Full knee replacement

[HNL2LHC]

I had my knee replaced last week, I was surprised to find out no stitches or staples were used, just glue. Crazy ...

Was it “crazy glue” or cray they used glue OR both???? Good to hear that things are moving In the rightdirection.

 

[Angler]

How ya feeling, more precisely, how's the knee feeling?

First week has good days, bad days. I think next week should be better.

 

[Angler]

Was it “crazy glue” or cray they used glue OR both???? Good to hear that things are moving In the rightdirection.

I'm thinking they used Gorilla glue.

 

[Motoxxxloak]

Never had it done, but being in Workers Comp for the last 12 years, I agree with others that PT (obviously along with a good doctor) is key! I can't tell you how many injured workers I had, that had issues, because they would not attend, miss appts, etc., only to have issues down the road.

Also, the ones that needed both and did one at a time regretted it. The ones that did both and dealt with the set backs of rehabbing two at once said they would not have done it any other way.

The ones that were on top of it, had good docs and PT all had super successful outcomes and like others said, wish they had done it sooner! Best of luck to you and hope for a speedy recovery.

 

[jetboatperformance]

I'm thinking they used Gorilla glue.

My Knee had 18 staples to close , fast forward a couple years My Hip incision was "super glue" , healed bitchin but itched like crazy as it sloughed off

EDIT I just messaged my surgeon buddy , He says "Basically its the same as Super glue"

 

[toyaddiction]

May 22 is my date. We will see how it goes.

 

[pronstar]

Do yourselves a favor:
Never, ever watch a video of knee replacement surgery.

 

[stonehenge]

Great info on here, scheduled for June for the first knee, 2nd knee whenever I want to after recovery from 1st knee.

Been a giant pussy and been putting it off for yeeeeaaarrrsss... Pain is incredible, been living with it some how. I limp around like a tard 24/7, some days are better than others. Weird how the weather dictates much of the pain.



Glad there is some positive impute on this thread.

 

[pronstar]

The handful of folks I know who have gone thru it, all basically say the same thing:

Do not try to shortcut rehab and especially range-of-motion exercises.

 

[jetboatperformance]

The handful of folks I know who have gone thru it, all basically say the same thing:

Do not try to shortcut rehab and especially range-of-motion exercises.

I wont advise against it (PT) because its the protocol and I'm certainly not a Doc , However I will say this Years ago I had a orthopedic surgeon tell me "self employed people get well faster" . My "rehab" for my Hip and my knee consisted of getting out of my TV chair or bed and walking . By choice I had no rehab after the knee replacement and after my recent Hip the Physical therapist who visited at home ( we live aways out) had me doing what I considered "baby steps" except for the range of motion stuff, after the first week I finally said "let go for a walk" , no cane , no walker just walked about 800 feet that day , The only thing that kept from from going to the shop sooner was the healing incision . It may not have been right but it worked for me

 

[rrrr]

Do yourselves a favor:
Never, ever watch a video of knee replacement surgery.

Watching a surgeon swinging a mallet with all his might is a little disconcerting. That and the savage effort used to perform repeated full range motion checks while the poor bastard victim is anestithized makes it easy to understand why you wake up thinking you're going to die from the initial pain.

 

[92562]

I've had both replaced by a good friend and I actually partially woke up during the hammer swings on one of them. Anesthesiologist said that I must be an alcoholic because of my tolerance! Most important part of PT is getting full extension so you walk normally. I went back to running daily within about 10 weeks of each surgery.

 

[jetboatperformance]

For those who havent seen this (sometimes your "out") this is what they used on me it is crazy wild technology with infinate adjustability I was starting to drift in my "Michael Jackson sleep" but remember what looked like Ugg boots at the end ..............

 

[pronstar]

Watching a surgeon swinging a mallet with all his might is a little disconcerting. That and the savage effort used to perform repeated full range motion checks while the poor bastard victim is anestithized makes it easy to understand why you wake up thinking you're going to die from the initial pain.

Yeah that’s the picture I was suggesting folks avoid

 

[pronstar]

I've had both replaced by a good friend and I actually partially woke up during the hammer swings on one of them. Anesthesiologist said that I must be an alcoholic because of my tolerance! Most important part of PT is getting full extension so you walk normally. I went back to running daily within about 10 weeks of each surgery.

Jeezus…yikes!

 

[LuauLounge]

If you want to watch the procedure, Youtube link below. Dr Stephen Howell is the surgeon, he did my wife's knee a few years ago. One difference is post surgery physical therapy is self driven, every hour or so you get up and walk around and bend your knee back and forth. He stated that, over the years they found it produced better results than having a PT, as it was less disruptive to the patient and the patients would do enough movement to affect the end result. There are a dozen videos that he and others have done about him on Youtube. In my wife's case, which was typical, go in 2 hours before surgery, go home the next day. Results were outstanding.

