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Anyone have or know about knee replacement surgery?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 357963" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>If you aren't in a terrible amount of pain, then you can wait. There are visco-elastic injections like Synvisc and Hylagen injections. They are viscous injections that provide a lubricant into the knee. Typically, orthopedic surgeons will do a trial or two of these first anyway.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER, think about timing. Spring/summer is probably a better time to have it done. No ice or snow....no uncomfortable weather; you can wear loose clothing or shorts.....I could go on. Should you need it in say six months, then it's whole other ball of wax.</p><p></p><p>As far as getting around, you'll likely spend a week or two in a rehab facility. They won't let you leave without being ambulatory and they usually have you up and walking around right away. You are young and should recover very quickly from knee replacement surgery. Younger people usually recover more quickly and do very well.</p><p></p><p>The other consideration is that because you are so young, it is a possibility that within 20 years, you may need revision surgery. Especially with women with osteoporosis, it is a possibility that the rod can loosen. It's a possibility not a definite. Your orthopedic surgeon will go over all of that with you and if he doesn't then get out of there and find another surgeon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 357963, member: 1024"] If you aren't in a terrible amount of pain, then you can wait. There are visco-elastic injections like Synvisc and Hylagen injections. They are viscous injections that provide a lubricant into the knee. Typically, orthopedic surgeons will do a trial or two of these first anyway. HOWEVER, think about timing. Spring/summer is probably a better time to have it done. No ice or snow....no uncomfortable weather; you can wear loose clothing or shorts.....I could go on. Should you need it in say six months, then it's whole other ball of wax. As far as getting around, you'll likely spend a week or two in a rehab facility. They won't let you leave without being ambulatory and they usually have you up and walking around right away. You are young and should recover very quickly from knee replacement surgery. Younger people usually recover more quickly and do very well. The other consideration is that because you are so young, it is a possibility that within 20 years, you may need revision surgery. Especially with women with osteoporosis, it is a possibility that the rod can loosen. It's a possibility not a definite. Your orthopedic surgeon will go over all of that with you and if he doesn't then get out of there and find another surgeon. [/QUOTE]
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