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Knee Replacement Issues-Help Please!
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Mar 14, 2023 | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
My first tkr I struggled to bend just like you manipulation 6 weeks after tkr , made it worse…. I did a lot of pt was getting nowhere…. My dr told me I was not pushing hard enough that the pain was holding me back …. At about 9 months I had enough I was doing everything I could and getting nowhere…. I went for second opinion on first appointment I took original dr
x-rays ….well needless to say that day found out I would never get anywhere my knee was too big… within 2 months I was getting a revision…. It was best thing I ever did right out of surgery was able to bend more than when I went into surgery….for me revision recovery has been so much better than original tkr…..so I am wondering have you gotten a second opinion?
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I supposedly went to the “best” for my first knee replacement. That experience, never seeing the surgeon again, too many pain pills, etc… it goes on.
After 2/12 years I needed the other knee replaced. Original
surgeon took 3 weeks to respond to an MRI result, that was it for me. When I called to inquire the nurse said, oh, it’s in some pile of papers on his desk to review.
So yes second opinion, and yes I’m finished and a much more pleasant experience this time around. Lesson learned, those claiming to be the best, because they do the most surgeries, is all BS. The “cattle-call” was no longer for me.
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About 45 days in my PT said he felt a “hard stop” and he opined that me knee was too big. Got a second opinion and he thought everything looked good and that I had a “scar tissue build up issue” from previous surgeries.
My wife thinks you are correct. I think I have a physics issue where my leg bone is going under the knee. IDK but very depressing