Hi everyone. I am at 5 months and two weeks post bi-lateral tkr's. I am in Australia now and have been plodding along slowly getting back to a life without pain and including travel, which is really great BUT my balance is not perfect and also I've developed a small bump in my right knee after I used fixed metal steps to enter a pool, on a recent 6 week holiday, in Asia. I put my total 72.3 kg weight on my right knee and I am not due to see my surgeon for my 6 month check up until September 22. I have recently returned home on September 1.
Has anyone developed any bumps under the scar line? It's not painful, it just looks weird. It could be muscle or fluid I guess. I've found my GP to be pretty hopeless when it comes to my knee and subsequent rehabilitation. I've learnt to be pro active and because my sister is soon to have a similar operation on her left knee I've advised her to use this website as a information and learning resource and to educate herself on what to expect. Any relevant input would be much appreciated.
Intenta masajear el aceite de Vitamina E dos veces al día con los pulgares. Ablanda y cura bastante bien. Lo he usado en todas mis 5 rehabilitaciones y aunque la cicatriz mide casi un pie de largo, está bastante limpia excepto justo en el medio donde está cóncava debido a tanto daño tisular de los tumores originales y las 11 cirugías.
Escucha a tu cuerpo, y no al fisioterapeuta.
Ellos no tienen tu dolor, ni tu tolerancia al dolor.
Me operé el 5 de diciembre de 2015 en la rodilla.
Durante mi primera clase conjunta (fisioterapia) en la escuela, fui instruido mal y me presionaron demasiado en la prensa de piernas, lo que llevó a una cirugía mayor.
Ahora me estoy recuperando después de una ART el 24 de agosto de 2016, y escucharé a mi cuerpo en primer lugar y ante todo.
Lyn, a friend of mine had something like this show up on her knee. She was told it was where they tied off the internal stitches. And that it may still disolve. I remeber seeing it and thinking it did look odd, but like you, she had no pain. Our bodies just do the darndest things, don't they?
-Mo
He tenido puntos internos que han salido a la superficie semanas después de la cirugía. La última vez que sucedió, el cirujano pasó tiempo extra para extraerlos. Dada mi historia de estafilococo, no quería dejar nada al azar. Luego me recetó clindamicina 300 mg tres veces al día durante un par de semanas. Eso no es necesariamente el medicamento de elección, pero es el que debo tomar debido a una reacción alérgica a cierta familia de medicamentos. No puedo tomar nada del grupo de las sulfamidas.
Hi Lyn
I would massage twice daily with Bio Oil or equivalent
I had scar tissue too and this helped me
Regards
Christine
TKR Nov 2014
Thank you all very much for your replies. I massaged the area today and it appears the "bump" might be reducing in size. It is so easy to be worried and get a bit too concerned during recovery from a tkr. Thanks again folks. x
Interesting. Yes, I had two pieces of stitches work their way out too. But this is what my friend just told me the doctor said about her bump (she's in the USA). But she didn't say that it was a stitch, just the location where it was tied off. So I'm not really sure what that means. I wasn't going to argue with her.
An update to my original post.... I have an effusion. My MD has ordered blood tests and says it showed up on a XRay, I requested. Thanks OFG for suggesting that Xray in a response to someone on this website. I am taking Celebrex and it seems to reduce the swelling. My left knee is healing so well and is awesome. My right which was my "best" knee is not great. The TKR recovery process is sooo slow but I am being patient. At nearly 6 months post op on two knees done together, I guess that is all I can do. Thanks for input.