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Posted: 4/9/2019 9:20:11 PM EDT

They aren’t a walk in the park , that’s for sure !

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Posted: 4/9/2019 9:56:13 PM EDT

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I've had open surgery on one, and been told I'm a candidate for full replacement someday.

Ah well. At least we are 21st century Americans!

Posted: 4/9/2019 9:57:02 PM EDT

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Nice zipper job

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:00:16 PM EDT

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I am getting a new patellar ligament
In 14 days.

Not sure what to think about about this.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:00:58 PM EDT

[#4]

Do. Your. Rehab.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:01:58 PM EDT

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Yep, 3 years and I'll be in the club.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:04:58 PM EDT

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Ah, that brings back memories.

I loved the staple removal, especially the 1/3 which seemed to embed in my flesh.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:05:16 PM EDT

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Mine is a bit more complex than the normal 'have no cartilage' type replacement.

FWIW - folks I know who've been through the less invasive type are generally up and walking within 48 hours. If not almost right after.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:16:30 PM EDT

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This. As long as you follow the routine, it will be good as new surprisingly quickly. Had a coworker who was a hardcore mointainbiker and skier with bad knees. After recovering from his first replacement surgery, he couldn’t wait to get his second one replaced! He was back to shredding crazy quick for such an invasive surgery.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:24:21 PM EDT

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Things changed quite a bit in ten years.

80-90 percent of our patients are out the day after.

Posted: 4/9/2019 10:24:37 PM EDT

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Mine is a bit more complex than the normal 'have no cartilage' type replacement.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2lc4llw.jpg

FWIW - folks I know who've been through the less invasive type are generally up and walking within 48 hours. If not almost right after.

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Impressive!

Posted: 4/10/2019 1:19:27 AM EDT

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Did both of mine at the same time, never took any pain meds and no staples or stitches all super glue almost 3 years ago.

Posted: 4/10/2019 1:21:15 AM EDT

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Had two on the same leg. Revision.

Posted: 4/10/2019 1:23:32 AM EDT

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Got two in the near future. Almost died from the last knee surgery, so it’s not something I’m looking forward to.

Posted: 4/10/2019 1:48:48 AM EDT

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My uncle had one replaced. He waited too long and fucked the other one up favoring the damaged one. Kicking himself for waiting so long. Walks nearly pain free now. Hope your recovery goes smoothly!

Posted: 4/10/2019 2:37:02 AM EDT

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I'm having both of mine done as soon as I get cleared for surgery.

3D printed jigs and 45 minutes per knee, likely out the same day. The technology has certainly changed since the first time the surgery was suggested to me 30 years ago.

Posted: 4/10/2019 2:46:26 AM EDT

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I can’t wait to get mine replaced. My zipper job...

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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:08:40 PM EDT

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Holy shit ! What happened, if I may ask ?

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:09:12 PM EDT

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My uncle had one replaced. He waited too long and fucked the other one up favoring the damaged one. Kicking himself for waiting so long. Walks nearly pain free now. Hope your recovery goes smoothly!

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Thank you !

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:10:53 PM EDT

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Mine is a bit more complex than the normal 'have no cartilage' type replacement.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2lc4llw.jpg

FWIW - folks I know who've been through the less invasive type are generally up and walking within 48 hours. If not almost right after.

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Whoa ! Does that have hydraulic pistons ? Did you have a bad accident? That looks painful.

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:35:20 PM EDT

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Did both of mine at the same time, never took any pain meds and no staples or stitches all super glue almost 3 years ago.

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Damn. Mine was excruciating.

It was going to be a double but they said one at a time. After the right was fixed the left, that had previous meniscus tear and was cleaned up, improved significantly. It still crunches though and I think I baby my knees because I don't want to have surgery.

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:35:45 PM EDT

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Got two in the near future. Almost died from the last knee surgery, so it's not something I'm looking forward to.

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What happened?

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:52:06 PM EDT

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Those fucking staples are the worst!

