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6 weeks post double TKR. All’s well except for loud painful popping in joint while sleeping!

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george29264
george29264

This loud popping in my knee joint is enough to wake me (painfully) from a dead sleep at night. No swelling results. My range of motion is 130 and 125. Extended is 4° and 3°. I recumbent bike 30 minutes, stretch for 15 minutes then ice for 30 minutes 3 times a day. My daily walking amounts to 2 miles (+-) each day. Only discomfort in this dislocating pop feeling at night. Anyone else have this?

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  • kelley94988
    kelley94988 george29264

    Posted

    Well I am post LTKR 3 months.  I was bragging lately how great I was doing then BAMM..,,,,, I am laying here icing it with door slamming melt

    Downs- 4 nights of no sleep- up all night.  I walked my 3 mile walk today and everyday this week.  I use a sauna Cyrotherapy everyday.  Thought I was smart and had beat the TKR dragon- and I will but- patience is required.  I keep forgetting that.  Your progress is way way way ahead of schedule.  You may need to SLOW down.  I don’t think you will- I will not but there is the problem.  The truth creeps in at night.  This is an amazing surgery but it is also a very difficult one.  Gotta push thru - show yourself you can work Hard and strong- great!!!!! But- reality is that at night/ let your guard relax and sweet buddy PAIN tries to push in.  At 3 months it will be better.  Again- your results are fantastic!!!!!!!’  I am 0-125 range and fight everyday for that.  It was the pride and bragging that has humbled me but.....,. I am not giving up- sleep or no sleep 💤- pain or not.  I am truly not sure I could have done the double.  Lucky- my right knee is ok.  Hang in there- many many smart people in this forum have amazing knowledge.  Not me- I just want to show the support others showed me in dark days.  

    Wonderful people but Chico Marx and the Ole fat guy/ his words/ could write volumes if you navigate this site and look back at previous posts.  You will beat the pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • george29264
      george29264 kelley94988

      Posted

      Well, Kelley, that, also, about says it for me. I applaud your candor and honesty. I, too, thought I fell into the “outlier’s” realm of recovery this surgery. Honestly, as my lifestyle was deteriorating due to OR, double TKR was a predictable maintainance decision for me. Being impatient with myself and optimistically tenacious, I thought I would power through recovery as usual. Double knee replacement seemed pragmatic with linear healing the deciding factor. I could still hike 10-15 miles in High Sierra terrain the day before surgery. I now know being in fit condition has nothing to do at the cellular level of healing. Last night I had the best sleep since I went off meds 4 weeks ago. I cut all my load bearing (walking-outdoor bicycling) to 10 minute intervals...2 times a day. Icing 4 times a day after each recumbent bike session and or stretching exercises. “Easy Does It” and “First Things First” must be the mantras for this kind of recovery. Thank you.
  • kelley94988
    kelley94988 george29264

    Posted

    Also- my doctor says the popping is normal- part of your knee life- it will get less but- part of it.  Never goes totally away- says the surgeon 👨??? 😀

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