Post TKR In pain...need advice now!
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I am 7 weeks post TKR. Until 2 days ago Recovery was going well. I started getting sharp pain in k we and had to use walker to go anywhere. Couldn’t put weight on it. Called dr and have appt in 2 days.
BUT30 min ago I started experiencing severe sharp pain in knee. Can’t walk with walker, can’t straighten it out while on bed. If I move it at all I get extreme pain...worse than in hospital.
Tender to touch, hot, it not swollen.
Anyone else? Please post if you have any thoughts or advice. I’m really hurting bad and it is scaring me. BTW, this is my second TKR and I never experienced this with the other knee.
Cathy
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cathyhignite
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CHICO_MARX cathyhignite
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Take your meds, stay off the knee, ice and elevate, see the doc in 2 days. Unusual to see that happen 7 weeks post-op. Maybe a shard of scar tissue broke away and is causing the problem...no way to know without the doc doing an x-ray to see what's going on. Let us know what happens...
cathyhignite CHICO_MARX
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CHICO_MARX cathyhignite
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Deep breath. Freaking out is absolutely useless. A huge waste of energy plus a bad place for your head to be. Treat yourself well...you've got two days off...enjoy them. Read a great book, sleep, kill some zombies on XBox...just stay off the knee until you go for your appointment. The doc will figure it out.
Daddio180 cathyhignite
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hopefully you're sitting in the ER reading this post but that's where I would be right now if the pain is that bad good luck I hope you feel better