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Help with pain after 3 months of TKR
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 16, 2023 | Replies (118)Comment receiving replies
Went for 2nd opinion. Not IT BAND !!
All X-rays and CT scan are good!! No swelling….no redness. But very painful surrounding knee. Diagnosed as nerve pain.
Hopefully will go away… prescribed GABAPENTIN!! 17 weeks out from TKR.
Has anyone had this??
Brescher
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I’m 14 months out of TKR and take Gabapentin was all ready on it for chronic pain condition and it took a while for it to help me I take 600mg 2x daily am /pm but I still have days when my knee hurts pretty badly I have nerve in it my knee around my knee cap and when the pressure changes when it’s going to storm out hurts in the winter because of the cold my knee also pops some times but I was told the piping sometimes is normal I think my knee will always hurt sometimes because it fake I still sleep with it propped up on a pillow sometimes it help but when I had my knee replaced I could not walk on it at all I couldn’t bear any weight on it at all
And now I can walk but it dose get better it just takes time be patient and hang in there don’t let physical therapy Trish you for what your not ready for I let them and it caused more pain and could do damage to to knee
Good luck have a great day
Yes gabapentin can help. Also massage the areas, the more the better. Yes, it will hurt while doing it but it will help. Rub different textures over and over the areas to desensitize it. Good luck.
I too am 3 months out and mine bothers me mostly at night. I finally asked for pain meds to help sleep at night. Then all of a sudden it seems to be getting better. Pray that yours goes that way also.
Yes I have primarily had nerve pain and thank heavens for Lyrica ( similar to gabapentin) as it was the only medication that gave me any relief.
I am almost 7 months post op now and still take it occasionally when my knee gets “active” which is usually at night
Yes I have with left knee and now right knee pain in arch and ankle also ball of knee radiating to the inside of my knee. My surgery was 2/23/2023 but my surgeon even broke a bone in process of doing the surgery. This Wednesday 4/5/2023 saw nurse practitioner and she prescribed Calcitonin SalnonNasal once a day for bone pain
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Gabapentin can be very helpful for nerve pain. I was taking it before my TKR and went off it however went back on after the TKR because of nerve pain. It will go away in time and the Gabapentin will help. It made me drowsy so I took it all at night. Keep in mind it must be weaned off of when you stop as you can't just stop taking it or there are side effects.