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What kind of mobility can I expect with an antibiotic spacer in my hip
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 23, 2023 | Replies (279)Comment receiving replies
I’m responding to the request for comments on tkr’s that have gone well. I wasn’t on Mayo Connect before my surgery in 2013 and had no idea of the possible complications. I had cortisone shots for maybe 3 years prior and tried the gel shots until nothing was helping anymore. My recovery was uneventful with gradual relief from pain, swelling, etc. The doctor said I have optimum results with full rom and I’ve told him that it’s the best thing I’ve done. Since then I’ve also had a kidney transplant which also fits into that category. I have to be honest... if I was aware of all of the possible problems I’ve read about here, it would have scared me to death.
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Hi @cmael - I am so happy to hear about your good results with the TKR. I imagine there are a number of us out here that have done well with the joint replacements and feel happy we did it. Did you just have one bad knee or both? I had TKRs for both - the right in 2017 and the left this year (2019). Glad I did it and also glad both recoveries are behind me!
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@cmael I could almost have written your post, except I have had a liver transplant, not kidney. I also did cortisone and then Synvisc until they were not helping much. I have had two TKRs. Both went well, I only wish my flexion was a little better. One is about 125, but the other is under 120. I can live with that though, and I can do pretty much everything I want to do. Kneeling is tough.
I agree though, had I read all of the problems many people have had, I may have been more reluctant to have a knee replacement, particularly on my second knee. I was limping badly and in pain 24/7 on my right leg before my TKR but I had exercised a lot and added strength to the muscles around my knee before the L TKR so I was not in a lot of pain most of the time. A doctor friend of ours tried to talk me out of having the surgery but I went ahead and did it, and have no regrets at all, thankfully.
JK