 

[ChumpChange]

I have Kaiser, there are 5 Surgeons I can choose from. I might have to play my White Privileged Card...

Where at? A friend of mine is probably one of them if Baldwin Park.

 

[Orange Juice]

Yes. They only last about 2 weeks. Dr. Said I have zero cartilage and my knee cap is bone on bone.

Get scheduled, and getter done. Might as well enjoy the recession, taking care of yourself. This is the time.

 

[was thatguy]

Never had a knee yet, but it’s been 1 1/2 years since my hip replacement.
I was not the patient you hear about jumping up and walking out the same day. It took a full week or more before I could even go from the walker to the cane. It wasn’t just pain, it was fear.
My entire back of the thigh was deeply bruised for weeks. The ball joint had spurs growing over it so he couldn’t do the typical chicken bone pop to get the ball out of the pelvic socket. So he cut the femur off at the ball and tossed my leg over myself while he chiseled the ball out in pieces.
Then dremeled the spurs off before using the Milwaukee cordless drill and his cheese grater ball hone to open up the hip socket to then drive the titanium socket into place with a fucking 2 pound shop hammer I swear.
Then he went ahead a drove the awl into the femur and slide hammered the core out, drove in the stainless post with cement, tuned up the load bearing area at the femur top, then picked out the proper ceramic ball and polyethylene (or whatever) socket liner.
17 god damned staples and a big bandage later I woke up in recovery thinking I had survived artillery.
Still, he knocked all that out in under 2 hours..
To this day I can still feel aches in my femur.
But all in all it is a giant improvement.

“Surgeon” is sort of a misnomer.
These guys are strictly “Bone Carpenters” for all intent.
The surgery part is just to get to the skeleton.

I watched a couple hip videos AFTER the replacement.
I now fully understand why I was so beat up.


6 Months before the replacement.

After the replacement x-Ray before I woke up.

 

[Angler]

Where at? A friend of mine is probably one of them if Baldwin Park.

Baldwin Park. Dr Kim did my knee.

 

[Angler]

Great info on here, scheduled for June for the first knee, 2nd knee whenever I want to after recovery from 1st knee.

Been a giant pussy and been putting it off for yeeeeaaarrrsss... Pain is incredible, been living with it some how. I limp around like a tard 24/7, some days are better than others. Weird how the weather dictates much of the pain.



Glad there is some positive impute on this thread.

I could barely walk up or downs stairs anymore, That was my final tipping point to get it done.
Been in pain for over 10 years. It's amazing what the body can get used to.

 

[Angler]

After 2 months since complete knee replacement surgery, still having problems with the swelling.
No walker or cane needed to get around, pretty damn impressed with Kaiser.
No stitches or staples, just glue.. Amazing!

 

[propcheck]

My friend had his replaced do to an infection of MRSA he got from a cut on his knee. Total replacement. It has been working good for him for years now he still does crossfit and runs a few miles daily. He is very healthy and young so he was very aggressive with rehab

 

[RCDave]

This is encouraging. Got an mri done this morning and waiting to meet with the doc. A replacement is highly likely

 

[Angler]

Before and after pic.

 

[2Driver]

I threw in the towel. Oct 2nd for me.

When you are 63 and have a ton of plans to squeeze in before you are too old then suddenly you need to pause 6 months it’s a big fucking deal.

 

[jetboatperformance]

I threw in the towel. Oct 2nd for me.

When you are 63 have a ton of plans to squeeze in and you take 6 months out of your plans it’s a big fucking deal.

The difference will be dramatic , at least my right knee and hip were, I'm gimpin around now for months (left knee) , JBP is too busy , The Hyaluronic acid didnt do sh*t , I just "get thru" my days Looking at fall when life slows a bit (left knee is bone on bone)

 

[2Driver]

The difference will be dramatic , at least my right knee and hip were, I'm gimpin around now for months (left knee) , JBP is too busy , The Hyaluronic acid didnt do sh*t , I just "get thru" my days Looking at fall when life slows a bit (left knee is bone on bone)

Same exact thing here.

 

[Not So Fast]

Damn that looks bad aarrggghhh. Myb wife fell abot 2 months ago and shattered her elbow, they fixed it once but said another sdurgery was needed for complete use so then 4 weeks later she had the bionic elbow installed at Lake side here in Havasu by Dr Barnes, young guy too. Shes in a lot of pain but getting better day by day. Hope I never have to have that stuff done
NSFD

 

[DRYHEAT]

I threw in the towel. Oct 2nd for me.

When you are 63 and have a ton of plans to squeeze in before you are too old then suddenly you need to pause 6 months it’s a big fucking deal.

You will be walking real good and feeling real good in about two months, or at least that’s how it was for me, I was only 57, but I’m beat to hell. it made a world of difference for me, I suffered in pain for about 10 years. I felt so good afterwards I thought about going back to work, but then came to my senses.

