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Spacer replacement 4 years after TKR
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@xenawp
I wish you luck
I am now 18 months out of left TKR but just after 2 months reported to my OS that though I have good ROM and no pain I have lot of shifting discomfort on walking lot of clicking and feeling as if my knee is giving way kept telling me to do icing PT etc but no relief did mention once that we need to change spacer still kept avoiding surgery not happy with him took 2 opinion he said for immediate change of spacer assured recovery within 2 weeks and NO PT needed
Didn’t think that PT not required was correct so again went to my OS and now that it is 18 months after TKR has scheduled for 10/8 for revision of Spacer replacement and full PT thereafter
I am really scared and apprehensive of the revision surgery
And just while this was going on my other knee which is 8 months out of TKR which recovered so well started feeling stiff and painful a week back when I was breaking vegetables in the backyard
And it also feels as if something is stretching when I bend my knee went to OS he was out but his PA attended but didn’t do any X-rays
I am just very scared as to what’s going on and what I should do please tell
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@ggji I ended up getting my spacer changed yesterday. The nerve block is worn off so elevation, ice and an occasional med is keeping things at bay. I’m barely 24 hours post-op, but the pain is surely less than the original TKR surgery. I’m walking around the house with a walker mainly for balance. Of course there is swelling, but I feel that the knee feels tighter without the significant shifting and clunking I was having. I’m crossing my fingers that I will have a great recovery and a functional knee.