u/GirthFerguson69

Hi all. I’m wondering about other people’s experiences with recovery. Specifically, when did your knee start to feel better than it felt before surgery? In a couple of days, I’ll be 4 months post-op, and my knee is still more achy than before surgery and my walking is still not totally normal. Does it take the full six months before it actually feels better than pre-surgery?

For the skiers out there who have recovered from a TKR and are back at it, what’s your experience been like? how long after surgery were you able to ski? have you been able to get back to skiing stuff that you couldn’t ski before your TKR? how’s the pain level while skiing?

Before my left TKR (5/14/26) I’ve only been able to ski groomers for the last few years and really only for a few laps. Really hoping I’ll be able to ski for longer periods of time and be able to get off piste and back into wild snow and technical terrain again. nothing crazy – definitely plan to keep my skis firmly planted on the snow, but hope to be able to keep up with my kids and my buddies again.

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Welcome!

I’d like to start a sub specifically for people who are looking to get back to a high-level of activity / athletics after their knee replacement. Not that I dislike this sub – on the contrary, it’s been huge for me and others in navigating the replacement landscape. However, I’d like to have a group of people who are looking to get back to a high-level of activity to exchange ideas and experiences – not to alienate anybody else but because the discussion ends up being a little bit different when it comes to merely living without pain versus getting back to participating in high level activities.

thoughts?

I just hit the one month mark yesterday since my LTKR (May 14). My pain is very manageable at this point and I’m hardly using pain meds except for the occasional Tylenol after a hard PT session. my biggest issue now is feeling completely exhausted and lacking an energy to even do just basic things pretty much all the time. my sleep sucks so obviously this contributes to it. recently, it’s gotten to the point where I feel physically sick and nauseous. I’m pretty sure it’s due to the exhaustion, but maybe I actually have the flu or something. Anybody else experienced this?

just ranting. 8 days post LTKR. Everything is going exactly it’s supposed to go but I freaking hate this. This is my fifth major orthopedic surgery and third major joint replacement. I was very cocky going into this thinking it’s old hat, no big deal, I’ve done all this before. well yeah, I’m absolutely knocked on my ass and I hate this and I want this to be done.