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:53:00 PM EDT

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Got two in the near future. Almost died from the last knee surgery, so it's not something I'm looking forward to.

What happened?

My guess would be infection. It's a serious concern with this sort of thing.

Posted: 4/10/2019 9:59:36 PM EDT

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Mine is a bit more complex than the normal 'have no cartilage' type replacement.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2lc4llw.jpg

FWIW - folks I know who've been through the less invasive type are generally up and walking within 48 hours. If not almost right after.

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Well that's interesting.

Are those screws in the plate going into the rod in the femur?

I've got a hip to knee femoral rod and a plate alongside my knee. Plate is screwed into bone below the rod, but wire wrapped alongside the femur.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:08:42 PM EDT

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I've been in talks with my doc about doing my left knee recently, my original is just about done.

That looks like it SUCKS.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:09:48 PM EDT

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Mine is a bit more complex than the normal 'have no cartilage' type replacement.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2lc4llw.jpg

FWIW - folks I know who've been through the less invasive type are generally up and walking within 48 hours. If not almost right after.

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Our standard is for te patient to walk with a walker on the day of surgery. As soon as the block wears off.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:10:48 PM EDT

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Things changed quite a bit in ten years.

80-90 percent of our patients are out the day after.

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Yep. This is the current trend.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:30:58 PM EDT

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Our standard is for te patient to walk with a walker on the day of surgery. As soon as the block wears off.

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That's how my Quad Sparing Technique surgery went. Walked with a walker a few hours after surgery and went home. Total knee replacement with a 3 1/2" incision.

The electric knee bending machine I took home hurt good.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:36:37 PM EDT

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Got two in the near future. Almost died from the last knee surgery, so it's not something I'm looking forward to.

What happened?

Saddle pulmonary embolism. Doc said one that size and location is about a 3% survival rate. Had my first PT ten days after surgery and got a little short of breath that night walking into another room. Went away quickly, then had a pain in my back and flu like symptoms the next day. Got lucky with a quick thinking PA. a young ER nurse not a year out of school and a Colombian vascular surgeon that looked too young to shave.
Meant to add, this was an orthoscopic surgery to repair and remove meniscus and smoothing out arthritis to delay a replacement for three or four years.

Posted: 4/10/2019 10:39:43 PM EDT

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Beats the hell out of ACL surgery.

Posted: 4/10/2019 11:46:44 PM EDT

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Saddle pulmonary embolism. Doc said one that size and location is about a 3% survival rate. Had my first PT ten days after surgery and got a little short of breath that night walking into another room. Went away quickly, then had a pain in my back and flu like symptoms the next day. Got lucky with a quick thinking PA. a young ER nurse not a year out of school and a Colombian vascular surgeon that looked too young to shave.
Meant to add, this was an orthoscopic surgery to repair and remove meniscus and smoothing out arthritis to delay a replacement for three or four years.

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Wow I've had 2 of those surgeries before the replacement.

Posted: 4/10/2019 11:57:32 PM EDT

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Saddle pulmonary embolism. Doc said one that size and location is about a 3% survival rate. Had my first PT ten days after surgery and got a little short of breath that night walking into another room. Went away quickly, then had a pain in my back and flu like symptoms the next day. Got lucky with a quick thinking PA. a young ER nurse not a year out of school and a Colombian vascular surgeon that looked too young to shave.
Meant to add, this was an orthoscopic surgery to repair and remove meniscus and smoothing out arthritis to delay a replacement for three or four years.

Wow I've had 2 of those surgeries before the replacement.

Pretty rare from what I understand. I was treated like a rock star when I went back to PT, and I’m still pretty popular with my orthopedic doctor and his staff now. I had therapists and nurses coming around from all over the building after they found out what happened. I’d rather been known for having joints like a teenager. I will say, getting your sternum sawed in half makes you forget your other aches and pains.

Posted: 4/11/2019 12:27:56 AM EDT

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I had a knee scoped twice for torn meniscus. The second time they took the meniscus out completely. Seven years of bone on bone wear later it just got too sore to get around.

