left total knee replacement failed, need a new one

So sorry for all you are going through....I too had total knee replacement nearing two months ago....I am truely regretting having the surgery....You are in my thoughts and prayers...

I am so sorry for all you have gone through....I too had total knee replacement...Am regretting having the surgery...You are in my thoughts and prayers...

I had my left knee replaced January of 2014. Everything was great...so good I had my right one done in May of 2014. Everything was really really good. However in the summer of 2014 I was doing yard work and while weed eating a very small rock was thrown into my left shin. I didn't know it imbedded until when it festered up and I squeezed the pus out, out came a little rock. By March of 2015 my left knee had swollen and was giving me pain. Went to the doctor and turns out the infection had spread up to my knee, causing me to have to have the knee removed for six weeks while I received antibiotics. Now the swelling didn't go down but the knee functioned great. I went back to officiating volleyball and all other activities.

Then on December 29 of 2015 I fell and my knee dislocated (because the swelling had hidden the fact that my knee cap was on the side thus negating my use of my quadriceps to hold the knee in place). The doctor went in despite it being less than a year from the infection which he said was taking a chance of getting another infection. Since the dislocation I have had to walk with a cane and have had considerable pain in the knee joint.

Today I had X-rays and the doctor explained how the replacement has shifted and I am going to have to have a THIRD replacement.

Anybody who has had three replacements of the same knee want to give me any ideas of what the likelihood of everything turning out okay and me being able to throw away my canes etc?

I caught an infection in my knee over a year after having the original replacement. Everything went great except it stayed swollen so you could not see my knee cap on the side of the joint, thus negating my quadriceps holding the knee in place or being able to sit and extend or raise my foot up. Then I fell and dislocated the knee joint and that has been pure hell ever since. KEEP ANY EYE ON WHERE THAT KNEE CAP IS EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT DUE TO SWELLING!

The doctor put the knee in crooked. My bone was damaged. I got a new doctor. He did a revision it was good for almost 4 years. The damaged bone is not good I might have to get another revision. I wish hell to the first doctor he lied to me and didn't show me the mistake he made..

i was alergic to my first had a revision same problem hot swelling and pain

My story began last year when I was in enormous knee pain. I was advised by 3 doctors to do the knee replacement, but I wanted to find an alternative.  For God's sake, we are planning colonization on Mars  but medicine still has nothing to offer aside from cutting my knee off? 

So, I decided to find a way to avoid the surgery. My condition was qualified as degenerative arthritis. So I ran into the same forum (unfortunately I lost the link) where people were in the same situation as I was. One of the member told about the corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid injections into the joint. In addition to the knee brace and physical therapy it significantly reduced his knee pain and improved his life. 

So, I asked him about the clinic where he was treated. He pointed out ARO or Advanced Regenerative Orthopedics. I had my MRI and X-ray and I send it to them by email. The review is free of charge, which was a pleasant surprise. 

They reviewed it and told me that they are willing to try to save my knee without a surgery. Of course I agreed to try. 

Currently, I'm having corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid shots, wear special shoes, and take Aleve. It wasn't an instant pain relief, I have to tell you. But after a couple of months of treatment I feel better. My level of pain has greatly decreased and I hope for the best in future. Now I'm 65 and I want to LIVE a life, not struggling to live. 

For everyone who is planning on doing a surgery I ask you to consider all options before it. You can send your MRI or X-ray to ARO and ask for their review.

who did your revision?

Dear Dawnsirish, I had a total L knee replacement july 2, 2019, I have been having increased pain, swelling and unable to walk. Three days ago, I went in for my 2 year exam. The ortho doctor said, You're hardware is loosened around part of your Femur. It was visible and it looked like the bottom part of the bone detached from the metal. I am unable to imagine what else could go wrong.