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@mustangmarylee

I had a left TKR on 9/16/2019. I had swelling in the calf area along with the tingling and numbness in my foot. I had a ultrasound and I had develope a dvt blood clot in my calf. I can't stand more than 5 minutes without the back of my knee down to my foot being in a lot of pain. I am doing my pt. My outside of my knee is still numb. I also have alot of pain where the bottom part of the new knee is against the muscles in my inner knee. My surgeon said that is from the muscles being stressed and he showed me on my xrays the area. He said that the foot pain and the numbness in my knee should subside but it could take up to a year. I am at 120%
bent and 99% flat. He said my knee is looking great and the knee and scar is looking more like a post-op of a 12 week than just the 8 it is. Only if I can get rid of the pain in my calf and foot.

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Hi @mustangmarylee Welcome to Connect.
It sounds as if your knee is progressing well, that's very good ROM. My flex has always hovered around 120 degrees and my straight leg flexion measurement has always been zero.
I hope the pain you are feeling will get less and less as time goes by, and that it won't take a year. I had pain for about six weeks that was fairly strong but then it got better very quickly and very suddenly. Oddly, I can't remember exactly where that pain was, just that it did hurt a lot and had me feeling very discouraged.
I will be looking forward to hearing how you progress, I will be hoping for the best with rapidly diminishing pain.
JK