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Learning to walk normal after knee replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jan 24 12:40pm | Replies (61)

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@champton

I’ve had my TKR back in 2021. I had so much trouble with walking and heat n swelling. PT could never get the swelling down. I did PT religiously. Well after a nerve block that didn’t help after a year and half. I finally asked if I could be allergic to something in there they put in? Dr asked are you allergic to anything, well yes, it’s in my file past 25 years. I’m allergic to Nickel. So the Dr tried to make it right and did a revision. It’s still messed up but not like it was. I’m 4 months out and doing more this time than I did first knee around. So I’m guessing I was right, about being allergic to whatever it may been. With walking, I do try to walk heal to toe, I’ve been using a cane for 15 years and right now I can manage to walk without it but you’d probably think I was drunk. I can’t walk a straight line. But my family tells me I never could anyway. (I believe they’re messing with me lol) but I know I don’t have the heat in my knee like I did with the 1st replacement. So something was fueling that problem. I think it was the joint or glue they had in me. It’s still a struggle to do things but I’m happy if I can get in the floor and play with my Grandkids. So I see it as I’m doing all the right things, exercises and walking, if there’s something that you think that’s not right or it’s taking to long for healing, like my knee had over 100 temp in the coldest days and other knee is cool, then there’s something going on with your body that’s refusing to heal. I’m so glad I told the Dr to take it out. I’m still just getting by but I know how long I dealt with the first knee and I know what things could be done. I pray things go well for you.
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I am so sorry to hear about your allergy to nickel!! I had TKR in 2020 in Boston but before the dr would do the surgery, I had to fill out a form concerning nickel. Whenever I would wear inexpensive pierced earrings or bracelet, my skin would break out. I wrote this on the form and the dr sent me for allergy testing for nickel. Sure enough, I came out with a very high nickel allergy. They also tested me for the bone cement that they use, but that came out okay. Because of that nickel allergy, a different type of replacement was used without nickel. (So many replacements have nickel!). I am so glad that the surgeon had the foresight to have me go through the testing! I have heard of people having replacements, like you did, and then having reactions. The surgery has to be done all over again! All my best to you as you heal from the second surgery. Knee surgery is one of the roughest surgeries that anyone can go through!