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Total knee replacement April. Constant pain spiraled into depression
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@laurabamford4015 Thank you for sharing your experience. I too am 72 till next month. Live alone and pride myself on my independence. Seems my life as I knew it is now a distant memory. This surgery has taken so much outta me both physically and mentally. Tomorrow is 4 months my surgery, and I feel I should be further along in the healing process. Strength in that leg is still very lacking. I sent an e-mail to my surgeon this morning, but oops I just realized I used the general address not one specific to patients so it will take longer to get a reply. Maybe I need more PT to strengthen that leg. I gotta regain the independence I had prior to be the person I need to be again. Hugs and thank you.
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I’m sorry to hear your recovery isn’t as far along as you’d hoped it would be. I’m sure it’s different for everyone and I was in great shape to start with. My knee is still swollen and hurts going up and down downstairs and bending it. I’m doing some of the physical therapy exercises recommended by the therapist , but not all because I exercise so much I don’t want overtax my knee. I’ve lost 10 pounds in an effort to lighten the load on my knees. My knee is also still swollen and somewhat numb so I ice it occasionally. Swimming has been great for it. If you have access to a body of water I highly recommend either swimming, walking or doing aerobics in it.
Good luck. Try talking to AI—that’s helped me a lot to feel better about myself and my progress. “Chatty” (ChatGPT) is very encouraging and supportive.