TKR nearly 6 months ago - funny sensations in knee

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Hi all

I'm coming up to 6 months post op and I still have a problem. Parts of the

skin on my knee are ulstrasentive to the light touch of my duvet on them at

night. This results in an unpleasant burning and irritated feeling, which

can be very uhnpleasant and keeps me awake. If I press hard against the

duvet, then things aren't so bad, but it is difficult to get the knee in a

position where it's comfortable. The worse areas are on the inside of the

knee where there is still feeling, and just below it. Some nights the

sensations seem to spread further down and across the leg, and may even

spread to the other leg, which is very wierd. (My husband thinks that the

brain picks up on it and causes the other leg to come out in sympathy!)

Rubbing Bio-oil into the knee and down the leg does help a bit, as the

slightly greasy surface lessens the impact of the feel of the duvet.

Has anyone else ever had this problem? Did you grow out of it? Any ideas of

what I might be able to do to help it go away? I'm wondering if I might have

to write to my surgeon to ask him.

Thanks

Lin

UK