@ssbionicknee Things are sounding more positive, that’s great. I’m glad that the lyrica is helping. Hopefully as the nerves heal you will be able to discontinue it.

Your physical therapist sounds great, I’m sure the water will help a lot. I tried that once but the therapist was terrible! She would tell me what to do, which wasn’t much, and that would be the last I would see of her! I never went there again. I hope to hear how you are progressing with it.
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Good afternoon @ssbionicknee, @contentandwell, I am glad that you are progressing with your recovery from TKR. I was wondering if it might be a worthy idea to look at MFR for the pain episodes and resources you will need when the bending begins. There is a discussion about this approach on Connect: Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain.

There is another worthy idea and that is to involve your friends in the therapy. I was a member of a walking group that tackled 5 day 40-50 mile inn to inn walks around and about. My walking buddies had enough of my knee pain and so locked me in my car and convinced me to just get it done. After the surgery, they were very active in my recovery. Someone showed up every morning to take me to the one grocery store to walk safely up and down the aisles. Another met with the only PT in the village who was also the only attorney we had. He guided them with appropriate exercises and equipment. Do you have an ice machine with a knee adaptation wrap? That was very soothing.

And just for chuckles, our only nurse in the group told me not to bother going off the mountain for stitch removal. She would do it. I got a stitch kit from the surgeon and she proceeded to do her thing. Only afterward did she tell me that she had never removed stitches before. She was a pre-admission nurse who trained paramedics and ER staff. So what did she do....looked it up on the internet.

Be safe and protected from both inner and outer harm today. Chris