Total Knee Replacement in Two Words: It Hurts

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Added: Wed. Dec 16, 2009 5:12pm
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Nine weeks after my Total Knee Replacement (ta – da – dummmmmmmmm) and I still hurt. Nobody told me this part of the deal. Who do I see about this?

Only after my first couple of sessions did I learn that the only way to gain is with pain – when it comes to a Total Knee Replacement. It’s the only rehab where pain is good.

It's pretty amazing that they can take out a knee that was surrounded by muscles and tendons and stuff and put in a new knee-joint, get me up walking the same day and 56 days later, I’m still hurting.

I know they get in there and hack away with hammers and knives and saws, but didn’t everything go back where it was?

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