When I had the total replacement I asked for a super glue closure because I thought that since I was going to PT, I didn't want staples being pull points when I bent the knee. Super glue is the bomb.

Posted: 4/11/2019 12:31:14 AM EDT

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Saddle pulmonary embolism. Doc said one that size and location is about a 3% survival rate. Had my first PT ten days after surgery and got a little short of breath that night walking into another room. Went away quickly, then had a pain in my back and flu like symptoms the next day. Got lucky with a quick thinking PA. a young ER nurse not a year out of school and a Colombian vascular surgeon that looked too young to shave.
Meant to add, this was an orthoscopic surgery to repair and remove meniscus and smoothing out arthritis to delay a replacement for three or four years.

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Lucky man, my grandmother passed from that very thing the day after a knee surgery back in the 1980s.

Posted: 4/11/2019 12:36:57 AM EDT

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I had a knee scoped twice for torn meniscus. The second time they took the meniscus out completely. Seven years of bone on bone wear later it just got too sore to get around.

When I had the total replacement I asked for a super glue closure because I thought that since I was going to PT, I didn't want staples being pull points when I bent the knee. Super glue is the bomb.

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About where my wife is at. She needs both knees. Worked as an ortho nurse for most of her career - up until her knees got so bad she couldn't do the 12 hour shifts any longer. She won't do it though. I wish she would.

Posted: 4/11/2019 12:38:50 AM EDT

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Lucky man, my grandmother passed from that very thing the day after a knee surgery back in the 1980s.

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Saddle pulmonary embolism. Doc said one that size and location is about a 3% survival rate. Had my first PT ten days after surgery and got a little short of breath that night walking into another room. Went away quickly, then had a pain in my back and flu like symptoms the next day. Got lucky with a quick thinking PA. a young ER nurse not a year out of school and a Colombian vascular surgeon that looked too young to shave.
Meant to add, this was an orthoscopic surgery to repair and remove meniscus and smoothing out arthritis to delay a replacement for three or four years.

Lucky man, my grandmother passed from that very thing the day after a knee surgery back in the 1980s.

Yep! Wife and other family that was there asked if I got scared. Actually, I was quite amazed I was still alive. My priest got there within ten minutes of the diagnosis, I said my confession, then in surgery within fifteen minutes or so.

Posted: 4/11/2019 1:13:02 AM EDT

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My dad is in his 70's and had one replaced in the beginning of Feb. Hes doing yard work already. Tractor, trimming, zero turn, and such.

I had my ACL reconstructed plus a deburr 2 days later and still struggle to walkout a waddle.

Do your PT and don't do dumbshit you know has a chance of setting you back.

Posted: 4/11/2019 1:33:33 AM EDT

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Whoa ! Does that have hydraulic pistons ? Did you have a bad accident? That looks painful.

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Whoa ! Does that have hydraulic pistons ? Did you have a bad accident? That looks painful.

Result of a bout with osteogenic sarcoma, bone cancer, in the 'knee end' of my femur when I was 14. They have to remove the diseased bone, which of course includes the distal end of the femur with its' accompanying ligaments and tendons. My choices were either this, a fused knee (straight leg with no joint), or amputation. You can't see it in the X-ray, but the type of prosthesis I have is actually a hinge with a hinge pin.

My doc said to expect about 10 years of use before I needed a revision / hardware replacement. But... it's been 21 years. So doing well.

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Well that's interesting.

Are those screws in the plate going into the rod in the femur?

I've got a hip to knee femoral rod and a plate alongside my knee. Plate is screwed into bone below the rod, but wire wrapped alongside the femur.

The plate was installed about a year after the total knee replacement due to the allograft not healing to the bone. The distal portion of my femur is cadaver bone the join is between the 6 screws, three on each side. My understanding is they do NOT go through the bar which is inside the bone.

Posted: 4/11/2019 11:20:48 AM EDT

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The plate was installed about a year after the total knee replacement due to the allograft not healing to the bone. The distal portion of my femur is cadaver bone the join is between the 6 screws, three on each side. My understanding is they do NOT go through the bar which is inside the bone.

