10 weeks still some concerns.

My surgeon and Physio say that if u don't feel the click it's not in right!!! Lol

From what I can remember (2.5 years ago) it was tender for months! I always say "I know I have it' I'm concious it's in there. Also if I rest my knee to the side it's heavy.

I've never been able to do a full revolution on a bike😩Well done you. 1 st time I tried at Physio I fainted. Then I went down a huge step & fainted and then squatted way to low in a pool and when I got out agony and jet black( bled under the skin) All due to overextension ! That was all in the first few months . After that I never dared try which has come back to bite me I think........ I've had a hip replacement now😱 13 weeks ago ( all good) and one week in did hamstring, tendons, it band, quads, bursa in on my other leg TKR leg. I'm sure it's because I never strengthened it enough and subcontiously favoured my other leg & now compensating for the hip side all this has happened. I've been housebound unable to walk for 12 weeks. Just slowly recovering!

So long winded advice, push it but not too far, take care and strengthen your muscles. Xxxx

My knee is always clicking every time I move, it's getting onn my nerves too !i am also 10 weeks TKR, finding it very stiff every morning upon waking. Have had ex Ray all seems ok tho !!

My knee felt a click in it just for a few weeks, after that it just disappeared

There comes a point in time when we have to realize that this is our body and our concerns. A surgeon is compelled by his Hippocratic Oath as a physician to treat not only the body of a patient, but the mind and spirit as well. They don't pay us for our time to sit and wait in his waiting room. They don't pay us for the time we spend waiting for him to come in the exam room just to give us a brief 4 minutes then disappear. They're the ones getting paid for their services and if we have concerns to address or need advice then they are obligated to provide that to us. I'm a nurse and I'll be damned if I allow a doctor to brush me off if I have questions that need answers. Sometime people put physicians and particularly surgeons up on a pedestal and they are only human, not superhuman. If you have concerns or questions about your recovery then you deserve to be treated with consideration and have your concerns addressed and resolved by your surgeon. Sorry, that sounded like a rant, but I've also falled into that category in the past, afraid to take up too much time with my surgeon and I regretted it. He was arrogant, dismissive and uncaring. I dumped him and got a new surgeon for my other knee, one that cares enough to explain things and to listen to me when I ask questions.

Hi from SF,

I am 7 1/2 weeks out from a PKR on my right knee.  I too experience alot of stiffness all the time which works itself out once moving.  It just happens when I am in a fixed postition for any length of time.  I too have wondered if this will ever go away. My PT also said to expect changes with the weather.  Right now it is cold and rainy which can assist in bringing on these symtoms.  Then I am told in the warmer months that will change. 

I too am driving,. faithfully doing my PT exercises and walking.  I went back to wearing my FitBit and my goal is to work toward the Weight Watchers plan of 10,000 steps a day.  So far my biggest day was 8k steps.  I just push a little more everyday.

The only time I have heard clicking is when my PT but me on the stationary bike and I for the first time did slow full rotations.  Oddly enough, I felt a clicking on the outside of my knee where the IT band is located.  He told me that the more I strengthen my quads and hamstrings it will go away.  They were also doing really painful deep tissue massage on that area along with the electrical current therapy.

This is all so new and such a process.  I think many of us after going through all this tend to get somewhat nervous when something like the clicking pops up. I know that I don't want anything to interfer or go wrong so I am hypervigilent.

It just keeps getting better

HI,  I was doing all the things you are at the 10 week mark too, though I was walking w/o a cane.  I am 9 months from a TKR, left knee. I have a small tender spot on the outside of my knee, around the knee cap. The nerves are cut when they do the TKR and they are the last to repair. I had a click in my knee for several months and my surgeon said it could go away but it could also be permanent...thank goodness it finally went away.  My knee gets stiff if I sit too long in one position but goes away after I move around a bit. This is also all normal. They weren't kidding when they said it would take a GOOD year to get back to 'normal', whatever that is...  I still massage my knee with oil and it helps quite a lot. We're all different and heal differently but for the most part we all get through this ordeal and back to living.

Hi John

I think we spoke before a couple of weeks back.  We are both at the same stage and same age. I still have a lot of pain but not as much as at the beginning. Still don't sleep well and extremely stiff and sore in the morning or if I sit in the one spot for any length of time. I have weaned myself off most of the really strong painkillers but still use the lighter ones to function.  I ice it at least 5 times a day.  I can walk well and do not use an aid, but am so disappointed in how long recovery is taking.