Im sooo happy that ive had both of my knees replaced 1 yr. Apart ...they were both bone on bone but now after my 6 wk check up ...dealing with just constant achy leg above and under knee ...like a constant toothache.its is keeping me up in evening and my back bothers me more than my after tkr. now...really just want a break from pain...can anyone relate to me or am I just a strange duck.56 yrs old expect some aches but this is nuts.
You are brave to have the other knee done! I'm 54 and almost 4 weeks out from a TKR-doing great as far as ROM (130/0) but the pain is wearing me out. It's not that HORRIFIC pain that I had the first week, but,as you said, a constant pain.
I'm on Percocet 5/325, 1 every 6 hours. Sometimes 2 in the evening and still waking up around 4 a.m. in bad pain.
What pain meds are you using?
I have arthritis in my back, shoulders, fingers, ankles and hips. BEFORE my two TKR surgeries in 2015, my knees hurt SO BAD that any pain in any other body part or parts was MINIMAL in comparison. Once my knees no longer hurt, everything ELSE started hurting! I actually think that for me it was just NOTICING those pains because my knees weren't driving me crazy with pain anymore!
Maybe this is true for you, too!
I find Ibuprofen and IcyHot roll-on both are extremely helpful when my lower back starts up.
Heat helps my fingers, hips, shoulders, and ankles. I wrap up in my afghan OR I get out my heating pads.
Opioids make me LOOPY. Tramadol makes me very, very nauseated. Meloxicam gave me a stomach ulcer after three years of use prior to my surgeries. It can be a slippery slope controlling pain with medications, and everyone reacts differently to them.
Wishing you much success as you continue to recover!💟
M
I had both my knees done the same day same surgeon I am 8 months post op and i wait tables 6 shifts a week.I went back to work 3months after surgery part time ,then full time after 4 months . I still have aches and stiffness, and swelling. But I think the most important thing is sleep . I stopped take my pain meds after 2 months but i took an over the counter sleep aid (no pain med added) it made a huge difference in my recovery. Hope th I helps . Keep the faith. 
I have the utmost respect for anyone doing both knees at the same time.
I know that's right. It will take a toothache and earache pain together to get me to agree to the other knee.
Well actually since my 6wk.checkup follow up ive been reduced to tramadol every 8 yrs as needed and an antiinflamitory 2 × a day and ice .thats it. Ive had a few harder days getting off of hydrocodone but the drs. dont like you depending on it after a few months. Ugggg...im sure everyone on this forum have had there fill of pain as well.
Yes I agree with you always something else to overcome pain wise.actually am doing some of what youve said ...using a heating pad as we speak .blessings over you hope you too get some better days ahead and thank you for info.
Thank you tana...one thing i havent tried yet..may concider that. Hope you do well and have a good future ahead ..pain free.♡
Thanks Susan
Most people said I was crazy but i knew I would never do it twice. All I can swear by is sleep and rest. I just add a hypnosis tape for deep sleep on my phone and it works wonders. Sleep, let me rephrase that healing sleep is the best thing for our recovery. Peace Out .
Thanks so much!😊
I'm doing well and am very grateful that I AT LEAST don't have KNEE PAIN anymore!🙌😊😁🙌
Yes agree...funny how we as people so easily take good health for granted.I feel very blessed that I was finally able to get the surgerys to hopefully give me some kind of normalness again.Think of many people that dont have that opportunity. Happy walking♡♡
Thanks for the good wishes!
It sure IS nice being able to get my life back again!
Being able to dance at our son's wedding several weeks ago and enjoying playing with our very active CRAWLING granddaughter without having to sit down all the time...priceless!😊
I feel younger, more able, more confident.
Wishing you all the best!😊
Oh, Cheryl, I'm not the only one! Some days I don't think too much about knees because my wrists, hands, ankles, neck, back are worse. I had a diverticulitis flare a couple weeks ago. It was the best I felt -otherwise- in quite awhile. You are right - our body's seem to take turns at being pain front and center. I find Bio Freeze and arnica gel helpful too. Best to all.
Oooooooooo! A couple friends of ours have Diverticulitis! It is an awful disease! So sorry you have THAT to deal with as well as the pain from arthritis!
I hope you will be feeling better very soon!💟
I really feel for you. I too have back and hip pain and rheumatoid arhtritis but the back and hip are since the tkr. I don't know why. I just generally feel rough all the time and it's been 6 months since the op. I need to do the other knee but don't feel physically or mentally ready yet.
Oh gosh....if your not feeling ok would definately hold off on other knee..Its aweful having to figure out which pain hurts worse.I had both my knees bone on bone so just picked the one that seemed the worst.then after a year recovery had other one done.if I felt stronger after the first one may have done it sooner but recovery is pretty lenghty.uggg now dealing with more back pain than knee ...guessing been compensating so long my back is out of wack...looking forward to some no pain or atleast faint pain days.Hope you are able to get strong so you can get other knee done.Had therapy and had my back put in tracktion to help ,so i could strenghten muscles in leg before surgery.It helps with recovery time.sure hope we all can look back and say were on the ither side of recovery and feeling alot better.wish you well.
It's all good. Took the antibiotics and easy on the diet. Pretty much back to normal and the usual aches and pains.
Hi Michael I so hear you .. I had mine 11mths apart and am 3wks post op with the 2nd one... and the pain is unbearable with this one I thought the first one was painful but nothing like this one. I'm suffering with unbearable pain virtually 24/7 and my lower back is killing me... my back is so sore that I'm having trouble just placing ice on my knee 
I'm also 56 and yes it's nuts!!!
I'm currently taking 55mg oxycontin twice daily and 5 endones daily 2 x 2 and 1 x1 .. taking 1 is actually pointless I'm also taking 2 panadol osteo with them. When I take 2 they do help a bit and give me enough relief sometimes to get a nap... I've started sleeping with a wedge so my legs are slightly raised and I have found for the few nights that I've been doing that .. that has given me a bit of relief too but not really enough to sleep
Can't wear shoes as my foot is too swollen so have to wear a pair of thongs (flipflops) that have stretchy straps so they stretch with my foot.
I'm so glad that my first one wasn't this bad .. I still would've had the 2nd one as I needed it done (was run over by a truck that stuffed both of them) but I would've been absolutely scared stiff about having it done again.
Take care... Tracey
Oh wow tracy...feel horrible that youve had that happen to you.Ive been going to therapy in hopes they can give me some insight...feel like sometimes we have to do proccesss of elimanation. Nerves are in rage everywhere in our bodies due to this procedure.I took a trash can size of my leg and filled it with warm water and epsom salt and set my legs into it to soak...then I put my compression socks back on ugggg...it did seem to feel comforting for a while but now its morning time and im sure by night ..ill be back to trying somethi g else for relief.i hope that with all of us on here(Forum)we will find our one day pain free day...best off luck to you.♡