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I am 6 wks out from bilateral knee replacement. 130 degrees both knees. Pain is tolerable during the day as I am moving well and taking Aleve or ES Tylenol, however, night time is terrible. I can't get any sleep. No matter what I take for pain, I cannot get comfortable, and thus no sleep. My 4 week post op x-rays showed small amount of effusion and demineraliztion--could that be the cause and should I be worried? My surgeon indicated that the effusion will subside and the demineralization will improve with weight bearing.
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@hellothere Your flex is impressive, I wish I had that much flex. That's terrible that you have not been sleeping well though. Has that improved?
I am not at all familiar with effusion and demineralization. What causes that?
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At 6 weeks and 130 ROM, you’re a rock star! I’m exactly a year out and still having some difficulty. I was told because of my age(53) , it may be a result of being on the younger side that my body keeps trying to repair itself by rapidly forming scar tissue. Sleep and PM nerve pain was one of the biggest difficulties for me. It got better after 3 months. I literally went that long before I slept more than 2-3 hours per night. I actually began to hallucinate a couple times with the lack of sleep.
Using a heavy duty massager every night seems to help, as well as taking a nightly bath. I also was prescribed gabapentin for nerve pain which helped a little...