My OTHER Leg is My "BAD LEG"!

Hi Cheryl, I was in very similar situation as yourself, 13 week ago I had one knee done pkr , I didn't no untill they went in if it would be full or part, really annoying, then was hoping to get second one done( , again , not knowing if it was to be full or half, ) by the end of July, which would have given the first one 12weeks to get as good as it could, but mean while the one waiting was getting soooo bad, and holding back the new one, pluss I ended up with an appointment at the end of September , well I new I would never make it that far, I was in agony all ready as I'd been working really hard to get the new one as strong as possible, so it could manage to cope with the long haule with the next one, 😟so I started badgering I guess you could call it, I call it panicking, and after a lot of panicing I managed to get an appointment ,( cancelation ) for 2 weeks latter, brilliant.so my first one had had eleven weeks to recover, and I worked it really hard. I had the second one done, which  thank god was a pkr again, I'm now nearly 2 weeks post op, the stay in a private hospital, but me an NHS patient , was horrendous , I've posted on here about that, should you want to look. And when I came home after 2 nights I felt awfull, I also has a bladder infection , I was very low, . But now I'm much stronger, all the work I had put in, has defernatly paid off. Second knee coming on a lot faster than first did. I new there was no way my legs , either of them would have managed a long wait, and I'm really pleased I pushed to get them done sooner. Best of luck hope this helps.😀I'm 54 by the way.

I went through that but found that as my left leg got stronger the pain in my right leg is better. I did all my exercises with both legs. I only get twinges on right now and even though I know and feel it's bone on bone it is nowhere near as painful. Hopefully you will follow this pattern. I am not having my right one done as planned I am waiting now until pain kicks in. I have notices that muscle strengthening and weight loss have really helped both legs. Use your crutch temporarily to take pressure off the other leg Good luck you are not alone.

Would a brace of some kind help the (good =bad) knee in the short term? Just as extra support...I am wearing one on the operated knee for stair adventures as the quad continues to be weak. Just gives me some peace of mind that I won't go down on my head. I think all of you going for the second one are very brave souls. I have to say at this point I would not have had the first one done if I knew then what I know now.

are you putting a lot more weight on your right foot to protect your left because that happaned to me, try and keep your weight even on each leg. good luck.