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Burning after total knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 4 11:37pm | Replies (249)Comment receiving replies
Ive had TKR on both legs. Second was 14 years after first at age 42. First surgery caused so much pain I cried for days. Pain was off the charts. Dr got mad at me thinking I was just being a baby. Yelled at me. The knee, to this day still hurts every day, 14 years later. I am no baby. I thought I'd lose my mind. Scared to leave hospital. Doctor wrote in my records that my knee felt better and I was happy. Lies. I was in agony, which lasted a month. Insufficient pain control. The horrible pain subsided, but the knee has never been comfortable or without pain.
Second knee replacement still hurts after 4 years, but healing process was much less torture than first. A better experience. I don't have the burning but i experience sharp pains in both knees every day. Like pinching inside the joints. Despite the discomfort, I do not regret having it done because I'd be in a wheelchair. Both knees were that far gone. Yep. They hurt, but I can walk. Thank God.
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I know everyone has different experiences with their individual TKRs, but my experience says the Dr should be involved if you are really in pain. Please remember, there is a difference between pain, uncomfortable and just being aware.
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The doctors have so much pressure from above not to prescribe anything for pain so they don't believe their patients, say we're being a baby or a drug seeker. They no longer stand up for their patients. They would know right away if someone was a drug seeker if they were educated to know what that behavior looks like. But no one is teaching that properly in medical school. It as obvious as the nose on your face if you've been trained in it or if you've seen drug-seeking behaviors in your own family. And there's a huge difference between what that looks like and what being in pain and needing help looks like. There's no excuse for a medical professional not listen to their patient. It's basically torture. There's no excuse for under treating a patient in pain or not believing your patient. Why would you go into the medical profession unless you had compassion and empathy? Didn't you do it because you care about helping people? If you don't have empathy you have no business being in healthcare. I'm sorry for what you're going through with your pain. I believe you 100%. There are people everywhere this is happening to; you are not alone. It's so sad the way things have gotten these days. I found a group on Facebook that rallies and speaks with our legislators about mistreatment of chronic pain patients. I'm praying that the government will start listening to us. Addicts get handed anything they want on a silver platter. Chronic pain patients get treated like an animal up for slaughter.