Knee replacement

[rondog]

I've heard something called Colchicine is good for gout.

[MrPrena]

I've heard something called Colchicine is good for gout.

yes.

I haven't had gout for over 6 years but I have bottle of colchicine ready just in case.

BTW. have ice bag or polar ice machine handy as well.
it's been~ 4 years since I had the surgery and I still get chills when I see the scar.
best way is just remind myself that it is my own knee.

[brutal]

hate reading threads like this because one day, in the not so distant future, I'll be looking at two total knee replacements. Not looking forward to it.

Good luck and hope the pain begins to ease soon for ya.

Me too. My right knee is 80-90 gone and the latest round of injections isn't doing great. Still nursing a sprain in the left knee about 8 weeks now. Tomorrow is Antelope opener but we're mostly road hunting private land in 105.

Hope you feel better soon Ron.

[rondog]

Me too. My right knee is 80-90 gone and the latest round of injections isn't doing great. Still nursing a sprain in the left knee about 8 weeks now. Tomorrow is Antelope opener but we're mostly road hunting private land in 105.

Hope you feel better soon Ron.

Thanks man! Good luck with the speed goats.

[flogger]

Thanks man! Good luck with the speed goats.

Looking at getting a replacement in a few months, Lube injections aren't working and Steroids don't last. Not looking forward to PT but need to do something!

Supposed to take 1 hr and it sounds like a routine procedure like a brake job. Kazoo had some great advice on metal allergies, certainly worth checking out.

[MrPrena]

speaking of metal, gotta tell the tsa/court/etc prior about tkr. if you tell them early, you might end up finishing up checkpoint earlier than normal metal detector line.

[Great-Kazoo]

Looking at getting a replacement in a few months, Lube injections aren't working and Steroids don't last. Not looking forward to PT but need to do something!

Supposed to take 1 hr and it sounds like a routine procedure like a brake job. Kazoo had some great advice on metal allergies, certainly worth checking out.

Most if not all ortho surgeons will tell you. Oh that's a 1 in a million issue, if that. The surgeon i saw who said we need to do a metal allergy test. Had a waiting room full of 1 in a million patients with some form of metal allergy reaction. When we visited the mayo for a 2nd opinion after the 3rd tke came loose. That surgeon said metal allergies are an often overlooked problem that we see a lot of here.
Both the 2nd & 3rd were press fit, unfortunately with bone being porous. The damage from the metals in the epoxy compound had already done their damage

[rondog]

Never had any weird allergies that I know of, just cat dander, wheat dust, and some grass pollens.

Wife used to be a travel agent and is pretty sure there's some kind of ID card you can/should get to present to TSA at airports.

My surgeon is with Kaiser and is top-notch. All he does is knee and hip replacements. Mine took 2 hours, was home that afternoon.

[encorehunter]

I was up and walking the day of surgery, they released me that afternoon. They anesthetic wore off on the drive home, though they said it would last much longer. I couldn't get meds until the next day. The first three days were bad. On the fourth day I quit taking the hyrocodone and moved to ibuprofen. It was still painful, but bearable. I was able to begin walking a mile after a week, back to work in two weeks after giving the doctor a mild heart attack. At day 8 after surgery, I climbed a 75 foot ladder in full bunker gear and made my firefighter video it to show him. His comment was,"You know you just had a major surgery, right?" I replied, "Apparently you did a good job." I have been working since, with only minor pain compared to what I was in before.

[Irving]

I don't like reading these threads, and I don't have any knee/joint issues. :/