Was it worth it?

I am so sorry that you have had a poor experience . I am now 76. I have had both of my knees replaced (2015, 2017) and considered the outcome miraculous . I did have the usual pain during recovery but after that felt as if I had my life back. Recently began having pain and actually considered a revision until I had the final of four opinions and discovered a problem with my patella this doctor felt would resolve over time. It did take severals months - but he was right. So as others have said - the negative outcomes do occur but there are many more positive outcomes - not to discount any one's negative outcomes.

@ladydiscdy - sounds just like my experience! May I ask if you had any other damage to the knee except for the meniscus gone and probably OA in the kneecap? That's what I have. Thanks!

@catheem
I had my one knee replaced at 59 and one at 60. Both were shot. My doctors assumed it was my post pregnancy weight gain.. Of course they wouldn’t have considered that it might have been due to long distance running most of my life (including several 50 milers) and having biked around the world.
I was told once that you know when you need replacement. I suffered too long and was so surprised how good it felt after it was done. Night and day.
Everyone is different. Some people need replacement in their 40’s.

@catheem
If I had more damage, I wasn’t advised of it. I know my doctor after the surgery told my partner that my knee was pretty messed up. I had conversations with the doctor specifically about that knee and asked him if a car accident where my knee got jammed under the dash may have had anything to do with it. He said it may have excelerated it, meaning the OA. I guess there is such a thing as trauma osteoarthritis, that is what he told me.

I just saw this article on BBC newsfeed. It would have been welcome for my surgeries. It is an app where the doctors, pt, staff, etc can follow your daily posts to see if anything is out of the ordinary. So we don’t have to wonder.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmex8vv0e3o
I am going to let my surgeon know about it. It may only be for that one hospital in Great Britain for now but hopefully it was spread across the ortho world.

@catheem The knee replacement (right knee) is only painful going up and down the stairs. It’s also a bit painful and stiff if I have to get up from a sitting position. I used to do a lot of exercises on my yoga mat but it’s difficult to get up from the floor using the replaced knee or the left knee, which is bone on bone. Have you had an MRI on your knee? That should show wherever there is damage in your knee. If the only problem is your kneecap, I’d get another opinion or two. All of my best wishes to you.

My knee is fine it'smy Tibia bone that is affected. It'sonlybeen a month and a half since surgery but pain for 4 weeks is hard to take. They say it's healing and it will take more time. My therapy was discontinued because they thought it was agrevating the condition. Now I am patiently waiting for the pain to disappear. @mabfp3

@fancyo1950 Wishing you all the best with the healing process. It’s so hard to live with pain like that. Hope that it heals for you soon.

@aileenredding
How does a partial knee replacement differ from a TKR? Do they removed just specific parts of the knee, I'd say only where there is bone on bone?

@fancyo1950 I feel your pain. I think after 5 weeks my pain is decreasing slowly. The burning is gone. I'm walking better but stairs are still very challenging. Keep icing. Do you have any questions. Did they do a nuclear bone test? Love ❤️ to you. You are a warrior.