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I am 48 and had my left knee replaced on January 10th of this year. I am jealous, it sounds like you have more flexion than I have attained in fact today the physical therapist told me I was in danger of needing surgical manipulation to "loosen up the knee". I think this is ridiculous, I am working hard and putting a lot into my exercises. I see my surgeon on Friday and I will see what he thinks. I do better with pain medications and take Percocet which will hold me for 6 plus hours usually but I don't think for a double knee your overusing your pain meds, especially because it sounds like you have been doing a lot of therapy to get that much flexion and extension. I know the problems with side sleeping because I am one too. Only in the last few days have I been able to spend more than a couple of hours in my own bed or sleep for more than four hours at a time. I have had some luck sleeping on my side for short periods of time with a bath towel folded up under my surgical knee to give it a little support. As I said I've gotten this to work for short periods of time. As for the crying spells I have them to. They have just started in the last week or so and usually hit me in the afternoon. I too question my decision to do surgery but then again I really did have an alternative if I was going to keep working and participating in life. Hang in there and reach out to me if you need someone to bounce things off. I know that things will get better, I know lots of people who have had very successful TKR, it just takes time.View Thread



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