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Hi @dabshire, welcome to Connect. I'm not sure any of us members can answer your question other than share our own personal experience with surgeries or health problems. I think it's possible for nerve damage during a knee surgery or with many surgeries. Have you discussed it with your surgeon or doctor?
@contentandwell, @debbraw and @JustinMcClanahan may be able to share their experience with knee surgery. I had knee surgery on my right knee in the 70s to remove some torn cartilage and that knee is now bone on bone. I am scheduled to have a knee replacement done in a few weeks and was a little concerned about a nerve block being done on the knee since I already have small fiber peripheral neuropathy in my legs and would like not to make it worse.
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Hi @dabshire - I have had two knee replacements - the last one in January 2019. I'm happy to say that I didn't experience that burning pain. I'm wondering - was your surgery a TKR or a repair? Here are a couple of links that might interest you:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/burning-after-total-knee-replacement/?pg=1#comment-270890
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/foot-neuropathy-after-total-knee-replacement/
I would encourage you to come over to the Joint Replacement group and browse through the messages there. Lots of great information and people who are happy to share!
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@dabshire @johnbishop I have had TKRs on both knees, and prior to that had meniscus surgery on both. I have never had a problem similar to your experience.
Since the stinging and numbness is in both feet I don't see how it could be related to surgery on one knee, unless your gait has altered in such a way that it is causing a foot problem. Frankly, though I think that's probably a stretch but it does seem odd that it started after the knee surgery.
I will be looking forward to hearing what your primary has to say about it.
JK