How Do I Know

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i had a hip replacement 4 years ago and it has been bril..

The question is how do I know when is it yime to get my knee replaced? I have pain in it and cannot ski anymore I have to have a pillow between my knees to sleep walking up and down hills is a no no and as I live in the french Alps its a bit dificult.

Can you also tell me how long it takes to get back to normal, the hip rep,acement was a dodle.  Thank you all

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  • Posted

    To be honest I thought skiing was a no no after hip/knee replacement, maybe different in your country of course.

    • Posted

      No i was skiing within 4 months, my friend has had two and skis and our sk instructor has had knee snd hip replacrment. So no its fine.  There are lots of people that ski with them no problems. But m knee is playng up and after skiing its like mush so need something doing.
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    This is a difficult question and it is really up to you.

    I had TKR nearly 5 years ago.

    I  reckon it ws nearly a year before I really began to feel the benefit.

    The only thing I can't do now is to kneel right back on my haunches. I was told before I had TKR that I would not be able to do that.

    Hope your TKR is as successful as mine.

    Take care and keep in touch

    Sarah

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    Everyone agrees the hip replacement is a walk in the park compared with a knee replacement.  Getting back to normal is enormously different for different people. . but most people will agree that the first six weeks after the operation are pretty horrible, and that from then on progress is slow but usually sustained.  However, it will depend a lot on the previous condition of your knee, muscle tone, and perseverance with the exercises etc.  If you knee is stopping you from doing what you want, is causing you almost constant pain, then perhaps it's time to think about replacement (if you have already tried the altrnatives, like injections, arthroscopic intervention, phsyiotherapy) I wouldn't rush into it before you have explored other possibilities. Neither should you shy away from it for too long out of worries about the post operative process . . . and remember, on this forum there are a lot of us who didn't have an easy recovery.  there are some (not too many I fear) who sail through it with ease.  However, I think it will nearly always be worse than a hip replacement.

     

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    Hi Lynn... I would have an Xray. Or CT scan. Either/or will hopefully show the doc how damaged the knee is. I put my double knee replacements off for 7 years. It's taken at least 10 months for me to feel human again after bilaterals in March 2016.   If you have strong quads and a good strong athletic, lean body you might feel good at 6 months. I'm 64 now and fit and healthy, travel 4 times a year for 6-10 weeks. There is life after knee replacements. 

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    - Step 1: Get to an orthopedist and have the imaging studies done.

    - Step 2: Listen to your orthopedist.  If you're lucky, he can scope the knee and/or get you some SynVisc shots.  These can put off a TKR for a decade or more...again, if you're lucky.

    - Step 3: If you're not so lucky, the doc will tell you that your only option is a TKR.  You don't want to hear him say that...you really, really don't...

    I've had both a hip replacement and a TKR.  If you think the hip recovery has prepared you for a TKR, there's only one word to describe your mental state: DELUSIONAL!!!

    Absolutely NOTHING prepares you for the pain. the immense pain, and the recovery time (a good year) that comes with a TKR.  After hospital and a rehab joint for my hip replacement, I started my own rehab SIX days a week, FIVE hours a day in the gym and therapy pool.  Back to work in SIX weeks...no walking aids, mo meds, no pain, no nuttin'...like it never happened.

    Then there's the TKR...

    https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-tkr-experience-or-wish-i-had-another-kidney-stone--524499

    If you think you're ready for this or that it's "just another operation", you need to step back, take a deep breath and reconsider your thinking process.  If you still want to go blindly into a TKR, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I'd like to sell you...

    PS: Skiing after a TKR is not even a possibility, like the rest of this list...

    https://patient.info/forums/discuss/do-s-and-don-ts-after-a-tkr-a-typical-list-541794

    I played hockey for 45 years.  After the hip, that avocation came to a screeching halt....the difference between the hip lasting 3 or 25 years.  SAME THING WITH THE TKR.  Continue those activities at your own peril.

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