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Feeling your pain

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know how reassuring to me your pposts are. I am three weeks post-op...

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Feeling your pain

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know how reassuring to me your pposts are. I am three weeks post-op...

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Feeling your pain

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know how reassuring to me your pposts are. I am three weeks post-op...

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Constant knee pain after tkr revision surgery

I had a revision surgery on my left knee. It has now been better than four months since surgery in Sept. plus...

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Constant knee pain after tkr revision surgery

I had a revision surgery on my left knee. It has now been better than four months since surgery in Sept. plus...

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What is Bone Trauma after TKR?

I am in my early 50s. I had a TKR in Sept. of 2012. I was supposed to have bilateral TKR, but due to...

Posted by An_250195

I am in my early 50s. I had a TKR in Sept. of 2012. I was supposed to have bilateral TKR, but due to bleeding, only 1 knee was done. Because of the blood loss, I needed a transfusion and ran constant fevers for 20-plus days.

After 4 days in the hospital, I was moved to a rehabilitation hospital for the next 20 days. My fevers persisted and I had severe swelling and heat in the knee. My staples weren't removed until the fourth week.

I thought I did so well once I came home. I completed 3 full months of outpatient PT, 3 times a week. I started out at negative 24Âº extension and when I finished 3 months later, I was zero degrees extension and 139Âº flexion.

I have a huge keloid scar (looks-wise, it's no big deal to me) and worked hard in PT to massage and manipulate my knee to break up the adhesions.

But the weird thing is my knee now feels like a sore concrete bowling ball.

I went for my follow up in Jan., 2013. The surgeon looked at my knee and placed his hand on it. He told me I have trauma on the bone. He didn't explain it (and shame on me for not being persistent asking him why). He said my scheduled surgery to replace the other knee was off until the trauma subsides. He's a great doctor but would only say I need to be patient.

Here are my questions: What is bone trauma? What causes it? Is icing the knee the only answer? I know everyone is different, but how long will it last or might it stay forever? Can I exercise the knee? I was going to enter a wellness program for knee strengthening exercises, but the only information I could find online about bone trauma said rest is recommended over exercise.

I do have an auto immune disease, SLE lupus. I have not had a lupus flare up since June - November of 2011. I take no NSAIDS due to bleeding ulcers from NSAIDS and I haven't had steroids since the 2011 flare.

I've worked SO hard on rehabbing my knee and this is such an enormous setback.

My remaining knee is bone on bone. It hurts, too, and needs replacing.

I have ice wraps for my knee. 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off as instructed.

Please help me. I'm so anxious to understand bone trauma.View Thread

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TKR PAIN

I am 9 weeks out from surgery-having extreme pain. This all went south about 4-5 weeks ago. Ever since the...

Posted by An_250157

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Knee Pain after Hip Replacement

I haven't posted on WebMD in about 8 years and it sure has changed!! I had my right hip replaced on Dec. 13...

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Swelling after mild exercise ..2yrs in

Hi Had surgery..no problems..BUT now especially after golf ..now just mild cycling my knee swells up so that I...

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Manual Manipulation after Total Knee Replacement

My total knee replacement was on Dec 4th, 2012. So it's seven weeks tomorrow and I have just seen my...

Posted by JeanneInCt

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Extreme Pain 18 Months Out

I had a full knee replacement 18 months ago. A week ago I started getting extreme pain in the back of my knee...

Posted by An_249993

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Total knee replacement

I have to go see a doctor that does knee replacements, both of my knees are bad and i have so much pain. What...

Posted by sandyb56

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Surgery Scheduled but...

I'm 69 and preparing for total right knee surgery. Oh, boy. I don't know what to think reading the posts. I...

Posted by zsunlight

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pain & swelling 2 years post knee replacement

I had a right TKR 2 1/4 years ago - it was great - I golf, swim, & do all kinds of sports. It has never...

Posted by An_249891

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CANCELLED TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT

I was scheduled for THR this week and my lumbar MRI came back with a lesion on m L5. THey have scheduled me for...

Posted by cglesq

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CANCELLED TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT

I was scheduled for THR this week and my lumbar MRI came back with a lesion on m L5. THey have scheduled me for...

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no TKR but torn meniscus

I know I am out of line here but don't know where else to go to ask...according to my MRI my meniscus is...

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What comes next?

I am to have hip replacement surgery very soon. What will the care I need when I go home to be? Do not know...

Posted by An_249765

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hot flashes in the hip joint replacement

I had an anterior hip replacement last of Oct/2012 and am doing fine except when I get these hot feelings in...

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hip & knee replacement

I want to know why I have a lot of pain i my right hip joint, after 5 years or more being replaced. Same...

Posted by An_249727

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Knee Implant Infection

I am concerned. I had total knee replacement in 2009, and have always had complications and pain since the...

Posted by An_249704

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3 left hip scopes and still in pain

Hi everyone, I am a newbie to forums, so bear with me and I am not sure this is the thread I should be in, so...

