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Re: Can Dr. or Nurse-anyone? please help with this.
Posted By: minimanPA
Date: Tuesday, 1 April 2008, at 11:12 a.m.
In Response To: Can Dr. or Nurse-anyone? please help with this. (si)
A lot depends on you as to if you can get the PROM back or not. When was the surgery and did you have physical therapy... and complete it? A good therapist will keep working with you until it is right or suggest you talk to your Dr. about it. Also it (the surgery) is only the first step after all conservative measures fail to relieve your pain and disfunction of the knee. It will take quite some time and a lot of hard work on your part to get better PROM and be able to climb stairs, etc. After only 2 manipulations, you are actually not doing too bad in that respect. See your Doc and get into PT. You will be surprised and thankful you did. P.S. make sure you take your pain med about 30 min before PT, it will help a lot.
Good Luck
miniman
> I posted this 5 days ago...please help with
> comments/advice/similar situation etc. Thank you.
> My last total knee replacement left me with 78 degrees bend
> (this is after having 2 manipulations too). A second
> opinion ortho doctor feels that I could possible get 100
> degrees bend by doing the TNR over again, taking out all
> the built up scar tissue during surgeon. I am wondering
> what are the thoughts on this. I am not guranteed being
> able to get to 100 degrees. Right now I can't walk up and
> down stairs properly or get from a sitting to stand
> position from a chair. My knee is in a lot of pain which
> prevents me from being able to do every day activities.
> Just wondering what other choices there are for me and your
> opinions on a second TNR.
> Thanks, si.
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