Tkr

Yes it's very uncomfortable to sit after only 3 weeks. You don't know whether to sit .lay down. Walk around. It will get easier as time goes on. Be patient

Yes! 2 months after my L.TKR, it was still very uncomfortable riding in a car for an hour or more. Hard to get my knee in a good position. Since I was the passenger in the front seat, I put the seat in recline and stretched out....that helped.

Yes...I am 4 wks post op & find it agony! It's really difficult to keep them down & I feel every bump & bend. I have tried taking a pillow & putting it under my leg but it's still very painful. Have an unavoidably long journey on the weekend so intend taking my full quota of painkillers including Oramorph just before we leave. Plus may sit with my legs up on back seat.

Hi Linda I'm in week 5 and I put 2 pillows under my feet and put the seat as low as u can and it's more comfortable but having said that I can't sit for longer than a half hour and then it gets uncomfortable

@ 3 weeks you shouldn't be doing that anyway. You should be elevating. Sitting with your legs down is like trying to walk a half mile....its very unwise. When you bend and hold like that you are cutting off circulation and that is slowing the healing. I know there's time when shoe trips cant be avoided but lea e it to that for a few more weeks.

@ 3 weeks you shouldn't be doing that anyway. You should be elevating. Sitting with your legs down is like trying to walk a half mile....its very unwise. When you bend and hold like that you are cutting off circulation and that is slowing the healing. I know there's time when short trips cant be avoided but leave it to that for a few more weeks.

Try the following, take foam pillow and fold in half tie up with string.

Ask the person who is driving to hold this whilst you get into car.

Move seat back as far as it will go and then pop pillow under your knee/ leg.

If it's a 4 door car, hope in the back seat and lift leg up on to seat.

Travelled like this for good 6 weeks.

Hope this helps.

Sue😊

Hi Linda!

Oh YES! It took me several days to recover from a five-hour round trip in the passenger seat when I was three weeks post op with my first TKR! ( I am eternally grateful that I made the trip, though, because it was to attend the funeral of a dear friend, and I was going NO MATTER WHAT! )

Those early days and weeks were challenging in many ways. I had TREMENDOUS swelling for weeks! It just takes time!

My second TKR about three months later was completely different. Minimal swelling, bend came MUCH faster, second knee felt better from the beginning after surgery, one day less in hospital etc.

You can't predict how things will go!

Just do what you MUST do, learn what works for YOU, be patient with yourself, and keep on keeping on. You will make it through. Really!

(TKRs June and October 2015)