Pain in other knee after TKR

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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???