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Four weeks post TKR, highly discouraged. Thought I would crush it

Posted by actalking @actalking, Jun 23 8:31am

I’m 61 and have been a competitive athlete my whole life. My world revolves around tennis. I was on five teams but the arthritis became too painful. I was literally having to skip to get to a lob because I could not run. I had tried everything else so TKR was my last resort. I am so discouraged reading about how people aren’t playing tennis anymore. PLEASE is there someone out there who can offer some hope? My recovery has been surprisingly slower and more painful than I ever imagined.

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actalking | @actalking | 1 day ago
In reply to @daviduster340 "I had bilateral knee replacement about 14 weeks ago. I was about 4 weeks before I..." + (show)
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I had bilateral knee replacement about 14 weeks ago. I was about 4 weeks before I started feeling like I was going to be ok but knew I still had along way to go. I thought I was going to be released from the Dr last week but I was informed they had accidentally put in the wrong boing in one leg. I played alot of PB and just knew I would be playing again in a few months. Now just have to decide when to do the revision. Those first 3 or 4 weeks were really tough on me. Not sure what to expect now. Not sure if I will ever play PB again. 70 yr old

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@daviduster340 Oh no! I’m so sorry! Maybe the revision will not be too difficult. My money’s on you to be back on the court 😊

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steveinarizona | @steveinarizona | 11 hours ago
In reply to @daviduster340 "I had bilateral knee replacement about 14 weeks ago. I was about 4 weeks before I..." + (show)
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I had bilateral knee replacement about 14 weeks ago. I was about 4 weeks before I started feeling like I was going to be ok but knew I still had along way to go. I thought I was going to be released from the Dr last week but I was informed they had accidentally put in the wrong boing in one leg. I played alot of PB and just knew I would be playing again in a few months. Now just have to decide when to do the revision. Those first 3 or 4 weeks were really tough on me. Not sure what to expect now. Not sure if I will ever play PB again. 70 yr old

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@daviduster340
"Boing"?

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harrie123 | @harrie123 | 1 hour ago
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I had bilateral knee replacement about 14 weeks ago. I was about 4 weeks before I started feeling like I was going to be ok but knew I still had along way to go. I thought I was going to be released from the Dr last week but I was informed they had accidentally put in the wrong boing in one leg. I played alot of PB and just knew I would be playing again in a few months. Now just have to decide when to do the revision. Those first 3 or 4 weeks were really tough on me. Not sure what to expect now. Not sure if I will ever play PB again. 70 yr old

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@daviduster340 I’m so sorry for your experience. Really sorry.

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