Hi everyone just wondering if anyone has same problem. I am 7 week post op and doing well upto now BUT I had bakers cysts before op and it is still there and interfering with bending of knee. It makes my calf very tight and although knee is obviously preventing knee bend ( it's 102 at moment) the cyst is holding it back too. I was hoping the cyst would have gone with the new knee op Has anyone else had similar experience. Linda x
Yes Linda I had exactly the same thing. Mine disappeared at around nine weeks. Don't fret though, they can hang around for months. Good luck
Thanks Sue Its good to know it's likely to go I'm do eager to get back into the swing of things x.
Hi Linda, my tkr was 5 mths ago, when they drained a large Baker's cyst. It came back within a couple of weeks, smaller but very hard, which really got in the way. I was told if or when it dissolved of it's own accord I would feel a lot of pain down my calf. It's gradually disappeared over the past month, with no pain!
Best of luck, and don't be too hard on yourself.
Denise from Oz
Aw thanks. I hope mine goes soon ! I'm sure it's that which is stooping me straightening and bending knee fully as my calf goes so tight , I feel it's that holding me back rather than my knee at moment. Don't you just wish you could wave a magic wand !
Magic wand, genie in a bottle, a nose that twitches - I'm with you, Linda. It's a shame we mere mortals have to make do with ice packs, hard work & clenched teeth.