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My tkr journey

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Hi all I'm 42 years young and 8 months post tkr it's been a painfully journey I had a acl Reconstruction wen I was 22 then lots more smaller surgeries after that resulting in coming to a massive discision to have a tkr and it is a big life changing decision but one now I'm glad I made.its not been easy and wen I left hospital after 3 days and wen home the pain was horrendous and that's wen I started to question if I had made the rite call started physio at a local hospital and tbh that was not Wat I expected saw them 3 times then they said go home and carry on with exercises I was still in pain couldn't straighten my leg went to see specialists who straight away booked me in for a mua which again put me back but looking back that was a good decision then I got some terrific physio who stuck with it and got me to were I am now walking riding and currently enjoying a holiday in ibiza it's been very hard but please don't give in each recovery is different so don't judge yours on others keep up physio and the exercises wich I know get yiu down sometimes but are so important especially strengthening of your leg muscles wich is so important for your new knee another thing with me was I went back to work to soon a month after op but with 3 children and a house i really didn't have a choice but defo wouldn't advise that happy at the moment and continuing to doing my rehab so will check back in soon x

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  • ironwoods
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    Jeremy-

    I ca identify a wee bit because my TKR came 2 years after a catstrophic knee injury - a bad fall in which I tore up ACL, PCL and the LCL, and seriously accelerated arthritic decline in that knee.  Being 63 at the time, no surgery was offered.

    Anyway, I am 9 months post TKR and fully viable. No more pain, sometimes sensations and clicking.  Can work in the yard, kneel on that knee no problem take long walks etc. etc. 

    Petty, but I do think the knee shape is ugly, asymetric to the other one and

    I do not think I will ever feel oblivious to it being artificial,  it just does not feel 

    natural.  It  feels strung together.  But the functionality is what counts.

     

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