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Bones, joints and muscles
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Hi, I'm new to the forum.  I'm now 5 weeks post op and have found answers on the forum very helpful.  Just something I would like to know - after exercising (which I seem obsessed with) I feel like I can feel my knee cap. Does anyone else feel that? Also after 5 weeks does anyone else feel like they have a tight band over their operated knee?

😄 Jackie

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Yes....(re the tight band)....I think we've all had that issue....it's like someone has wrapped it in a tight dressing, and this obviously restricts the movement of it.

Mine still feels that way....After 10+ months....

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Yes to both, Clarkey. Welcome to the forum. Lots of good support here and lots of similarities. I'm 15 wks and the band seems to be dissipating some now. 

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Thank you both. I'm glad that I've joined!

Also, when did you stop wearing compression stockings? I've just stopped wearing mine because they were driving me mad! 

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Yes you do get that.   Font get too obsessed with exercise as rest is more important in the early stages.   You will get there in the end.

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Thank you! It's good to know that other people know exactly what I'm talking about. I think because my consultant stressed about the need to exercise I'm become worried that I'm not doing enough. I even do them when I wake up in the night!

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lI am 4 weeks post op and my knee feels perminently tight.  I exercise as much as I can, but there are times when I can't. Don't feel I'm progressing as much as I should be, but I suppose early days xx

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You may well have a patella and a posterior cruciate ligament. Not all surgeons remove them as they add stability. 

The tight elastic band is normal and goes off after  while

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I am really fed up with the stockings, especially in the night. I have had them 4 weeks Now but apparently have to stay on for 6. Feel I would be much better without them...xx

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I endured mine for the full six weeks....I hated them with a passion....

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Hi Jackie

Absolutely. It feels like a tight piece of elastic as been thresded in somehow. I feel that is what holds me back and the most annoying thing is, you excercise, go through the pain barrier (joke) get nice and loose and then 10 minutes later, it is tight again.

Everyone I have asked (doctors, physios) say it is normal.

I hate it!

 

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Thank you. At least I know that this is something that is fairly normal. It's a little worrying sometimes as I don't think that everything is always explained in full.

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i know exactly how you feel. I don't feel like I'm progressing at all but my husband suggested keeping a diary, which I started once I left hospital and I've been writing down every new stage that I achieve, it does help for a while but then I wonder whether I should be able to do more. I'm constantly wondering whether the op was worth it!

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you persevered longer than me! I gave up after 5 weeks! I now feel like I've been released from prison!!!

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Yes, I remember the tight band feeling....  My physio guy worked with it and released it some....and the rest just gradually disappeared and it feels normal. I used to described it like a tight elastic.

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I kept an online blog detailing how I was feeling and what I could and couldn't do following my operation.....I'll send you the link via PM, if you want to read it...

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Hi Elizabeth,

that at is exactly what it's like.  It's so frustrating because I feel like I'm not getting anywhere when I know I'm doing all ther exercises theatre I've been given, I've even added i few that I got from another website!

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well it sounds like it is a pretty common thing so hopefully it will gradually disappear as well.  Thank your for your comments - makes me feel better knowing that its not just me 😉 xx

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That would be helpful .... thank you!

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I've sent you the link...Hope you've got stamina...hahaha