Re: Pain in other knee after TKR

[Guest guest]

It has only been two months since your surgery.  It took me 4 months to feel

almost normal.  What they don't tell you is that your new knee is never the

same as your original one.  What is true, is that your old knee no longer

worked, and your new knee does. 

I would say get the cortisone shot in your other knee, and wait till next August

to have it replaced.  Your body can stand only so much trauma.  At least that

is what I feel.

Your knees will never be normal.  But they will work.  Do the therapy, take

the meds, and get on with your life.

All the best, Joan

LTKR NYU Joint Disease, Dec. 2009

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From: madamelasagna <roseanne@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:58 PM

Subject: Pain in other knee after TKR

 

I had a right TKR on August 29. My range of motion is excellent, but the knee

still hurts quite a bit. My doc is not concerned, says the knee is functioning

normally and the pain will go away over time. Ha! He didn't tell me that

before surgery! He said total recovery time would be 6 weeks.

My other knee is also bad and needs to be replaced. But it wasn't giving me a

lot of trouble before this surgery. I considered it my " good knee. " I used it

for climbing stairs and getting up from being seated. In the last week, it has

started to hurt A LOT! With both knees hurting, I'm having trouble walking.

Has anyone else experienced a rapid decline in the other knee after having one

replaced? I can't afford to be out of work again so soon after surgery, and I'm

wondering what I can do about this? My doctor says no cortisone shots because

you have to wait at least 6 weeks taking cortisone to have surgery, and he's not

sure I can wait that long. Any advice? Please???

[Guest guest]

i had my right knee replaced 5 weeks ago. It was in really bad shape, very

painful, so i never really noticed my left knee's complaints. But it has had to

take up the slack for the right knee and it's not happy. I was told that if one

knee needs to be replaced, the other one will too.

[Guest guest]

Not only my other knee, but my hip hurt before my TKR on my left knee.  Almost

2 years later, my other knee and my hip are fine.  Good luck with your rehab. 

All the best, Joan

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From: Lilla Ross <lillaross@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:14 PM

Subject: Re: Pain in other knee after TKR

 

i had my right knee replaced 5 weeks ago. It was in really bad shape, very

painful, so i never really noticed my left knee's complaints. But it has had to

take up the slack for the right knee and it's not happy. I was told that if one

knee needs to be replaced, the other one will too.

[Guest guest]

I think it depends on whats wrong with your knee, my own knee is perfect,

had the other done 12 years ago.'

-- Re: Pain in other knee after TKR

i had my right knee replaced 5 weeks ago. It was in really bad shape, very

painful, so i never really noticed my left knee's complaints. But it has had

to take up the slack for the right knee and it's not happy. I was told that

if one knee needs to be replaced, the other one will too.

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[Guest guest]

Doctors mean that the work they have done is healed in 6 weeks, not the

amount of PT you are going to require.

I did months and months of PT when I had my knee done, and now it bends

equally to the " Normal " knee.

I would get the cortisone shot as you aren't going to be ready for another

knee replacement in 6 weeks if you

Are still in so much pain, you need time to recover before embarking on

another major surgery trust me !!!

If it was me, I would give it a good six months before going again. Even a

year if things are going slowly with the other knee.

-- Pain in other knee after TKR

I had a right TKR on August 29. My range of motion is excellent, but the

knee still hurts quite a bit. My doc is not concerned, says the knee is

functioning normally and the pain will go away over time. Ha! He didn't

tell me that before surgery! He said total recovery time would be 6 weeks.

My other knee is also bad and needs to be replaced. But it wasn't giving me

a lot of trouble before this surgery. I considered it my " good knee. " I

used it for climbing stairs and getting up from being seated. In the last

week, it has started to hurt A LOT! With both knees hurting, I'm having

trouble walking.

Has anyone else experienced a rapid decline in the other knee after having

one replaced? I can't afford to be out of work again so soon after surgery,

and I'm wondering what I can do about this? My doctor says no cortisone

shots because you have to wait at least 6 weeks taking cortisone to have

surgery, and he's not sure I can wait that long. Any advice? Please???

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[Guest guest]

Not necessarily.  Your other knee has to work a bit harder with your bad knee

out of commission.  When the knee is fixed, the good knee stops bothering

you.  Usually.  I got one knee done almost two years ago.  The other one is

still fine.  It may not be in the future, but for now, I am not planning any

further surgeries.

