It is now 7 years, 4 months since my TKR. It has been a great 7 years, mostly pain free, with just the usual flare ups of issues to be expected by a woman my age, especially one who plays tennis 5 or 6 times a week, and sometimes more than once a day. Until....3 weeks or so ago, when the knee spontaneously swelled during a period of inactivity. It remained painful and swollen for 3 or 4 days, and then just as suddenly went back to normal. But, I had made an appointment with an orthopedist, which I decided to keep. I wanted to be an established patient if this should happen again. He took an xray, and said it could be an issue with the glue interacting with the bone, or it could be a fluke. Let's wait and see, which was fine with me since I was back to normal.
But normal was too good to be true. Last week it again spontaneously swelled during a period of inactivity, and I was truly gimping.
So, I am bringing back the blog, since I have a feeling all is not well in there.
Welcome to Arden's Knee II
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