who really benefited from manipulation to remove the scar tissue. Will your doctor explain more about the options tomorrow? I'm wishing you the best.

@sparky233 You seem confident of your doctor, so it apparently is simply your own body that's causing the scar tissue. After my first TKR I had a physical therapist who would bend my knee so far I actually did scream in pain too. Other than when she did that I was not in pain though. I hope your doctor has some hope for you, please let us know what he/she has to say.

Every TKR is different. I have heard that a person can have both knees done at the same time with totally different results so I would not be totally opposed to doing the other knee if it gets painful enough. I know little about stem cell, but I have heard that some people love it and some people have not had results as good, the same as with traditional TKRs.
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Sorry to hear you are going through this @sparky233 . I had bilateral (both knees) done on Jan 7th. My first 4 weeks of pt I was a rock star! Then week five nothing past 90 degrees, week 6 no progress on both knees. I had the visit with surgeon and we decided to do the manipulation under anesthesia (MUA). It is not fun. But when you wake up there is not a lot of pain. Even that first pt session, which immediately followed, was not too awful. Actually to hear that my bend was at 117 and 112 after struggling at 90 gives you a boost to keep fighting. And you'll need that for the rigorous pt that follows an MUA. Mine was 2 weeks straight for 80 min a session. There were tears on both me and my therapist! I had to go back on the Oxycodone for the following month. Heads up for active scar tissue growers: it does want to come back because you are dealing with inflammation once again. Keep doing your pt and home exercises. Yes my life was pt, ice, home pt, ice and rest repeat, repeat. Because an MUA does lengthen your recovery it's very easy to be overcome with depression. Have someone or something to fall back on. Whether it's your faith or a significant other. Don't let it win. Keep fighting for that outcome you want.Good luck for a good recovery.