All the best, Joan

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From: Lilla Ross <lillaross@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:14 PM

Subject: Re: Pain in other knee after TKR

 

i had my right knee replaced 5 weeks ago. It was in really bad shape, very

painful, so i never really noticed my left knee's complaints. But it has had to

take up the slack for the right knee and it's not happy. I was told that if one

knee needs to be replaced, the other one will too.

[Guest guest]

it took me a good 3 months from the surgery to be out of pain and I have a high

pain tolerances, took only half the pain meds prescribed.. my pain lessoned

every day, well it might have been 5 steps forward and one step back when one

day it would hurt a little more but it really does go away.. My Doctor said it

would be 2 months before your body was back to like it was before the surgery

and he wouldn't do the other knee till then if I wanted it done.. I was

surprised how much more my " good " knee hurt now that my " bad " one was fixed and

I realized really how much pain I had been in for years and couldn't wait to

have the other one fixed. I do have a new life again. Last

Sat we have a huge Halloween party in town called the Legend of Sleepy Howell,

we took our 4 yr old grandson and I was on my

feet and walked for over 2 1/2 hours when before the surgery I couldn't stand or

walk for more then 5 minutes without having to sit down since they HURT that

bad.. Hang in there the pain will go away..but sounds like not totally until

you have the other one fixed too.

Donna M

Michigan

LTKR 10/2010

RTKR 2/2011

> I had a right TKR on August 29. My range of motion is excellent, but the knee

still hurts quite a bit. My doc is not concerned, says the knee is functioning

normally and the pain will go away over time. Ha! He didn't tell me that before

surgery! He said total recovery time would be 6 weeks.

>

> My other knee is also bad and needs to be replaced. But it wasn't giving me a

lot of trouble before this surgery. I considered it my " good knee. " I used it

for climbing stairs and getting up from being seated. In the last week, it has

started to hurt A LOT! With both knees hurting, I'm having trouble walking.

>

> Has anyone else experienced a rapid decline in the other knee after having one

replaced? I can't afford to be out of work again so soon after surgery, and I'm

wondering what I can do about this? My doctor says no cortisone shots because

you have to wait at least 6 weeks taking cortisone to have surgery, and he's not

sure I can wait that long. Any advice? Please???

[Guest guest]

I am one that when younger (age 43) and even slim then, was prone to foot

stress fractures and shin splints and swells so I had to protect my good legs

foot and lower leg from those things during the 7 years that i was trying to

prolong the age that I would be getting my TKR. I wanted to be at least 70 and

hoped that would give me a lifetime of new knee.

Also i was told rhat my back was in jeopardy from the way I kept leaning away

to the good side too far from the bad leg. anyway I used wrrist crutches to

protect my back and good legs joints for those 7 years and am glad that I did

since the good ones are still good.

L

71 got Rt THR

72 now got Rt TKR

>

> Not necessarily.  Your other knee has to work a bit harder with your bad knee

out of commission.  When the knee is fixed, the good knee stops bothering

you.  Usually.  I got one knee done almost two years ago.  The other one is

still fine.  It may not be in the future, but for now, I am not planning any

further surgeries.

> All the best, Joan

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> From: Lilla Ross <lillaross@...>

> Joint Replacement

> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:14 PM

> Subject: Re: Pain in other knee after TKR

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> i had my right knee replaced 5 weeks ago. It was in really bad shape, very

painful, so i never really noticed my left knee's complaints. But it has had to

take up the slack for the right knee and it's not happy. I was told that if one

knee needs to be replaced, the other one will too.

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[Guest guest]

Sorry the below post was supposed to be placed after my former post on this

thread. I will delete my other one to prevent confusion and enable continuity.

L

>

> I was very overweight already 8 years ago due to weight gain that piled on me

during a prior 8 year lastng respiratory blockage and neuromuscular activity

disability.

> I had two great wonderful normal heavenly years when my health was

returned via medication changes but before I got around to dieting

andvexercising that weight off of me my Rt knee caved inward bone on bone on me

leaving me with a whole different new (orthopedic) and very painful knee area

ambulation disability.

> L