Bi-lateral Knee Replacement

sharon18

Hi, I'm new to the community and was hoping to connect with a few people who have already undergone knee replacement surgery, particularly those who may have had bi-lateral surgery, with both knees replaced at the same time. I need to make a choice between having the surgeries performed individually or both at the same time. As someone who works full-time it makes more sense to opt to have done at the one time but obviously makes recovery more painful and difficult. It would be so helpful to get some feedback from anyone else who has gone through the same thing. I know that everyone will have a different experience but just to get some general information on what to expect and recovery/recuperation timeframes would be so helpful.

Thanks and appreciate any feedback and/or advice.

PeterJ

Hello @sharonquinn and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you would like to get feedback from others who have undergone knee replacement surgery - you are certainly in the right place. You might also find the information on our website of help and I've put a couple of links in below which may be of interest.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/surgery/knee-replacement-surgery/

and there are Hints and Tips in the following article (knees are about half way down it)

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/your-experiences/your-questions-answered/your-questions-on-surgery-and-arthritis/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their thoughts and experiences as well.

With very best wishes

Peter (moderator)

frogmorton

Hold on @sharon18

you need an old but good thread by @Helenbothknees

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/33699/helens-bilateral-tkr

It's 10 years old now but still makes good reading for someone about to do the same.

Best of luck and maybe you can do us your recovery story when you have yours then I can post a more up to date thread to others in future😁

Take care

Toni x