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I've had a TKR on both knees, 3 months apart. Is it normal for them to be so different?

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Chrisb1969
Chrisb1969

I had a TKR on my right knee 4/17/17. It seems like I bounced back fairly well. They did the left knee 7/20/17. I'm in more pain with this one. It seems like I can not do as much as quick as I did with the right knee. Is this normal? I'm still in a lot of pain at night and seem to be going through a depression. PT. Seems to be hurting worse than the other knee did. Has anyone else had these issues?

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    Update...had Ortho appointment yesterday and he said things are going normal for 5 weeks after surgery. The pain and swelling are normal. Also he said it's common to have one more painful than the other when you have both surgeries that close together. Have more PT to do and hopefully it will help with the pain. 

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