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7 months later and I am still in pain

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verna2197
verna2197

well here it is 7 months since my TKR and I still wish I had not had this done. My knee is still very swollen, can’t straighten or bend completely. Still in a lot of pain, hard to walk. Now starting to hear a crunching noise in knee and if you put your hand on my knee you csn feel it. I am very grouchy and depressed by all of this going on. Dr says everything is fine but I know my body everything is not fine, something is wrong.

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  • Rcurry17
    Rcurry17 verna2197

    Posted

    I know it seems like a long time but 7 months is still in the uphill part of this thing. I am at 16 months and still have to work the knee daily to keep it moving. I was in the exact same spot you are. I even had to start pt again at 10 months. To quote my Dr. I was not the best example for stellar TKR recovery but it has greatly improved from my 7 month Point and so will you. Keep up the fight. None of us can turn back now.
  • jenny61596
    jenny61596 verna2197

    Posted

    Sounds like you are right and everything is not fine , have you had mri or anything to check ? I’m also 7 mths post op , my knee was never very swollen and although was painful didn’t ever crunch . Now when I walk no one would pick I have had anything done . It still gets a bit achy and stiff and some odd feelings now and then but nothing you have described . Sorry you feel it’s not been worth it , and don’t be fobbed off if it’s that bad still it needs to be checked out . What country are you in? Can you just get an mri or whatever would show it best done easily ?  
  • jerry89301
    jerry89301 verna2197

    Posted

    I know we're you are coming from. I had a total right knee replacement surgery on August 28, 2017. Had a revision surgery on December 1, 2017 To replace the spacers. And on May 4, 2018 I had a right knee total revision replacement surgery still swollen and still in a lot of pain and a lot of poping I never walked with a crutch before now I can't walk without one. I very sorry I ever had mine done. I had my left knee replacement done May 11, 2017 and that one is starting to have pain now.

  • martha08360
    martha08360 verna2197

    Posted

    I am 5 mths out and my knee woke me up last night hurting.  Hurts everyday.  ROM is stuck at 100.  Doc says fine .  All normal!  BS.  !!
  • tricia1954
    tricia1954 verna2197

    Posted

    Hi Verna

    I had a partial knee replacement June 2017 and it is still painful if I walk more than about half an hour. I had the other knee done in March this year and that is still a little bit swollen. In both cases I have excellent ROM I don't know the numbers but would guess both are at 135+ and very straight. However the newer knee is very painful when walking. I have no pain whilst sitting but weight baring is awful. I need to use a walking stick to take some of the weight and also take paracetamol for the pain.

    I believe we are the slow healers. I never thought it would take over a year for the first one to feel normal, having been told it would get better in three to six months. After new x-rays on both knees last week apparently they are in the right place and can take up to 2 years to be pain free!!!! Not what I was told originally so my expectations have not been met. I do physio at home most days, see a personal trainer at the gym twice a week and walk whenever I can.   Although I am not happy I cannot say I wish I hadn't had it done as being bone on bone I was unable to walk before. I just wish I was one of the lucky ones with a better outcome.

    Bottom line is we cannot dictate the recovery, I have certainly tried! So, I would just continue with whatever exercise you can and time should help.

    My fingers are crossed this mantra will apply to me too.

  • michelle50265
    michelle50265 verna2197

    Posted

    I can relate to what you're saying I'm going on for months same exact thing you're going through I'm tired of the doctors saying everything is okay it's not okay but they try to just pass the buck. They don't realize that what we're going through as far worse than what we went through before the surgery and they don't care they got their money so to hell with you

    • martha08360
      martha08360 michelle50265

      Posted

      Michelle, if I could I would hug your neck.  That's exactly what I say.  The ortho docs have your $55,000, don't want to talk to you again.  they pass the buck to the PT's, and they want to give you excruciating painful exercises to do, or bend your leg back , so that it feels like they are breaking your leg....   I rue the day I had this damn surgery.  I'd rather limp, like I was doing.  At least I could sleep at night.

    • jenny61596
      jenny61596 martha08360

      Posted

      Don’t let physios force your knee , it just makes it more painful and swollen , I didn’t force mine at all , went about 3 times to physio and he did very little because of my high pain levels . I just did bending and stretching myself and at 7 mths it’s still stiff but can’t say pain has woken me since about 10 wks . All the people on here who seem to be battling are doing lots of physio , I can get enough bend and my leg has been straight since since start . Some days at beginning it wouldn’t others it would . I probably have about 130 maybe more , still if I’ve walked a bit it may not because of swelling but then next day is okay . I actually had little swelling but then I never allowed anyone to force it . 
    • michelle50265
      michelle50265 martha08360

      Posted

      I am worse now than I was before but that's normal so they say hugs back to you too

    • jenny61596
      jenny61596 michelle50265

      Posted

      I don’t think it’s normal to be worse now, each month should be getting better 
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