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Al Roker Reveals He Faced Some 'Complications' During Knee Replacement Surgery: 'Toughest One Yet'

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Al Roker is on the mend after having knee replacement surgery earlier this month, but the road to recovery hasn't been an easy one.The beloved weatherman virtually joined the third hour of  on Tuesday, where he gave an update on his recovery and announced his upcoming return to the show.«I am doing fine.

It is good to see all of you. I'm going to be honest. I've had a number of replacements, knee replacements. It’s not a big surprise.

This one has been the toughest one yet because they had to take out the old one, which had some complications, and then put in a new one,» Roker explained.The 68-year-old TV anchor then showed off an X-ray of his new knee, to give viewers and his fellow colleagues a look at what's he's working with now that his old knee has been replaced.

Roker's recent surgery was a revision of a left knee replacement that he had done 23 years ago. He had a previous right knee replacement surgery in 2016, according to .A post shared by Al Roker (@alroker)«It goes all the way up into the femur, down to the tibia, and then there's a hinge between, so they really had to do a lot of work to get the old stuff — the old hardware out, the new hardware in, plus there's a titanium cone in there for the bone to grow,» he continued. «So, this has been more work.»Roker has been in physical therapy rehabbing his knee, and while he said he's feeling good, he admitted that he may have gotten a little overzealous with his post-surgery activity.«The toughest part has been like — I was feeling good because the nerve block hadn't worn off yet, so I started cooking.

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