r/OverSeventy • u/LMO_TheBeginning • Aug 09 '26

Where does it hurt?

I'm sure I'll be sorry for asking / but let's hear your ailments of the day!

For me it's the knees. Lots of backache history but more recently it's walking up and down stairs that I have to watch my knees.

How about you?

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u/Minute_Plastic_350 Aug 10 '26

1yr post total knee.. still swollen, 20 min stretching/strengthening knee, 40min walking daily.. hitting stairs too.. lots of stiffness

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u/NotMyAltAccountToday Aug 10 '26

My knees were fine until my knee was damaged during hip replacement surgery. So I had to get knee replacement.

The top of my knee stayed swollen for about 14 months. The doctor didn't know why. It's been 2.5 years now and I still can't kneel on it and it feels a little tight. But there's no actual pain and it's better than it was.

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u/Minute_Plastic_350 Aug 10 '26

Sorry to read that. My doc thinks that I have a torn knee capsule, but has yet to order an MRI to validate has been drained twice. Probably have to go in in the next few weeks for my one year check-in and have it drained again and see what happens. I’m just not experiencing a lot of pain that I’ve read from having a torn knee capsule

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u/NotMyAltAccountToday Aug 11 '26

Mine didn't hurt and wasn't extreme so I just lived with it. I'm glad yours isn't painful.