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Knee #2- am I ready?

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Mar 17, 2019 | Replies (23)
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@amytro

Thanks for your reply! I wish cortisone still worked for me but after 5 years of shots, it doesn't. I do think I will chicken out if I don't get it done soon. I'm not shoveling snow but I am recovering well with flexion at 120 after 5 weeks and I'm driving to essential places like PT, the doctor and the pharmacy. I meet with the surgeon to discuss in a week so I'll surely take his opinion into consideration as well! Thank you.

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JK | @contentandwell | Mar 16, 2019

@amytro. When cortisone stopped working for me, I got synvisc shots, and they did help a lot. I could have had the knee done six months after my liver transplant but I simply couldn’t face another surgery and recovery so I waited until a year after my transplant. At that point I was definitely more up to doing the exercises to ensure that the TKR was a success.
If you decide to try synvisc, you can have one shot, or a series of three, one a week. I chose the latter.
JK

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