POST 9 WEEKS UPDATE - 24-July-2022.
- Pain subsiding, level 4-6 mostly after PT , walking and at night trying to sleep, still taking pain meds twice a day - IT band pain still present but getting better, level 4-5 pain.
PT told me to take pain med 1 hr before session and to buy a hand held therapy roller and it works MAJIC and provides amazing ROM even if it is temporary, i just keep doing it before getting out of bed.
Off walker 2 weeks ago and now on cane.
Joint area pain greatly reduced, swelling and pain when walking more than say 200 steps and have to elevate and ice.
Main pain is peroneal nerve pain in foot and between great toe and index toe and pain when I sit in chair, when sitting at dinner table, my upper hamstring area has pain that radiates down to the top of foot. It's the deep peroneal nerve which I've heard from Dr thst it gets crushed during Anesthesiologist giving nerve block before surgery theyvapply a 3" wide strap tornicet to upper thigh and crank down on it while under, so they keep femerol bleeding into the joint to minimum. The after effect is secondary pain going down the thigh to the foot so I have to elevate alot.
PT
Twice\WK, Insurance only pays for 30 Min sessions which is a joke the PT says.
ROM - 110°
FLEX - -3

Lots of stiffness and swelling after being on leg for more than 15 mins.
Using Dynasplint, level#3.5. but it causes pain when strappped at upper thigh.
I hope to God the Tornicet did not cause permanant Deep Peroneal Nerve pain.
I go to YMCA and stretch the hamstring, walk in pool then hot tub, then stretch the hamstring and sit in incumbent bike( back rest) and just do ROM with no resistance.
Sore, swollen when done and ice.
What KILLS me is these damn Orthos WONT be honest up front and tell you " ITS A LONG PAINFUL RECOVERY, THE KNEE WONT FEEL NORMAL FOR A LONG TIME, 9-12 MONTHS OR MORE, SOME PATIENTS HAVE SWOLLEN STIFF FEELING REST OF LIFE, 20% OF TKR PATIENTS ARE NOT SATISFIED"
They use non scary words like
- Some discomfort
- you'll be stiff for a few weeks...
They discharged me with 5 bloodclots in lower leg an I didn't know it was DVT until 8 days post TKR and re over from thst took 3 weeks before Home PT could get me out of bed on walker but calf felt like it was going to explode..it wasn't till end of 4weeks that home PT started on me and it was very mild as I couldn't flex calf due to massive calf swelling and incredible pressure pain.
At 9 weeks I STILL would NOT recommend this procedure to anyone.