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Knee surgery rant
pulsarnc
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July 2020,total replacement of right knee. March 2021 have left knee done . August of this year ,right knee dislocated. Has happened 3 times since. Met with surgeon today to discuss results of tests and plans for treatment .. Surgery to come ,maybe Nov or December. Whenever hospital allows elective surgery to resume .May have to replace one or all 3 of the components ,decide after he opens it up .Plainly said that the first surgeon screwed up the first time .Wonder what my chances are in a malpractice suit ?
cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war.....
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Just out of curiosity I googled knee replacement recalls. Wow, there sure have been a lot! There have been a lot of lawsuits as well.
I wonder if in your case it was a Dr. screw up or a poorly made artificial knee or a combination of both? I hope they get it straightened out for you. Bob
Quite unusual for a surgeon to say another screwed up. You won't have any trouble to find a lawyer to take your case. I've had two friends that had great outcomes in the last 5 years. Your first priority is get the knees sucessfully repaired.
Best,
Jeff
Dang, sorry you're going through all this. Hope it gets taken care soon.
I believed all the "stuff" the ortho doctor told me about hip replacement. Pure unadulterated bull pucky!! 2.5 years later still not 'normal' by any means and not much hope of getting better.
Anytime you're told how great a joint replacement is going to be, just get up and leave cause that dude is lying.
During my FINAL trip to the 'ortho duck' (cause he's a quack), I saw a guy who I knew in a wheel chair and went over to talk to him. Turns out his 5-6 year old knee replacement performed by the same duck had gone bad and the entire knee and bone attachment had been removed. HOLY CRAP, this poor guy had 8" chopped out of his right leg with the lower leg supported by external metal straps.
Yes, that was my FINAL visit to the duck's office. I fired his quack butt and didn't return. Contacted my insurance and informed them not to pay any more claims and told everyone I met how things turned out.
None..............I suffered sciatic nerve damage resultant from hip replacement surgery. no recourse.
I might be more physically capable if I had never had my hip replaced. Sure.........I would e in pain every day. Now, my whole leg is still weak after a year. My balance has ben affected...............especially over un-even terrain. I had a bad experience.
I didn't disagree but I worked with a fellow ten years older then me who had his hip done and healed rather quickly along with being capable walking with no limp and manual hard labor not ALL joint replacements end up bad
"I might be more physically capable if I had never had my hip replaced. Sure.........I would e in pain every day. Now, my whole leg is still weak after a year. My balance has ben affected...............especially over un-even terrain. I had a bad experience."
Falling has become a serious problem for me. My activities involve uneven ground, ladders, clambering into and out of machinery and trucks, and walking in weeds, tall grass, or snow. None of this meets the capabilities of the new hip.
Serious instability, inability to step onto or off of raised steps, and plain old fear of falling have cost me more than the reduced pain has benefitted.
Ladder work is no longer feasible . Even my deer hunting suffered as I can no longer access some of my hunting stands and have been forced to find alternatives . Just when I should be making progress here comes another setback
I had total knee replacement in 1996, and hip replacement in 2003. Hips are a cakewalk, knees are painful.
I regret neither.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
I had my left knee done. It took a year of hard work to get it moderately strong again, and that’s only moderate. Now I can climb, hike, carry stuff up stairs and it doesn’t hurt anymore. Until 2 months ago I was creeped out on steps, then I got over a hump of some kind and gained enough strength that I’m confident again.
I discovered it’s critically important to climb stairs with my back erect, eyes looking straight forward, NOT bent over like I’m old and it hurts. It hurts like the dickens for a few weeks to do that, then you start to strengthen the muscles you need for recuperation. THEN you turn the corner toward recovery.
I had total knee replacement on both knees last year, one in Feb. and the other in July. Both times I went to PT faithfully for 6 weeks, graduating from walker to cane at 4 weeks. I had bone on bone on both sides, painful to walk for several years, so surgery was called for. Now I walk 1 1/2 miles up and down hills almost every day without pain. Glad I went through it, and hope you guys who have problems can get them solved. I'm told that physical therapy is the most important thing to help you to recover.
PS--Losing over 25 lbs probably helped too.