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Ligament instability after TKR?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: May 23, 2023 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Yes- my 2017 TKR has been painful since day one. I’ve done all you’ve done except the pain clinic nerve ablation’s , which 2 Ortho Drs said do not do. It’s so hard to sleep at night and have to take medication. My 2nd knee surgeon who did my other knee, and I’ve had no issues with, has done mri’s, etc. he had me come in and they drained quite a bit of fluid off the knee and I’m finally getting some relief. I’ll try that again in 6 months- which is next month. If this keeps working- I won’t have to have a revision done. I’m hoping this is the solution that I can live with. The X-rays, mri’s showed no red flags. So it was good news. But bad news as we couldn’t find the cause of all my pain. And pain was all day long.
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Hello Apriljoy,
Thanks for your reply! I have been told an MRI was useless because of the scatter from the metal implant. I take 50 mg Lyrica at night for pain, a cbd/melatonin capsule and use cbd cream to help with sleep. I have a referral request for university of San Francisco med center , my fourth consult. Can’t take NSAIDs as they cause my diverticulosis to flare up. Tylenol doesn’t do much. Hope it’s something that can be addressed without a revision as they have less success than the original tkr. Don’t think it’s fluid but could be scar tissue which could be removed but then more scar tissue is formed from that ☹️. X-rays and bone scan all clear which is good but doesn’t take care of the 24/7 pain. No fabella bone per X-ray and not popliteal tendon. Good luck to you! Please post how successful this latest procedure is. Hugs!