Hi all three weeks out and feeling amazing…. My gait is almost normal now although I am still using cane outside of my home I still having some weakness in my quads, and I experience sharp pain with change of direction but that is to be expected….. I talked to pt increased a few exercises to help strengthen area …. Started massage on scar yesterday must say that was painful …..but I can handle anything lol because I wake up the next day and I see progress …. My knee bending a little further without as much pain and my knee looking normal again ….. before this surgery after my first tkr it always looked to big and I had lump on right side dr could not explain ……
My mfr therapist is going away for 3 weeks must say I am little anxious I have been seeing her 3 times a week for edema…. She is giving me a number of someone she trust that can help but they don’t do mfr she is only one where I live that does mfr work …..so crossing my fingers ….keep you posted

@ezas123 I knew a woman who also had problems after a knee replacement. She went to numerous doctors before one diagnosed the problem, the size of the replacement was too large! A revision was done and she was much better after that.

I think the most important thing when having a knee replacement is getting the absolute best doctor that you can find. There are many orthopedic surgeons who do knee replacements but you want one who really looks at the individual, not a "cookie cutter" type of surgeon. My second knee replacement was a custom-made knee so thankfully there was no chance of that being a problem, and the doctor was amazing.
JK

My surgeon used the Mako robotic assistant on both TKRs with amazing results. The first week post-op is the hardest but 1) get in shape BEFORE surgery and 2) get into PT immediately AFTER surgery and 3) ice and elevate and in three or four weeks you'll almost certainly be glad you had the surgery. No more bone-on-bone grinding!

I have suffered for four years with a right knee replacement, I am so nervous to go in and have it redone. Just this past week I have decided that the pain couldn’t be any worse than what it is now, am I wrong?