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Total Knee Repair Revision: A Success Story
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Exactly I thought I was going to the best did my homework checked reviews …..,but in the end did not work out for me … I live in small relatively small area so I thought find dr in bigger area I was wrong …. The dr in my small area was the one to fix first dr mistake I am so grateful to him …..but I hear you you need to research your dr look up reviews good and bad ….. looking back on my old dr bad reviews he acted exactly the way people said blamed me for not working hard enough…unfortunately I only focused on positive and ignored the negative ….I was so positive I would be one of those people that would be driving and back to doing things in 3 weeks …..unfortunately I was so wrong took I think 5 months to drive ….well anyway a year later I was driving in 2 weeks lol so I am thrilled with my outlook now …,, so yes a warning to others it’s ok to be positive but don’t overlook dr negative feedback because you never know until all said and done if it is successful ..,,,
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@ezas123 People often just don't realize the importance of getting the right surgeon for that type of surgery. There's a surgeon in my area that does pretty much all of the knee replacements, the "cookie cutter" type of doctor I referred to before. Some people are very happy with the results but many more are not. I have had problems with correct diagnoses in my area so I tend to head to Boston for just about everything except my PCP. Boston is about 55 miles from where I live.
My first knee replacement was also done in Boston but I was not as educated about this before that one and I have never been as happy with that knee as I am with the second knee. I was doing pretty much everything in a very short amount of time but I think I didn't do the PT exercises at home as much as I should have and I don't have the flex in either knee that I would like. I have no pain really, but I can't bend it as far as I would like to be able to. It doesn't affect me in everyday things but it does in exercise and I can't really kneel without something to hold on to. The second doctor offered a minor surgery that could help with that but I just didn't want to bother with going through rehab, etc. again.
JK