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Very, very scared to have knee surgery and hip surgery
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 24, 2023 | Replies (119)Comment receiving replies
That's a good point. In a TKR, the quad muscle is cut slightly to move the patella to the side. That's gonna stretch some ligaments, certainly the patellar tendon, and it all takes time to heal. That's why total recovery is usually quoted as one year.
Now people should feel much better within two weeks of a knee or hip replacement. But total healing just takes time. Exercise in invaluable.
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Thank you, but I didn't feel "much better" after two weeks or two months. Two months after was slightly better than two weeks after. Now five months later I am finally beginning to feel better, but far from perfect. So yes, I'm hoping that by the time 12 months is up, I'll be feeling much better. I do feel improvement, however, and I'm glad I had it done, but it was painful. I guess doctors don't want to really tell their patients what to expect. None did in my case, except one after I kept asking him. He didn't do the operation, however, another doctor did, he kind of said I'd be in and out of the hospital -- not quite. But it sounded good.