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TKR out of the question when you've got PN?
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@ray666 Ray. Thanks so much for the response. While I am trailing a bit behind yet— 74- the tkr thought rattles around in my brain. My recovery at 54 wasn’t so bad. It was the tibia plateau break at 50 the jimmied the whole process .
You are fortunate to have a doc willing to talk throughly with you about the pros and cons.
Both of you seem to be wise men.
The last surgeon I spoke with 3 years ago- not knee- cautioned me after age 74 he would not consider surgery on my back.
Thanks again for the quick update!
debbieo
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Hi, Debbie (@debbieod) This can be such convoluted business, finding a best path through the complexities of PN. I trust my orthopdic doc. I first saw him––what? Six or seven years ago, years before I got my PN diagnosis; my sole complaint at the time was an achy left knee. I went to see him with some trepidation because his practice was (and still is) "Joint Replacement." I was certain he was going to advise another TKR. But he didn't. Studying an X-ray, he advised (what he called at the time) a "conservative approach: injections, alternating between gel and cortisone. So far, so good. Although that knee has been complaining a bit more lately, I attribute it to upping my PT game, in hopes of stalling my PT-related balance issues. As another message said, he and I will talk again in the spring about a best way forward. I'm encouraged by knowing my orthopedic doc is not scalpel crazy. 🙂
How was your Thanksgiving?
Ray (@ray666)