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Debilitating pain 6 months after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 22, 2023 | Replies (117)Comment receiving replies
6 weeks post knee replacement surgery. I definitely have that broken glass feeling. I'm not sure what you mean by having epidurals? Did they help with the pain after surgery? I wish I could have had that if that's the case! 6 weeks and I still have pain most of the time. Working with the physical therapist to improve my range of motion. I see my surgeon for my 6-week checkup today
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The epidurals were for back pain. But, the knee pain like broken glass spurred me to get the knee replacements (both. One hurt, the other looked worse on the x-rays). The epidural may have helped with the broken glass feeling as 3 days before surgery the broken glass feeling went away. That's an awful long time for that epidural to kick in.
Complicated.
I'm now 11 weeks out and if I am on my feet for 5 minutes it is agonizing and takes 10 minutes after sitting or laying down before it settles down.
The surgeon says the X rays look fine.