I am at 8 weeks. Do you go to PT? I had a therapist I feel really overwork me and part of it was my fault as I didn't say anything. We did stairs, sit to stand, and 20 squats. The next day I was in tears and cried all through my next therapy appt. The therapist I had (who I like) is getting me back on track. I was told that you can backtrack and that the muscles need to learn again how to work because they were overworked. It is odd your incision is not healed yet. I do have two stitches trying to come up but that is normal I guess. I am taking 600 mg of Gabapentin at bedtime and Tizanadine (muscle relaxer) and it helps me sleep most of the time. Not last night..glutes, IT band and pain on the top of right foot. I'll ask about this today. But I can finally bend my knee again when I walk.

I am 12 weeks out from a revision TKR and my knee is still swollen and feels like a rubber band is round it just like it felt after 1st knee surgery 5 years ago except worse. Knee doctor says everything looks find may take 6 months to a year to heel. When I went for my week checkup and seen the X ray compared to X ray of first knee surgery I could not believe I was not told he put knew knee part from almost top to leg to ankle. Even therapist did not know it till my last appointment. Tomorrow I have a back doctor appointment going to ask about if it could be neuropathy. I have been measuring my knee each day down to foot because now my shoes are to tight on the bad knee. Surgery knee stays 1.5 to 2 inches bigger from swelling all the down to my ankles which both measure the same. Across foot is swollen measures about 1 inch bigger than the other. I slept 5 nights the first 6 weeks after surgery. I will say the sleeping is better there are some nights I don’t sleep at all. I am on gabapentin. My friend who takes it told me to take 2 at night. I tried that last night and slept almost 12 hours which is very unusual for me. The back doctor had told me take your medicine just like is says on bottle. If I take 2 at night only have 1 take during the day. After your 6 weeks checkup the knee doctor is finished with you and does not care, Told me to come back in 6 months and cut off my pain medicine that day. I just cannot believe how bad this has been. Was in the middle of having house remodel when I got letter about the recall. Was told the old replacement was cracked on knee cap and when he redone it I would wake up feeling like I never had knee pain and how great it was going to feel. It is worst than the first time. So I was planning on doing a lot of the remodeling of the inside of house myself. The house being ready for Christmas. Had brought most of the new stuff for the remodeling. We want be having Christmas here this year both bathrooms we had already torn apart to start and they are still that way. So disappointed.