Total knee replacement

[scsmith42]

Doesn't she shoot horses for less than that....

Now that you mention it, her specialty is spay-neuter...

I think that I'd rather be shot! Lol

[thecfarm]

6-9 months and a knee replacement is nothing in that time frame.
You must be in some pain!!!

[arojay]

I had my right hip replaced in 2010 and my left last August.  I'm doing great, no complaints with either.  I started logging at the end of October, my 3 months of precautions.  I measure my work in the bush and increase production slowly.  One thing I learned with my first was the power of proper exercises, courtesy of a practioner known as the Physio Nazi.  I am forever in her debt.

Anyway hips are different than knees.  THR is more trauma but TKR is a tougher rehab.  What I think about at least once a day, is how spectacular it is to have the option for these procedures.  I am so thankful.

[DbltreeBelgians]

Well it's my turn. Sitting in the orthopedic surgery center for testing before my total knee replacement on 24th. Not looking forward to it or the recovery period but I am looking forward to being pain free. Originally had it scheduled for back on December 16th but my little rollover that shattered my left wrist in West Virginia riding side by side in November nixed that idea.
I guess 60 ain't the new 25 I try to act like.
Carry on.

Brent

[jb616]

I've seen 2 orthopedic surgeons in the past year and they won't give me a knee replacement yet. I'm not 100 sure if it's because i do have some Cartlidge left or because I am not consistently taking pain meds yet. They see the arthritis and shrug their shoulders, and tell me to take Aleve. Fact is, i don't want to live on Aleve or Ibuprofen and would rather ignore the pain. I want to do some traveling but can't currently walk more than a mile a day without suffering from it. Frustrated.  

[beenthere]

My orthopedic surgeon told me that of some 19,000 knee-replacement patients interviewed, that 20% still have knee pain after replacement.

That answer came after:
I had both knees scheduled to be replaced 4 years ago December 2021. I decided to start doing exercises 6 months prior to try to get leg muscles trained for the rigorous therapy expected to take place post surgery.
  Up to that point, I could not sleep due to knee pain in both knees and had to change positions in bed about every 15 minutes due to knee pain. During the 6 months of pre-surgery exercises, I found the knee pain dissipated steadily, so at the 3 week meeting with the orthopedic surgeon before surgery, when he (as well as his staff) asked me how the pain was, I had to say I did not have any pain. For certain it was not keeping me awake at night anymore.
 It was then that the surgeon explained the percentage of people that still had pain post-knee replacement. My surgery appointments were cancelled.
And to this day, I still do not have pain during the night when I sleep. Walking up and down slopes will cause me to have knee pain however, so I am not pain free.
But at 86, still have my original knees. Just try to treat them as best I can.
I suspect everyone's situations will vary.

[jb616]

@beenthere Do you remember the exercises?  The best thing that helps me currently is riding a bike. I can do that pain free and it seems to help loosen it up. 

[Raider Bill]

I found bike riding after the first knee and before and after the second to help a lot.