Knee replaced 6 yrs ago have trouble with balance
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I had my left knee replaced 6 yrs. ago since then I have developed an problem with infrequent balance and tend to fall on occasion and land on this knee The problem I am having now is with the knee tends to buckle when I turn to quickly or get of balance. This the second time it has happened in the past 2 years. In October 2016 I had vascular surgery on my left leg, four 90% blockages in artery use balloon, and surgery on right leg 100% blockage in artery, did a complete artery bypass. every thing went well until I had 3 episodes of GOUT. Now I walk with a cane when I can walk. the calves tighten in about 10 minutes and the thigh tighten in about 20 minutes and the tendon in my left leg gets very tight. Could all of the be caused by uric acid ? Thanks for your answer.
?Mokey1
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kathy124 MOKEY1
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I'm not sure about the uric acid part of your question. But I also would have my knee buckle when I turned quickly. I ended up with a completely torn collateral ligament on the inside (right side) of the right knee (as apposed to the outside, left side). It took a whole year for me to educate the doctors that this has happened. They didnt believe me cause none of their stupid tests was finding this out cause I had too much metal in my leg/knee for the tests to see it. So they finally did a replacement and found all the marks on the current knee replacement of the knee twisting in place. (all the wear marks) Then they finally fixed the ligament. Stupid doctor before didn't look at my ligament when he replaced the knee and I was walking with a torn ligament for a year. Make sure if you are feeling twisting that you don't let that go. That's what made me have to have another knee replacement. If they would have checked earlier when I was complaining they could have just fixed the ligament before the damages were happening to my knee. I'm so sorry for your pain and suffering you're going through. Ugh!!