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carolyn58433
carolyn58433

I had my partial knee replacement six months ago and my leg and knee have been swelling and hurting on and off ever since.  I saw my ortho MD on several occasions, went to my primlary MD who sent me for Bp of legg, had CT scan went to neurologist, etc.  Finally, after standing one day at work and not being able to walk, I went to the walk-in ortho clinic and the Physician Assistant looked at my x-ray and said there was foreign debrie in it.  I finally got hold of ortho doctor who looked at the xray and said yea there's a peace of cement broken off that might be scraping a nerve and causing pain.  The last six months he has made me feel like I was drug seeking.  He would not give me any pain meds before or since, said take Tylenol and motrin.  I have kidney disease and am not suppose to take a lot of motrin but it is the only thing that calms the pain.  This is not pain every day but when it happens its like no other pain I've ever had - feels like my knee cap is rotating and can't put weight on that foot.  MD said I could get knee scoped to remove cement or do nothing - NOTHING!!!!!  NOTHING!!!!  I am 67 years old, is it because doctors just don't care about us at a certain age or does he deny my pain.  So frustrated with this MD that I like.

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  • kathylake
    kathylake carolyn58433

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    Pain is no joke and you have been treated badly. Can the floating cement be removed? My surgeon also refused to continue pain killers even though I was still in significant pain, but he referred me to a pain specialist. Have you considered a pain specialist? If you are in US there is such concern that pain meds lead to addiction so me docs are running scared.
    • carolyn58433
      carolyn58433 kathylake

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      He said I could have it scoped to remove or - get this - do nothing.  Nothing!!!!!  I understanding about the meds leading to addiction.  If doctors hadn't given them out so easily in the beginning, people who really need them wouldn't need to suffer.

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