I just got out of a rehab facility after having my second (right) knee replacement surgery. Left knee is working very well. Everything went well and I am getting around with a walker and glad to be home. I should be walking with cane by Christmas and walking normally sometime next year. Hope to be back to active motorhoming, dog walking and model airplane flying again. Knee replacement surgery and rehab is no small thing, rehab takes a lot of painful bending and stretching at first, followed by outpatient therapy and home exercising and plenty of walking with a walker. It's worth it !!

I guess we all heal at a different rate. I had a TKR seven years ago.Four weeks after surgery I was running my snowblower..Hang in there and do your excercises. I hope you're back to normal quickly.And, yes it is worth it. :)

The folks in Disabilities section might want to know about this.

Had both knees replaced, one last December and the other 4 weeks ago today. Same surgeon, same replacement, same hospital, same PT place. World of difference in how they healed. First knee I was on a walker for 14 days, cane for another 8 days, lots of pain. It worked out OK though, happy with it. The one 4 weeks ago is coming along much better and faster. On a walker for 6 days, cane for another 6 days, not nearly as much pain. Only 2 more PT sessions since I hit over 120 degrees of flexibility a couple of visits ago. Then its off to the YMCA gym 2x a week for the rest of my life, to maintain my range of motion and strength. Those that do not do proper PT, and do not do some type of regular physical activity for the knees after PT, will never have as good a result as those that keep at it.First time my legs have been straight for 30+ years. The left one was out 13 degrees, the right one 8 degrees. Just the way they wore through the decades.

My Wife only had one knee replaced two years ago but this year we have, once again, bicycled more than 2000 miles.

Keep up the good work - everyone I know that went through the process had pain etc but in hindsight wondered why they didn't do it sooner.

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OH48Lt
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Nov 14, 2017
Had both knees replaced, one last December and the other 4 weeks ago today. Same surgeon, same replacement, same hospital, same PT place. World of difference in how they healed. First knee I was on a walker for 14 days, cane for another 8 days, lots of pain. It worked out OK though, happy with it. The one 4 weeks ago is coming along much better and faster. On a walker for 6 days, cane for another 6 days, not nearly as much pain. Only 2 more PT sessions since I hit over 120 degrees of flexibility a couple of visits ago. Then its off to the YMCA gym 2x a week for the rest of my life, to maintain my range of motion and strength. Those that do not do proper PT, and do not do some type of regular physical activity for the knees after PT, will never have as good a result as those that keep at it.

First time my legs have been straight for 30+ years. The left one was out 13 degrees, the right one 8 degrees. Just the way they wore through the decades.
2oldman
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Nov 14, 2017
The folks in Disabilities section might want to know about this.
gbopp
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Nov 14, 2017
I guess we all heal at a different rate. I had a TKR seven years ago.
Four weeks after surgery I was running my snowblower..

Hang in there and do your excercises. I hope you're back to normal quickly.
And, yes it is worth it. :)

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