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Knee Replacement Worried

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anne81411
anne81411

Hello All ,

Came on here to get some advice and help on appending knee surgery to replace my knee , but quiet worried now after reading all about your pain and wishing you all never had it done !

Is there any one on here with good words to say about having total knee operation done please .

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  • TheToad
    TheToad anne81411

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    Yes, mine was painful for a while during my time in hospital. I had an epidural and general anaesthetic but I didn't manage the self administered pain relief properly to begin with. The exercises were uncomfortable but the good news is that surgery was 18 years ago and everything is working well. All the best!

  • john07347
    john07347 anne81411

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    I am in the same boat as you Anne.......having my pre op soon and everyone I've met or heard of has said they wish they hadn't had it done, of course if someone says that, the NHS say "you have not played your part in the recovery" I'm seriously thinking of telling them to keep it..........at the end of the day I don't trust the NHS.

    • anne81411
      anne81411 john07347

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      Hello John , Yes its a worry even spoken to a couple of people yesterday and there are in a bad state even after a year on !! more pain than before and there knees are more stiff and harder to use than before , they said if they had herd about the problems that you can get and how many go wrong they would have never had it done .

      people that have had only part of the knees done seem to be better off .

      And like you said The NHS is not in a good place with all thats going on .

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