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Five years ago I had a PKR that failed the time they got me up
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Let me say this, I applaud you for sharing this about a botched surgery from an orthopedic surgeon. They are human and they do make mistakes, but they should admit and take ownership and make things right. I have told my husband that some of these orthopedic surgeons should have a TKR to experience this pain in order for them to truly understand what we are describing our pain to be.
People should speak up against doctors when we trust them to take care of us.
Now, I wouldn't have waited the first 3 months dealing with that pain. I had my TKR in November 2024, and it was totally brutal. I lost 10lbs in the first 10 days from the excruciating pain and nausea. My doctor did a good job, however I waited three years to get this TKR done. By this time, my knee bone was so brittle, he had to scrap and rebuild my leg in order for the apparatus to fit properly. This pain was awful.
Best of luck to you, and keep sharing what you went through at the hands of an orthopedic that only cares about the money.
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Thanks Cyndi - I did not want to hurt but I didn't know better and we did what the Doc was telling us.
Even 3 weeks after the 2nd operation he had me walk (more like waddle carefully) he told me that I would get all my range of motion back etc. When I said that to my husband, after returning to the examing room, the Doc. kind of backed out saying that would be up to me.
We didn't know. I only found out about the allege telling me about how my leg wouldn't get better after the first operation when we got a copy of the doc. notes to take to the new surgeon. He kept leading me on.
I want to correct something I said-----the first surgeon was working in Michigan when he put the man's hip replacement in crooked and that was about a year earlier. I guess he then moved out of MI and to IN in a different practice.
Second surgeon was very thorough. He actually came out and said that the first one should never have done a PKR on me because they have a high rate of failure and because of my age - I was 75 then. This new surgeon was Harvard grad and had fellowship training, which I now always look for.
The whole situation scared begesus out of me and I won't have the second knee done because I am scared. It scared my H. too. He needs hip replacement and the first surgeon was pushing him to do it, but after my experience he refuses.