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My Knee Replacement Surgery Experience
Hey friends, I am posting first time on this forum. Actually, I am recovering from a knee replacement surgery and get very good results. Now, I am able to do exercise as well.
My knee cap has some problems and I am a continuous feeling pain in the knee from a long time. My family doctor advised me to get knee replacement surgery and I plan my surgery under the supervision of an experienced doctor. While consultation, the doctor gives me a trust that your knee is able to work again.
On the surgery day, the surgeon gives me analysis and replace my knee joint with an artificial joint. After some medicines and ortho exercises I am able to stand or walking and with the time now I am completely recovering from this surgery. To get safe treatment and desired results you must need to follow the instructions provided by the surgeon.
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I’m 76 and 3 weeks postOp with bilateral TKR. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and glad to be here. I talked to a woman who was 15 years younger and an active tennis player who also did the bilateral. Fortunately for me I work regularly since wrestling days and was able to cope with getting out of bed and chairs. I can’t imagine doing the bilateral overweight and not strong.
I waited 10 years to do this and didn’t want to think about it anymore with doing the knees separately.
@santi
I just had partial knee replacement on medial side. I had the procedure exactly 2 weeks ago. Very little swelling, can walk 2 times a day for 1 mile each walk. I do have pain under knee cap and at times the joint feels weak . But overall I’m coping well.
@valko194
I am 80 years old. I was misdiagnosed with neuropathy but it turned out to be restless leg syndrome. I had right knee pain from my no longer functional right knee and some severe pain when I stepped the wrong way because of a nerve impingement likely caused by my severe misalignment. The treatment and symptoms of the two are very similar.
My incredible surgeon went in with a minimally invasive approach (mini midvastus), gave me a bicruciate retaining implant (that means I still have my real ACL and PCL). did not use a tourniquet, used a CORI robot and did a Functional alignment. I went home that night and I have had no post surgery pain (the same surgeon replaced my left hip three years ago and I had no post surgery pain then either). My surgeon's recovery protocol was to commence PT in the third week. I followed his instructions and that week my PT measured my ROM at 122. On the 27th day post surgery I was on the golf course.
So my advice: find a great surgeon and follow her instructions. It is worth doing but do keep your neurologist informed and involved.
Wow, what an encouraging message! Thanks for sharing the specifics of the surgical techniques. I will keep this post for the future.