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As far as being a “wealth” of information? I don’t know about that. I’m a pharmacist...
implants and has partial hearing in one ... became a pharmacy manager and soon after ... Doctors reluctantly admitted I needed a TKR ... suffering, nine doctors visits, and after ... one and a half years of stress and
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 16, 2020
I was scheduled for a TKR but insisted I have blood test for allergies. This blood...
I was scheduled for a TKR but insisted ... He is stopped using after he went into ... and although it put me in remission after ... Pressure caused severe pain for me, ... One year is not unusual for a first
Support Group: Skin Health
Posted: Apr 12, 2020
In January 2023, I had arthroscopic surgery for 2 meniscus tears, one on top of the...
I was on crutches prior and painful ... After 1.5 years following patient support ... But I live in pain everyday. ... After 3 TKR's, I don't know ... My 95 year mother-in-law walks faster
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
@lynnn The definition of unsuccessful mostly includes people who are not satisfied with the feeling of...
After about 20 feet the pain from my ... So...it is possible to have a TKR, even ... a complex one, without substantial ... For years it was non symptomatic. ... But after my knee surgeon replaced my
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 13, 2025
When I started to have knee problems, they crept up slowly. When I parked on a...
I had to plant my feet parallel to one ... knee, If I did that I had no knee pain ... I did that for years. ... About 6-months later I had the TKR. ... were set-backs and struggles, but after
Discussion: Was it worth it?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 17, 2025
In about 2010, Ortho told me I'd need a TKR on my right knee within 5...
2010, Ortho told me I'd need a TKR ... on my right knee within 5 years. ... In 2022 my knee just gave out one day ... During class, one of the presenters ... A month AFTER surgery I understood.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 7, 2025
I've read both that waiting until the pain in the knee is constant and excruciating is...
ve read both that waiting until the pain ... #39;ve had two consultations for a TKR ... doing in this specific area -- I found one ... sleep with the knee fully extended after ... Most people will have an excellent TKR
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 1, 2025
I am an 82-year old female in relatively good health. I have osteoarthritis in my left...
I am an 82-year old female in relatively ... twice a week for most of the past year ... had a recent catherization and echo after ... the bone-on-bone situation, I had one ... their 80's who has been through TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 25, 2025
"Has anyone had long-term relief from knee pain with injections (either steroid or the gel) …...
anyone had long-term relief from knee pain ... steroid and gel, over the past few years ... Replacement Specialists." :-) ) After ... Having been through getting a TKR, I ... however, I'm glad not to need one
Posted: May 1, 2025
Having tkr is a life long commitment….. I am few years out now I don’t keep...
Having tkr is a life long commitment ... causing my other knee to have a lot of pain ... is tricky …..I know that exercising after ... tkr is a life long commitment so easy ... continue pushing toward a few steps and one
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 21, 2024
i did stem cells years ago. I do have the stem cell brace that really works....
i did stem cells years ago. ... time and now it has come lose after ... 5 years. ... such a poor experience with the first one ... Getting on your knees is painful.
Discussion: Stem cell vs TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 3, 2020
Hi everyone it's been awhile since I have been on this site so I will give...
I had my 1st TKR on Jan, 8 2019 which ... had ever seen before out of all the years ... After some months I had arthroscopic ... One thing I am sure of is that I want ... to experiencing so much in the past year
My left knee TKR was 2010. The ROM went to 93, due to PT and at...
My left knee TKR was 2010. ... After numerous "2nd opinions&#34 ... Two years later was a reconstruction ... little better, but still stiff and painful ... I do stairs one at a time and walking
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 8, 2019
Thanks for asking and sharing. This is all in hind site but a doctor rationalizing a...
site but a doctor rationalizing a TKR ... every year with manipulations Thrown ... mentioned it I did in my prior post that one ... of the surgeries he performed after ... ideas on here about trying to go to one
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 4, 2019
My injury was covered by workers comp and 5 years after my injury date they canceled...
was covered by workers comp and 5 years ... after my injury date they canceled ... my case after seeing a physiatrist for ... lawyer to reopen my case and since the TKR ... tens unit on it a few nights ago, one
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 26, 2019
Hi, @rtbadleg. I just had a total right knee replacement on 1/21/19, due to post-traumatic osteoarthritis....
I had one in July, 2018, and another ... After years of getting relief from injections ... After wasting years postponing the surgery ... , it was time for a TKR. ... helped, but it didn’t take all the pain
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 16, 2019
@cobweb I had a friend who put up with a serious amount of pain for two...
who put up with a serious amount of pain ... for two years, until she got a second ... No one should have to put with that ... much pain for so long after a TKR.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 28, 2018
@ellerbracke I had a TKR just about a year ago but never had need for any...
@ellerbracke I had a TKR just about ... a year ago but never had need for any ... patient I can only use Tylenol for pain ... prescription for hydrocodone that after ... knee does not flex as well as that one
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 8, 2018
@ellerbracke @gailfaith Gail, your flex is amazing! Were you young when you had the TKR? I...
Were you young when you had the TKR? ... I am at about 120 on one of my knees ... in fact I think I regressed a bit after ... Thankfully though, I do not have any pain ... appointment in October, it will be a year
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 28, 2018
It is $7,000. Sounds expensive but few options. Drilling in hip was not painful. I read...
My TKR was painful and the rehab was ... painful, and now three years later ... and those who have pain after years ... this, I can garden, and get on my one ... TKR knee causes me pain.
Posted: May 19, 2017