Total Knee Replacement at 50 yo (1 Viewer)

[glock]

Zimmer has had a ton of recalls as well hate to tell you. They all have. Like i said, we do a half dozen a day. And another half dozen hips. Stryker and Depuy are both gaining market share on Zimmer. Stryker's rotating knee is a marketing ploy, no different than Zimmer's female specific knee implant. I understand you work for an orthopod who uses Zimmer so they must be the best but there's really very little difference. Implants are pretty much a commodity business.

Is that really the case?

Between manufacturers yeah. They all have pretty much the same technology. The choice by hospitals typically comes down to cost.

Okay- so they all utilize these 4 types of knees?

Yes, most companies will offer those different types, but there will be differences in them. The type of implant you need will be based on your specific diagnosis. The key here is finding a good surgeon. I'm a believer that in the hands of a good surgeon, any of the currently offered implants would do fine.

Sooo, you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express recently, then??

 

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[ShaqAttaq]

I'm 43 in a few days. I will be having a total knee replacement in a year or two. Please document your progress; I'm interested.

My aunt just had one a few weeks ago. She is morbidly obese and lazy. She is getting around amazingly well and said that the surgery made her pain go away.

My doc won't even do surgery on morbidly obese folks because of the weight, a revision will be in store. You need to have a certain bmi max for him to do it. I've had to tell many a folks they need to lose weight before I could schedule them for surgery. Not fun but in the end, the knee replacement will fail with too much weight on it.

And why are you having it so young???

i referenced my aunt because she seems like the worst patient, yet her outcome has been positive thus far.

i started having knee surgery at 14. have had 10 knee procedures (6 right, 4 left) including 5 ligament reconstructions. right knee is by far the worst. about 15 months ago, it was estimated by multiple ortho surgeons that I'd only be able to wait 2-3 more years before i'd need the right knee replacement. based on the decrease in my knee quality since that time, i'd speculate that the 3 year estimate is correct.

 

[CurlyNight]

I'm 43 in a few days. I will be having a total knee replacement in a year or two. Please document your progress; I'm interested.

My aunt just had one a few weeks ago. She is morbidly obese and lazy. She is getting around amazingly well and said that the surgery made her pain go away.

My doc won't even do surgery on morbidly obese folks because of the weight, a revision will be in store. You need to have a certain bmi max for him to do it. I've had to tell many a folks they need to lose weight before I could schedule them for surgery. Not fun but in the end, the knee replacement will fail with too much weight on it.

And why are you having it so young???

i referenced my aunt because she seems like the worst patient, yet her outcome has been positive thus far.

i started having knee surgery at 14. have had 10 knee procedures (6 right, 4 left) including 5 ligament reconstructions. right knee is by far the worst. about 15 months ago, it was estimated by multiple ortho surgeons that I'd only be able to wait 2-3 more years before i'd need the right knee replacement. based on the decrease in my knee quality since that time, i'd speculate that the 3 year estimate is correct.

Since you are so young, have they looked at a UKA rather than a TKA (unicompartmental vs total knee replacement)? We have a few pts that only one compartment is trashed and the others are ok for now so it makes sense for some of them to do just one rather than total. The recovery is the same unfortunately. Just an option to maybe look into if it makes sense to you and your doc what he sees on xrs along with your symptoms.

Good luck.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Anyone ever use GHRP-6 combined with PEG MGF and Tb500 as recovery options?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible .

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital.

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain managment.

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

 

[Ministry of Pain]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible . :(

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital. :( :(

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain management. Oxycodine down? Ganja? Percocets are not strong IMO

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

Good luck and i hope you feel better.

 

[James Daulton]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible . :(

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital. :( :(

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain management. Oxycodine down? Ganja? Percocets are not strong IMO

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

Good luck and i hope you feel better.

Percocet is Oxycodone with Tylenol. It's plenty strong. In fact, OP needs to be mindful of how long he's on it and wean himself as soon as he can.

 

[James Daulton]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible .

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital.

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain managment.

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

Is the pain constant or only when you're rehabbing?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible . :(

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital. :( :(

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain management. Oxycodine down? Ganja? Percocets are not strong IMO

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

Good luck and i hope you feel better.

Thank you MOP

Also my dr told me when he opened me up my knee was BAD ...like marble ...he said i absolutely made the right decision

 

[BustedKnuckles]

So im a week post surgery...the pain is horrible .

I went with general anaesthesia over a spinal.

Spent 2 1/2 days in the hospital.

Using a Passive motion machine combind with PT

Ive gained gained 22 % increase in knee mobility in 4 days

Taking 10 mg of percocet 3 times a day for pain managment.

My goal is to return to work in 6 weeks ...i get a lot of ''are you kidding me '' looks from people in the know .

Is the pain constant or only when you're rehabbing?

Almost constant with variying degrees of inensity...on a scale of 1-10 its never below a 4 and as high as 10 when moving around on crutches. The rehab isnt that bad actually...i think the blood flow while working it helps. Afterwards it gets painful until the meds kick in.I keep hurting it while sleeping (3 times now)i must be jerking my leg while in deep REM ....I wake up like a shot...holy crap it hurts lol...may look into a leg splint so i cant move it while sleeping.