Hi everyone. haven't been here for a while. It's been 7 months since my TKR and apart from back and other health problems the knee has been doing pretty good. But about a month ago (after the 6 month checkup with the surgeon) the knee has started hurting now and again. Now it really hurts at times and i dare not put weight on. I have been on anti inflammatory tabs for my back but when i cut them down the knee re hurts. I'm really worried, yet a month ago the x ray was fine and the surgeon pleased. I have no fever the knee is not swollen and is no warmer than usual. Could this be normal. is it because i'm using it more now i'm doing all my housework. Anyone any ideas? Otherwise i suppose i will have to see the surgeon again and that will take ages.........Thanks for any input on this
Pam
Hi I'm no expert, but if you have upped your work load and your standing/walking more then the knee will be under more strain, also a bit of a rude question, have you put more weight on, this could also effect it, where about are the pains mostly and is it only on weight bearing or at rest, because you have a bad back it could quite possibly be coming from there and maybe your knee is fine.
It does take a year, sometimes more for the knee to fully heal. Exercising is supposed to bring back full muscle strength. I am 14 weeks out and I am finally seeing a tad more muscle definition but it is not what the other leg's muscles look like and I can tell now, if I walk too much it starts to feel wobbly. Just keep working at it and building up those muscles
your body has its own healing clock keep believe that i am 15 0/0 2nd knee and know whats is coming lol danie61
I have lost 13 kilos since the op and the pain just happens out of the blue
In fact i lost those 13 kilos within a few weeks of the op and wasn't a good thing. The weight just dropped off without me trying and it did worry me. I think i lost a lot of muscle as it all came off so quick
I lost a lot of weight as well the first few months. Like almost 30 pounds. I really wasn't paying attention, a few people said something but I didn't pay much attention. My bend was never good from the beginning. At 8 months my bend is a little over 100. But I keep working at it. Needless to say this is one horrific po if one is not doing well thru rehab. I currently have inner nagging pain, sore and tinglely that goes up the inside of my inner thigh from knee to groin area and then sometimes goes up the back of the thigh. Pain starts from the Tkr knee and goes upward. Some say it's muscular and some say it may be a nerve??? I'm seeing doc next week n then surgeon dec 2. I tell u unless I'm totally and explicitly specific w what is going on with me I seem to get no where w these doctors. Why is it I who has to do the researching as to my symptoms have to do this, why can't they just say lets do this or that test and get to the bottom of it. Well it's taken me a long time to learn, now I'm going into those "professional" doctor offices with my head clearer and demanding results. I'm tired of being in pain and want just some part of my life back. Best of luck to you, I can only say try to stand up for yourself when talking to these docs with questions in hand...
At my 3 month ck up the surgeon said that the average bend is 105-110. The PT guys told me I needed to get to 105 and then the pressure would be off on whether or not the surgeon would feel I needed Manipulation under anesthesia. So I say that because if you are not happy with where you are, maybe you could ask them about them pushing your knee to bend while they have you under. It breaks up scar tissue so you will have more range of motion. Maybe the scar tissue pulling and resisting movement is why your knee hurts.
Oh i really understand you. I too am tired of trying to understand all the things that have happened to my body since the op. Maybe there is no connection with the op i don't know but i wish that doctors would take some care of me. I feel left alone with all these problems. I don't know weather to see a neurologist or a back specialist. I'v just been put on anti depressants because i asked for them because i have been feeling like life just wasn't worth it any more. You know that bad. Of course life is worth it but this op is very heavy stuff and i got so low and tired.
My bend is 120 so i'm alright really there but i have the impression sometimes just recently that the knee has twisted or is just very painful. it doesn't last long but i only started getting this like 7 months after surgery !!!!
I understand, I too finally broke down and asked doc for something to help with my depression. I try to stay up beat, it's hard. Like u just would like some honest answers. I feel like, where did I go, meaning I'm am no longer that person before this surgery, hoping for her to come back 😅. As we have all heard, things could be worse, it's true. Hang in there, best of healing to you, k p
Hi youpicat,
Hmm the body is a complex machine and is affected by outside influences as well as internal. My guess, and I stress guess, it may well be affected by your recent back problem. If it were me I'd seek out a hydro pool, lots of them around, and get a couple of sessions there. The water isn't tap water but more like sea water ( saline) and there fore offers the body more support while under going physio. Try it and see. Worked wonders for my TKR 14months ago.
Best of luck.
Blee.
Hey,
I'm 3 years post from right tkr. I had issues with off and on pain well after a year.
There are still times if I over work or stand for long periods of times, I have mild pain or little swelling.
I hoping now that I am 6 weeks post from left tkr I will be able to enjoy freedom, pain free.
But do expect discomfort up to 2 years.
Hope this helps