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i am just over 3 week TKR was doing well pain managed ok all exercises then i started with pain in knee and swelling can not do exercises well due to awelling and pain my foot is 2 x as big as previously all bruising i had has now gone so was hoping to see inprovement but i feel worse lower back pain too
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jean02698 andre45096
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Dont panic you are only at 3 weeks. Your lower back pain will be because your gait is off to accomodate you new knee. Your foot may be swollen as a result of your leg being straightened during your TKR. My first TKR my foot was swollen and bruised from straightening my leg. Keep icing and elevating your leg above your heart and do your best with your exercises. its important to keep exercising. A TKR is a year long journey and it does get better and easier.
CHICO_MARX andre45096
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You are 3 weeks into a typically 52 week recovery. The first 12 weeks are usually the worst because there's a lot of swelling and pain. Take your meds ON SCHEDULE, ice and elevate. Do your PT plus extra work at home...
ROM at Home
I started at -14 / +84; took me 12 weeks to get to -1 / +123. Advances, setbacks and plateaus are all very common. This is NOT a linear recovery!!! Once you are doing better, you start...
Muscle Rebuild
This is absolutely mandatory. You need to take the load off the knee and put it back on the surrounding muscles where it belongs. Failure to do so will leave you in constant pain. There will also likely be pain in other parts of your body...
Other Pain After a TKR
All so very common. I got a case of sciatica at 5 weeks that my chiropractor helped me get rid of. This is a long, slow recovery. You can even see the remnants of the swelling at one year as well as some residual stiffness and noises. Everything is pretty much over by 18 months for the vast majority of people, Time, work and patience are your tools. Get all expectations and timetables out of your head...everyone is different.
andre45096 CHICO_MARX
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Thanks it helps knowing its all normal although the thought of more weeks of pain makes dread the coming weeks im finding during day im better and have less pain and can walk good distance now without pain its the exercises well just bending my knee really ànd can not sleep longer than 3 hours at a time due to pain Hopefully i get better everyday im trying to stay positive
john50984 andre45096
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im 5 weeks in and got my bend 115 and 10 degrees off straight , my knee still swells especially after exercise , i never thought it would be like this , pain and the amount of time it will take to mend , i thought 6 weeks and i would be walking around normally and back at work , im self employed joiner so i need to work ive already had too much time off , keep icing your knee and do exercices ,and try to stay positive because ive never been down like this , wouldnt think a operation could make you feel so vunrable but people keep telling me it will be worth it in the long run , trouble is now other knee is playing up
andre45096 john50984
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i like you think i expected to be more mobile quicker so its frustrating despite pain relief night pain remains a big issue i get about 3 hours sleep at a time people dont understand they say things like stay awake during the say then u sleep its not that i cannot sleep the pain wakes me i take more oramorph go back to sleep 3 hours later pain wakes me almost all night i triedsleeping in a different bed different posistion pillows nothing helps i expected 4 week down lineto be sleeping betfer
laura89349 andre45096
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Hi Andrea
give yourself time! im 14 weeks in and just this past week
my leg started feeling a little better! i had to get a nerve block last week! oh my God that hurt so much! but i must say my knee feels a little better! at night its still bad maybe an 7 or 8 during the day not to bad! try to do some excercises otherwise you knee will stiffen up!! are you still in pain meds? keep taking them! your knee has got a lot of healing ti do!! im supposed to do my other knee too! but u dont think im going through this again!! the hip replacemnt was nothing compared to this! wishing you luck! it will get better its just going to take some time!! sincerely Laura
andre45096 laura89349
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Yes i take lots of pain and constipation medication
im on pregabalin ibruofen ccodeine paracetamol and oramorph and still get pain at times usually at night I walk a good distance every day outside and potter about the house i try to exercise but knee bemding is a killer i scream in pain i can lift my leg no problem and my ankle andtoes move ok i jist have to continue to persevere seems to be the norm to take at least 8 weeks
john50984 andre45096
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im 6 and half weeks now got 120 bend cant straighten it , nearly, tried walking on it with no sticks but still weak got physio tommorow see if i can ride my bike , it is a long job and like you my other knee is same so its tough when my left knee is painful and getting worse because im relying on that more , i need to work that is something people dont get , im 50 and git no family to turn too got help and everyone telling me dont rush back , who is going to pay my bills so it just gets me so down , ive always been a positive person but the last 2 years with my knees its been hard , i always walked the dogs , go away for weekends , holidays do stuff for my daughters but when you struggle to walk for ten minutes , and ive even cut short holidays because i cant do what i could 5 years ago , and i hate to think it but slight recentment creeps in from others , ive been with misses 27 years and got 2 daughters and over the last 3 years things have changed cant do what i did and that makes me feel crap , cant earn what i did so everything falls on all around and im sick of seeing what everyone is doing , fitst time ever we have no holidays or anything in place because of my knees and money , its mad all because of knees my life has being turned upside down , i used to play snooker , and captain of our bowling team but now i dont even go out because ive lost interest in mist things but like everyone keeps telling me over and over again things will get better cheers
andre45096 john50984
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I feel your pain and anxiety i have lots of people telling me it does get better takes minimum of 3 months and up to a year i feel im going backwards in a lot of ways Im lucky i no mortgage or rent or young kids and both my husband amd i both work parttime previously so financially not so much of a strain but i jist want to be able to have an ordinaary life im 60 this year and was hoping to enjoy life but so far not sure i be painfree again Hopefully everyone is right and 4 wedks is early days and i get there
jean02698 andre45096
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John ....Ive read your comments twice and can feel your stress. You are young at 50 to have a TKR.I understand that its hard when you are in the moment and cant see the finish line especially as you are the family bread winner. Can you get any disability claim while you are off? Your knee will get better.