 

[92562]

Two different stories. Left knee replaced on November 14, 2014 and I ran a 5K in February 2015 with my daughter. Then ran several Spartan races, etc. Right knee replaced in December of 2020 (COVID BS protocols!) and was released within 3 hours of surgery. Went home and came back in 12 hours with tremendous swelling. Back in the hospital for 3 days. To this day, the right knee is not right (correct) and there is always extra fluid on it, but as for day to day, it works fine and does not hurt. I used to string together 7:30 sec mile times, now I'm at 9:30. For an old guy, I should just shut up. (Had both shoulders done in 2016!)

 

[rrrr]

After 2 months since complete knee replacement surgery, still having problems with the swelling.
No walker or cane needed to get around, pretty damn impressed with Kaiser.
No stitches or staples, just glue.. Amazing!

View attachment 1237580

Take ibuprofen to moderate the swelling. Confirm you are bending the knee to its maximum flexion (push it!), and not swinging the leg out sideways when you're on stairs or in other challenging situations. That prevents the knee from obtaining that 120-130° flexion you're working toward. It also causes swelling from the side loads on muscles and tendons. You gotta swing it straight in every phase of steps you take.

 

[rrrr]

Before and after pic.

View attachment 1237617

Ugh. The femur and tibia were hard on each other on the proximal side. I hope it'll make a difference in your everyday life.

 

[rrrr]

I threw in the towel. Oct 2nd for me.

When you are 63 and have a ton of plans to squeeze in before you are too old then suddenly you need to pause 6 months it’s a big fucking deal.

Yeah, but six months is better than complete fuckery at some point in the future. Then you're older, the intervening years have been filled with chronic pain beating on you every day, and the recovery is much more difficult.

After it's done, you'll wonder why you waited. Good luck.

 

[Angler]

Take ibuprofen to moderate the swelling. Confirm you are bending the knee to its maximum flexion (push it!), and not swinging the leg out sideways when you're on stairs or in other challenging situations. That prevents the knee from obtaining that 120-130° flexion you're working toward. It also causes swelling from the side loads on muscles and tendons. You gotta swing it straight in every phase of steps you take.

I'm at 113 degrees now, so it's getting close.

 

[rrrr]

I'm at 113 degrees now, so it's getting close.

That's great. Keep working it, the results are worth the effort.

 

[Angler]

That's great. Keep working it, the results are worth the effort.

It's actually been pretty easy. I would be further along if I didn't have so much swelling restricting me.

There is an 84 year old Lady kicking my ass in my theropy group!

 

[whiteworks]

I don’t mean to be a downer, but you guys know a knee replacement that got infected is what killed JBB.

 

[havasujeeper]

I don’t mean to be a downer, but you guys know a knee replacement that got infected is what killed JBB.

It has been 10 years since I had both knees replaced. Both are now due for rebuilds, but the infection fears on the retreads is what is stopping me. A friend got an infection on the replacement set and he layed
In bed for 2 years with bags of antibiotics where his prosthetics once were.

 

[Ziggy]

I don’t mean to be a downer, but you guys know a knee replacement that got infected is what killed JBB.

Gee thanks Debbie, I was just building some encouragement to get mine done. Tore the acl in it in 1979 & never had it repaired.

 

[Angler]

Ugh. The femur and tibia were hard on each other on the proximal side. I hope it'll make a difference in your everyday life.

It already has!

 

[Angler]

One more day of PT on Thursday. I'm can bend my knee at 120 degrees when not too swollen.

Looking forward to the other knee being replaced first of next year.

 

[RCDave]

My surgery is scheduled for June 28th! Wish me luck!

 

[USMC2010]

I'm holding off on this as long as possible. Learning to live with the brace.

 

[ChumpChange]

After 2 months since complete knee replacement surgery, still having problems with the swelling.
No walker or cane needed to get around, pretty damn impressed with Kaiser.
No stitches or staples, just glue.. Amazing!

View attachment 1237580

Who was your surgeon?

 

[Angler]

Who was your surgeon?

Dr. Kim

 

[2Driver]

Did you guys get the ice circulator thingy machine or just use ice packs? If so what machine?

 

[Angler]

Did you guys get the ice circulator thingy machine or just use ice packs? If so what machine?

Kaiser gave me 2 ice packs, I bought 2 additional ones.

 

[Sherpa]

I did frozen water bottles in my circ machine to extend the water be cold..... those little machines are awesome. it definitely kicked my ass having my knee done.
way more pain than a full hip replacement.....

my sister just had her knee done about 4 months ago, still hobling around but doing better

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Did you guys get the ice circulator thingy machine or just use ice packs? If so what machine?

I used one with my hip replacement last March.
Well worth having.