Posted by melucyw

Hi everyone,
I am a newbie to forums, so bear with me and I am not sure this is the thread I should be in, so if I'm in the wrong place please point me in the right direction. I will try and make this two year history of left hip problems somewhat short.
Two years ago I had my first of three left hip scopes. I was working a full time job that required me to squat and bend almost 8 hours a day. About 3 months into the job I started with hip pain, groin pain, burning, felt like my hip was just going to come out of the socket. Docs said it was bursitis, I was too young for arthritis, so they gave me NSAIDS and then cortisone injections in to the bursa area—did not help. Found another doc who did mri and arthrogram and found deformity on the head of my femor and some arthritis. He did the first scope and debrided lots of chewed up labrum area and reshaped the head of my femor. Went to P.T. And 8 months later started another job, but in a commercial kitchen, doing prep, baking, serving, etc. About 3 months into that job I went back to the doc and he said lets go in again and see what's going on in there. During this second left hip scope he found more arthritis and some chewed up labrum again and drilled holes in the head of my femor to promote blood generation. And he also removed my bursa and slit my IT band because he said it was so tight. # weeks into P.T. I was in so much pain, that he took me out of p.t. Did another cortisone injection directcly into the groin area(4th one now). They did not work. He said at this point his patients just get a hip replacement. I went to another doc for a second opinion. Had more x-rays and mri and none of the other docs said they saw any reason to have a hip replacement, but tell me why I was in so much pain. I mean like an8 by 10 am. Can't sit, that's the worst. Can't walk too far, can't lay, can't stand too long. Basically there is no time that I am not in pain—but sitting is the worst. Had more contrast mri, etc. Went to another doc this one 2 hours away—one of the best on the east coast. He just did my third left hip scope and what he found was my joint was filled with blood—took along time to get it cleaned out and found bleeding from the fovea in the area of the ligamentum teres. So he coagulated or coterized the area and found small amount of arthristis, but lots of scar tissue which he debrided. The appearance of a labral tear and was unstable and this was debrided back to stable margins. More scar tissue on the head of my femor, but he did not want to take much off incase it started bleeding again. I left the hospital with very little instrution. Weight bearing as tolorated. I have been doing very light housework, walking and in home p.t. Exercises. I am in much pain again. Everything feels swollen again, like there is a rubberband around by groin again and I can't get comfortable to save my life.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I am exhausted and I am at my wits end. Any guidance as to resources or where to go from here would be helpful.

Thanks,
melucyw(newbie)View Thread

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bilateral knee replacement

I was really pleased to find this site. Feedback from patients is extremely helpful. I had bilat surgery...

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bilateral knee replacement

I was really pleased to find this site. Feedback from patients is extremely helpful. I had bilat surgery...

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Hip Replacement Misery/IT Band Damage

Hi All.... It's 2 yrs 2 months since hip anterior hip replacement and I have nasty IT Band damage down side...

Posted by jamin2013

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Controling the swelling

I am 7 weeks post op on a total knee replacememnt. I am 6'0" 220lbs. I ride competitve bicycle time trials. I...

Posted by Mac502

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Sexual disfunction after Hip Replacment

I have had ED for 13 years but did well with the prescription drugs till I had a full hip replacement 2...

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Kneecap out of place

I had a TKR in Oct.2010. Have had knee pain ever since. About a year post sx the X-rays show my kneecap is not...

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Allergic reaction to knee replacement??

Hello all, I have recently been diagnosed with oral lichen planus. This is a very uncomfortable mouth...

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Today is one year anniversary of my bilateral TKR

My recovery continues. At this point, my lingering complaints are few: I continue to be challenged to climb...

Posted by chris07732

My recovery continues. At this point, my lingering complaints are few: I continue to be challenged to climb and descend stairs without hanging on the handrails. I still need to assist myself to standup from a sitting position on a chair. I can kneel (on a cushion or knee pads) and work at things mechanical or garden, but I need something nearby to pull/push myself up to standing position. Other than these strength issues, I'm 100% improved from the several month post op and PT period. My walking is asymptomatic. I bike ride. Unless I told you about my new knees, you'd never guess.

Knowing what I went thru, I'm still glad I did it. I was in the class of patients whose need for the new knees was a bit of a stretch. I still functioned on the old knees, but they were becoming more and more problematic each 6 month visit to Dr. The 3 months post op and PT period was painful and frustrating with the lack of progress. I frequently lamented "why did I do it". I was lucky in that I just retired, so I wasn't forced to do more activity than I could bear. But with dedicated ongoing PT (tread mill and 5# ankle weights) at home, I've gotten to the point I'm at where I don't really think about the new knees.

In summary, 1) I believe that doing both knees at same time was good decision. Knowing myself, I would not volunteer to go thru the post op/PT process again a second time to do the knees sequentially. 2) My dr's opinion of length of time for recovery is differrent than mine. His definition of recovery is walking, check, driving, check, range of motion 120 deg, check: you're good to go in his eyes. Those milestones were achieved within 8 weeks, but the recovery still goes on.

Surprises that really impacted me: 45 lb weight loss immediately post op really had me worried. It stopped, but never really diagnosed why it happened. I'm currently 205lbs, should be less, but going down to 175lbs really had me freaked. I developed diabetic issues while in hospital, now under control.

Advice: go for it if you need the new knees. Get off the hard pain killers ASAP. Taking oxycodine while at home is recipe for disaster. There is some pain, especially trying to sleep. Your pillows are your best friend. Do the PT. 3x/week at a facility, every day at home. Walk everywhereView Thread

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