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Good evening @kellybaumgart, glad to see that you have joined Connect. I read your post several times so that I could hopefully separate the issues that you present. The post-surgery pain and discomfort seems to be a report that I read quite frequently. And your surgeon may have told you the absolute truth. Things will get better. There are a lot of different materials like connective tissue and muscle, ligaments, etc. They all have different requirements for healing time even up to one year.
And my second wish for you is to reconsider the comment from your surgeon......"see you in a year", My experience has been that the comment actually means...."I know you will get better......and look forward to seeing you in a year. Recently, my endocrinologist helped me get through a pretty rough time with osteoporosis. He thoroughly explored my history and then made a recommendation to save bone density. As I left he said........"see you in two years". What he meant was that the next scheduled Dexa scan would be in two years. He was letting me know that he trusted his medication recommendation and would be ready to celebrate with me after the next future scan. He even smiled as he said it. So it doesn't signify a lack of caring.
Regarding the numbness in your heel at 11 weeks. My right heel recently went from numbness to numbness with pain and it has been 18 months since the TKR. I notified my MFR (myofascial release therapist) and she has been keeping it under control for me.
I don't know how old you are .........however it does take time for everything new to settle in and quiet down.
May you be safe, protected and free from inner and outer harm.
Chris
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Chris,
Thank you for your kind response. I just turned 45 years old. I completely understand that it takes time to heal from this and all surgeries. After having that many surgeries on my right knee it’s been through the wringer over the past 6 years. I also had 4 surgeries on my hip last year. I certainly have realistic expectations on pain and recovery time. I’m not saying that my surgeon doesn’t care. I was a just a little surprised that after speaking with the MA for over 10 minutes going over my continuing symptoms (I had also reported the same things at my 14 day and 6 week apt with no meaningful improvement) and progress, it surprised me that he sailed into the room said keep going to PT and see you in a year and walked out. He didn’t even mention or go over any of the things I talked about with the MA. He was in and out of the room in less than a minute. I thought I would have had at least one more follow up with him before getting to the point of “see you in a year”, but that wasn’t the case. I am hopeful that eventually I can figure out what is causing this as it’s hindering some of my physical therapy exercises and making sleep very difficult. Every time I roll over in bed or get in/out of the car I get that pain and it feels like someone is stabbing me in the back of my knee. I am hopeful that at some point it will go in the other direction since a lot of the other pain is slowly getting better. I will have to look into an MFR therapist. I am getting a massage this week as well to see if that will help with my knee, calf, and heel. Thank you so much for that suggestion! Be well and thank you again.
Kelly