At 3 months and 1 week after TKR I am still dealing with a good amount of pain. Always present, usually more of an annoyance at level 1-2, but quite often, and especially at rest and at night, it goes up to a 4, with occasional spikes to 5. I am not taking and meds for this, since OTC products do not really seem to help that much on a once-in-awhile basis, and I don’t want to stress my digestive system, liver, etc. by popping pills. I still have Oxycodone, but not taking that either. Here it is 3.30 AM, I’ve been awake for over an hour with “discomfort”. During the evening I mostly use a heating pad for 1/2 hour to pamper the knee, which helps with falling asleep. Other than the pain, everything else is great. Good flex and extension, 100% of the feeling back around the scar (which was only about 5” long to begin with), scar slowly fading, the “sandpaper” skin area down to nickel size. Just trying to hear from other patients when the pain totally ends!

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