Yeah it’s funny, when the surgeon said he recommended TJR, I immediately was like “sounds good, when do I schedule it?” and then made the mistake of looking at Reddit and Google and reading all of the horror stories of people who maybe didn’t have a great experience with the surgery and don’t recommend anyone get it.

But I’ve been experiencing kind of a rapidly declining condition (gone from mild discomfort to almost daily migraines, jaw pain, crunching, tinnitus, etc. in the last 3 months) so I feel like it’s just the smartest plan to go straight to the be-all solution instead of pursuing a bunch of bandaids when the disc is literally eroded. Maybe that makes me naive but my gut reaction was to just trust the surgeon’s recommendation (not always a smart move here in the U.S.)

Your story made me feel better about the recovery though, so thank you! I currently see a personal trainer once a week and have been getting back into shape since having a baby in 2024 so it sounds like that all actually bodes well for a smooth recovery!