Re: bilateral knee replacements-need information

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You are welcome . I have had the same type of pain you are having

now

in both knees. Except sitting was always better than standing for me. Man I

can sympathize ... I know the pain too well. I have had knee pain since I

was 13.

I will say I had no pain in the knee joint after surgery it was very thing

else

that they had to move to do the knee. Today I have no pain in the knee

joint.

What I did on Aug 18 was I tore my quad in that leg I had to have more

surgery

so right now I have pain still in that quad as it heals and gets better.

I know if that did not happen I would be feeling great with no pain.

Believe it you will feel better.. and say OH there is no pain in the knee

LOL

Your life will turn around. Unfortunately my other knee there is no help for

,except to do the knee replacement that will take me out of pain in the

joint as for the rest of the knee I will still have the same problems just

less pain.. Right now I want my Knee replacement to heal fully... then see

about the other knee..

You will do great!! Stay positive because this surgery is all positive for

people

like us

Take care

Faye

-- bilateral knee replacements-need

information

Just scheduled bilateral total knee replacement surgery for dec 16th.

Yes, I a scared. I don't know what to expect, except that from all I

hear, the pain is excruciating. I am 55 and have had quite a few

surgeries in the past, painful ones. I need to hear from people who

have already gone through this. The surgeon scared me about the risks

because I have fat legs (family trait, and BMI of 48.8).I had gastric

bypass 8 years ago and lost over 150 lbs, so there is no more weight

that I am going to lose. I just have genetically fat legs. The

surgeon went on and on about fat knees being extremely susceptible to

infections.

So, my first questions...who has been in a similar situation, had

both knees replaced, and how terrible was the pain afterward?

Both of my knees are bone on bone and although I am on Percocet now,

I can't even sit or stand without being in pain. I have put this off

for years now, but don't see any other alternative at this point. The

way I see it, doing one knee at a time still wouldn't give me a good

leg to stand on while the one was healing, so I might as well do both

at the same time.

I am going to Dr Bartolozzi at Pennsylvania University Hospital in

Phila. If anyone has had this doc, I'd love to hear from you too.

Any information would be appreciated. I tried lookin through the old

posts, but there are so many that I couldn't find answers to the

particular questions I have.

Thank you for any support you can give me. As I get more educated

abut knee replacement surgery, hopefully I will feel more comfortable

an less frightened.

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