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I just wanted to mention that there is a wealth of information online you can use to improve your post TKR experience. Your health providers may not tell you everything you need to know to more successfully navigate your recovery. If that’s the case, you can find the information you need online to fill any gaps they have left.

I am 8 weeks post MUA and discovered that I am ready to graduate from intensive, formal PT to ROM maintenance. At this point my excessive scar tissue has been defeated, and I can now focus on home exercises to strengthen the deep tissues surrounding my knee replacement.

Further research revealed what those exercises should be as well their duration and frequency.

Neither my doctor nor physical therapist has said a word about any of this. If I hadn’t proactively searched for it, I think I would have been at a loss now regarding how to proceed.

And this isn’t the first time vital information was withheld from me. When I was doing the exercises to increase my flexion, my physical therapist gave me a sheet of instructions that simply said that once I had reached the proper bend I should hold it. Period.

It didn’t say how long to hold it. So I looked it up and found that the hold should last 15-30 seconds. Later I asked her about this, and she verified that holding for this length of time was best.

SO WHY DIDN’T SHE TELL ME SO IN THE FIRST PLACE!! It infuriates me that she left me to stumble around in the dark looking for answers.

So I encourage everyone on here to take some time to investigate what’s going on with your knee. You are likely to find additional or clarifying information that will help you have a more successful, less frustrating recovery experience.

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to report that I’ve had a depressive episode due to my aggressive PT and home exercises following an MUA.

It sneaked up on me such that it wasn’t until I spent two days mostly crying that I realized that I was in difficulties. I had come to dread each day knowing that I would feel lots of pain from start to finish.

I’m feeling better now and don’t dread my exercises so much. And I’m grateful that I am making good progress in increasing my knee flexion. Making progress helps me embrace my pain as an indication that I’m continuing to improve.

I wanted to post this story of my depressive episode in case anyone else was experiencing one or had experienced one. It can help to know that it can happen and that you aren’t the only one going through it.

I’ve experienced some unexpected things while serving as a pastor and hospital chaplain. While I was a chaplain, I served at Brooke Army Medical Center and other hospitals in Iowa and Texas. The burn ward at BAMC provided indelible memories of both patients and their family members.

I’ve had heartburn and/or nausea since the surgery. Since I have GERD, I just took it as a consequence of it.

I’ve tried everything to make the pain and gas stop, but they always comes back. I’ve tried Ondanstron, warm tea, a heating pad, Mylanta, walking more, drinking plenty of water, and gas pills. I stopped taking Journavx in case that was the cause, but that made no difference.

Last night I tried famotidine, but after over 3 hours my stomach still hurt badly. I can hardly eat anything because that makes the pain worse. I don’t eat fatty foods, so I don’t understand why my stomach should hurt so much when I do eat.

The only thing I still take for pain is acetaminophen, which can cause nausea, so I’m now wondering if it’s the culprit.