Guest guest Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Hi all, my name is Regina. My mom had TKR on September 16th and she is having a really hard time. Here is her story and some feedback would be greatly appreciated. I am typing this as she narrates it to me on the phone. So it may seem out of order. LOL First knee surgery was 20 years ago when she was 35 she had dislocating knee cap since child hood so they fixed that and torn cartridge. They took the tendon on outside of leg and pulled over the knee cap and graphed it to the bone below. They cleaned up arthritis while they were in there. She can’t remember everything but there was about 5 things they did. She went back 6 months later to take the staple out from where they had stapled the tendon down. They had to remove the staple because it was coming out itself. She was told that her body was rejecting the metal that the staple was made out of. Her knee did not dislocate anymore but she ended up with really bad arthritis. September 16th she had TKR surgery on her left knee. They had to go in through the old incision on the outside of the knee instead of down the middle of the knee because it would have been to close to the other scar to do it properly. They had to tunnel through to the joint through scar tissue. The replaced the total knee joint. She believes they cemented in the knee. It has been three months now and she still can not walk without a walker. She was told to not take her pain pills so she only takes 1 a day but feels that she needs more. She still has swelling and the knee is warm to the touch. She has horrible pain. She says it feels like it is in the bone pain and if you press on the knee it hurts. She said it feels heavy and it locks up on her now and then. When she is standing it will stiffen and lock and she will lose her balance. She can’t do anything without the walker. She says she can feel in it there and she feels like she wants it out of there. After 2 weeks it felt loose and felt like it clunks in there. But she has had x-rays since then and they say it looks fine. She said it also feels like it is grinding. Has anyone else experienced it like this and is it normal to not be walking without the walker after 3 months? Thank you, Regina Jolley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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