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3 knee surgeries in 11 months

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tracy96326
tracy96326

Hi! In March of 2017 I had a TKR on rt knee. Due to excessive pain and swelling I then had arthroscopy in November to remove scar tissue but found little relief. Finally in February My leg was opened all the way up again, all plastic was removed so Doc could get all the way into back of knee to remove massive build-up of scar tissue he couldn't reach or see with arthroscopy and he did a poly exchange, tendon release during that last surgery too.

I am now 8 weeks out from last surgery, and while better than It has been in last year, I am still having heat, swelling, weakness/discomfort on stairs, stiffness after any rest period. Still icing snd elevating every day as ordered! My bakers cyst at back of knee (started about 2 wks after first surgery) us still there as well.

I guess my question is how long should I expect this last recovery period to last before I reach some level of permanent leveling off of heat, swelling, pain on activity.

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  • nwf477
    nwf477 tracy96326

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    The more surgeries you have the longer the recovery time. You sound like me  when my knee first started acting up I had a torn meniscus within 9 months I had 2 more following .As far as time I was told once you reach the year mark you will continue to get better after the year mark will pretty much be your baseline. Now of course it subject to change everyone is different.
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