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how do you go though every day ?? should i try to stretch my legs bend them ???????what did you do ??? my tkr is in jan and i am struggling ??? how bad did you feel i read about after tkr but never before what im going through right now feels exactally l ike after tkr ????am i making any sense my question is how do you exist before tkr when you have to wait i take norco and lyica help
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Rainlover Eimmarg
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Sorry for being Rude, but your English is so poor that I have no Idea what you are saying.
EileenH Rainlover
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I get what they are saying: they are scheduled for a tkr (total knee replacement) in January and are wondering what they should be doing as exercise in the meantime and what other people feel like. It is easy to find "how I felt after the tkr op" but there's nothing about before ...
Eimmarg Rainlover
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sorry for poor english its my spelling to but basically i was just saying help im in pain with pmr and bad knees and you were not being rude i know i could improve
BettyE Eimmarg
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I have to admit I had to Google tkr.
Hips and knees are very different, I know but I have to say that when my hip was at its worst only soft cushions and warm wheat bag offered any respite. The thought of stretching and bending made me cringe. Pain completely gone from day one and I hardly needed the prescribed pain relief. I did do exactly as I was told.
I have a friend who has had both knees replaced and she is delighted with the outcome. She says the considerable pain of the after op exercises is worth it.
Does your doctor not offer any advice? After all you are in a well known painful position and will be for another three or four months. S/he can surely be some help.
Good luck with the op when you get there.
Eimmarg BettyE
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thank you for info i will try the wheat bag
peggy_56092 Eimmarg
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I had steroid shots for my knees. Sometimes I bandaged wrapped my damaged knee that was replaced. Exercise not possible.
Eimmarg peggy_56092
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thank you for caring and sharing i cant do any thing like steroid in my knee before tkr and doc said eceris to make muscle strong ahhhhh the pain as i have pmr toooo take pain pills but not to many as we want them to be effective after tkr and loss weight ahhhhhhhh im trying yesterday i was at a 10 level pain all day but i never give up i manage wash folding dinner and bed lol
robin11917 Eimmarg
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Hi 7 weeks post TKR and due to have other one done before Christmas.
Walking was out for me but l did exercises that strengthen my leg and thigh muscles. These exercises are non weightbearing. l also walked in a water, in my case the ocean.
The pain increased and l struggled to find anything to ease it as l am allergic to opiates. However diclofenac helped ad did hot and cold wheat bags.
My doctor increased my pred and kept me on the higher dose 2 weeks before surgery to 4 weeks after. Then l started to reduce again.
TKR is very painful and although the knee is not sore the bones in leg and thigh as well as hip are still sore to touch. That will last a while. Now doing as much light exercise as l can ready for second operation.
Hope this is if some help. We all react differently. But once you can walk again you will be better able to deal with PMR.
Good luck
robin11917 Eimmarg
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Hi 7 weeks post TKR and due to have other one done before Christmas.
Walking was out for me but l did exercises that strengthen my leg and thigh muscles. These exercises are non weightbearing. l also walked in a water, in my case the ocean.
The pain increased and l struggled to find anything to ease it as l am allergic to opiates. However diclofenac helped ad did hot and cold wheat bags.
My doctor increased my pred and kept me on the higher dose 2 weeks before surgery to 4 weeks after. Then l started to reduce again.
TKR is very painful and although the knee is not sore the bones in leg and thigh as well as hip are still sore to touch. That will last a while. Now doing as much light exercise as l can ready for second operation.
Hope this is if some help. We all react differently. But once you can walk again you will be better able to deal with PMR.
Good luck
ina0821 Eimmarg
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it is very difficult going through each day. I was diagnosed in May and started on 20 mg of prednisone quickly to be raise to 30 then when things calm down a bit we drop me back down to 20 and I flared up bad. I went on vacation anyway and flared up even worse and was put on 40 mg which helped but did not make me symptom-free. I still feel like it’s difficult to walk because my hips are so stiff and tight, my upper shoulder area and upper arm area feels the same way as my hips and very limited range of motion. I am experiencing a lot of side effects from this dosage of prednisone which makes me feel is sick is the PMR itself. what is TKR?
Eimmarg ina0821
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total knee replacenent
BettyE Eimmarg
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Total Knee Replacement.
I had to look it up too. I should have made the connection having had a THR.