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That makes sense, was hard to tell on the xray.

Posted: 4/11/2019 11:28:34 AM EDT

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Do your PT and don't do dumbshit you know has a chance of setting you back.

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This really cannot be stated enough.

Do your PT like you mean it. Yes it will hurt some, just the way it is.

I also learned to look for a physical therapist like you would look for a personal trainer at the gym. Are they fat, out of shape, and non-athletic? Look for someone else. Someone who can't take care of their own self isn't gonna know how to push you to get better.

Posted: 4/14/2019 9:37:07 AM EDT

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This really cannot be stated enough.

Do your PT like you mean it. Yes it will hurt some, just the way it is.

I also learned to look for a physical therapist like you would look for a personal trainer at the gym. Are they fat, out of shape, and non-athletic? Look for someone else. Someone who can't take care of their own self isn't gonna know how to push you to get better.

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Actually my Physical Therapist is smoking hot ! She’s very tough on me though . The swelling is a major issue and doesn’t seem to go away , albeit it's only been a week and three days . I’m trying not to take the pain killers as much as they want me to but that’s why I’m not addicted after all these years on them .

Posted: 5/4/2019 7:49:08 PM EDT

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Hi fellas

Guess i'm waking up a post that was chilling for a bit. I was following it from afar when it was going strong.

Just found out yesterday Im getting a full knee replacement July 9. Pretty excited about it but somewhat nervous nonetheless.

I'll be getting it done at Tripler Hospital here on Oahu.

I have a good vibe off my surgeon....Army 0-5 type who def knows his shit, at least in my estimation.

The new knee is going top be a: "Triathlon Tritanium - Stryker"

Anyone familiar with that make/model?? Any intel??

Posted: 5/4/2019 7:59:16 PM EDT

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Things changed quite a bit in ten years.

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I had acl revision and they used a graft from my other knee as the new acl. Sent me home 4 hours later. Complete fucking bullshit. Lets put some screws in one knee and cut half of your patellar tendon from the other knee. Here's some crutches to take home. You ever tried to use crutches after having both knees operated on ? Fucking LOL. If I could have crawled to my truck and back to the hospital I would have used my crutches to beat the first person I saw wearing scrubs. Actually I would have just fell on my face, but you get my point.

Posted: 5/4/2019 8:05:29 PM EDT

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yep, do it till it hurts. I really wimped out on the first one (between HS football and construction I've had both replaced). I was really slacking off on the first one, Doc got tired of my pussing out. He threatened to put me under again and break the internal scar tissue manually if I didn't do myself by forcing the knee. I took a deep breath and buckled down and got it down.

Posted: 5/4/2019 8:08:01 PM EDT

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Actually my Physical Therapist is smoking hot ! She’s very tough on me though . The swelling is a major issue and doesn’t seem to go away , albeit it's only been a week and three days . I’m trying not to take the pain killers as much as they want me to but that’s why I’m not addicted after all these years on them .

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This really cannot be stated enough.

Do your PT like you mean it. Yes it will hurt some, just the way it is.

I also learned to look for a physical therapist like you would look for a personal trainer at the gym. Are they fat, out of shape, and non-athletic? Look for someone else. Someone who can't take care of their own self isn't gonna know how to push you to get better.

Actually my Physical Therapist is smoking hot ! She’s very tough on me though . The swelling is a major issue and doesn’t seem to go away , albeit it's only been a week and three days . I’m trying not to take the pain killers as much as they want me to but that’s why I’m not addicted after all these years on them .

I felt the same about the painkillers, my therapist told me fine, don't take them to sleep but take them before we meet.

Posted: 5/4/2019 8:09:22 PM EDT

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I need one but your not making me feel like I want to go through with it. I hope you get well soon.

Posted: 5/4/2019 8:09:34 PM EDT

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Been there, done that last year... Do the Rehab, easy on the pain meds.

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