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Well I did not have a knee replacement, but my husband had one about 5 years ago. When he was 14 he jumped off a big rock and landed on his knee. He went to the hospital and they did nothing but wrap it up and tell r.him to keep ice on it. While right after I had our daughter it started really bothering him. He went in to find out what was really wrong. His knee cap was completely shattered. They found fragments of his knee cap through out his leg. He had a three hour surgery to remove and replace his knee. Two hours after his surgery he was able to go home. He was on so many drugs he wanted to go on a walk to see how he would do. Me and his mom almost had to tie him down. After the drugs went threw his system he felt really stupid for trying to walk around. He was in a lot of pain the first night. But after a couple of days he was feeling better. It still hurt him but he was able to get up with crutches and walk around. After two weeks he was walking around. Today his knee bothers him during the winter, but not at all as bad as before he had the surgery. He is doing much better. He knows his knee will never be 100% better but he recovered fast and does not regret having the surgery. Now my husband is a big man, about 6'2 and 300 pounds. He was back at work after a month. But he was walking around after 3 weeks. I hope I did not say anything that scared you any more then you probably already are, and I did not go threw this myself. But I hope I helped and I hope everything goes well for you.
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