Anybody had knee replacement? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

MS Fowler · #1 08-11-2008, 06:15 AM

An important thing after the surgery is that you excercise your knee for it's range of motion or angle you can bend it. If you don't it will set up and you will be stiff legged and limp when you walk. Good Luck with it!

Absolute Truth! ( Can't say that around here too often.)

t walgamuth · #2 08-11-2008, 06:19 AM

Yeah, I know about that.

I did the exercises and have full range in my right hip replacment. Its working great (except for the little detail about making that leg 1/2" longer).

I think with a knee its more stringent, though.

Tom W

t walgamuth · #3 08-11-2008, 06:28 AM

Howie,

I just googled Carticel and read their information about it and found it is not indicated for Osteoartheritis which my doc says I have along with the torn menescus.

My daughter, the pediatrician, says that her maternal granny who is in late eighties had some kind of viscous injections which helped for some years but eventually had totals.

Tom W

SwampYankee · #4 08-11-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

An important thing after the surgery is that you excercise your knee for it's range of motion or angle you can bend it. If you don't it will set up and you will be stiff legged and limp when you walk. Good Luck with it!

Absolute Truth! ( Can't say that around here too often.)

One of my father's buddies didn't do the therapy sessions the first time around because they wouldn't let him smoke

. It got to the point where he was in more pain afterwards than he was pre-op. The therapy needed to get him headed back in the right direction was less than pleasant from what he's told me.

Whiskeydan · #5 08-11-2008, 10:29 AM

Zerk fitting.

t walgamuth · #6 08-11-2008, 07:50 PM

Don't I wish!

Tom W

davestlouis · #7 08-11-2008, 11:06 PM

I'm only 41 but I see both knees and probably right hip in my future, due to a nasty car accident almost 20 years ago...I have watched older relatives' experiences with joint replacement with interest, on the assumption that it's in my future...most say the knee is a nasty surgery and a lot worse than hips, which seems counter-intuitive to me, but they all agree that it was worthwhile and they would do it again.

The worst story I ever heard was a former barber of mine, had his hip replaced, and it just never healed quite right, they went back in a year later to take another shot at it, found out that he had some sort of bone cancer, and just closed him and sent him home. He lasted less than 6 months. The cancer had nothing to do with the first surgery, just bad timing.

t walgamuth · #8 08-21-2008, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Whiskeydan

Zerk fitting.

Yesterday I got a shot of something called Synvisc......which is basically a fancy name for grease!

I get two more a week apart and its supposed to last for six months or so.

We'll see how that works.

Tom W

shoe · #9 08-21-2008, 08:40 AM

Keep us posted Iwould be very interested to hear if it works. I have an appointment schedlued Monday for an evaluation

Lexxani · #10 08-21-2008, 01:40 PM

Ive sen it go both ways, for instance I know some people who have had one or both done and say great things, and others who have had them done their body has rejected it. My sig-other's mother is going through a rejection right now and i have an aunt who has had 5 or so surgeries in the pasty 15 years related to a knee replacement.

shoe · #11 08-26-2008, 04:41 PM

T-walgamuth any reports on the Synvisc? My doc is getting be precertified with the insurance comapny to have that done in a soupleof weeks