Knee surgery

I had knee arthroscopy a few years ago because my doctor suspected I had a meniscus tear, and also just had scar tissue removed. The first couple of weeks it was pretty stiff/sore, but I really only needed to use crutches for the first day (I still used one crutch for a couple of days, just for balance purposes). I didn't really have any proper physical therapy for it, but after about 3 weeks I was walking home from school again in the afternoons (I was in high school at the time) and after about a month and a half I was riding my bike a couple of miles a day. I think that might be a little fast, though. My doctor seemed surprised by it.

It still has some pain, but that's partially due to re-injuring it.

Erm... It was so long ago that I don't really remember, to be honest. I only remember that I couldn't fully straighten my leg before.

Now the pain is on the outside of my knee. I also occasionally get shooting pains from my knee down to my ankle, but that is definitely an entrapped nerve from a different injury.

I also hope for you that it is related to the surgery itself. I remember mine was pretty tender for the first week or so and straightening it felt like it was going to rip apart.

I wish you a speedy recovery!

I had a knee scope three months ago. I am 35 and the MRI I had showed a cartilage defect that was bone on bone. The doctor scheduled a microfracture and biocartliage surgery to try and repair it. Once he was in my knee though, he found two additional areas of bone on bone, and a torn meniscus. He shaved the miniscus and my tibia, and cleaned up the other 3 areas of cartilage that were bone on bone. Unfortunately, the damage was considered past the point of benefiting from the microfracture repair, so now I am stuck. I qualify for a knee replacement already, but my age is an issue. For now we are looking at pain management, and the doc even offered to at least try the microfracture surgery in the weight bearing defect, but he doesn't know how much of a difference it would make. He would rather try that, than replace at 35. I am just so against anymore surgery right now, but my knee hurts literally every day. I still have stiffness and inflammation, which is normal after surgery, but I didn't expect to have this kind of pain, three months after.

Hi, I realize this is an old thread but I'm just seeing it now. As a former gymnast, I have a history of knee trauma.

Surgery #1 was to replace my ACL and clip the mensicus tear. I came back from that 100%

5 years later, surgery #2 was to replace my ACL again and clip more meniscus. I had re-injured myself and ignored it for about 5 weeks while I was on a long trek. Hiking on an unstable knee for 5 weeks cause A LOT of cartilage damage so my surgeon also did the micro-fracture. It did nothing to alleviate the arthritis and bone to bone rubbing. My knee has never been the same.

Now 8 years later I'm having Surgery #3 to clear out scar tissue and loose bodies floating around in there causing me major pain. I also have arthritis, several cysts, possible further meniscus tear, and potentially an overstretched ACL graft.

My best advice is DO EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS. I didn't and now I'm a 30 year old with pretty advanced arthritis. When they say don't start walking yet? Don't. When they say don't start running yet? Don't. If I had listened, I might have a better outcome.

My other advice is keep your legs as strong as possible. I spent a long time trying to figure out why my knee STILL hurt doing certain movements, and it turned out to be weak muscles in my hips/glutes. So keep your legs/hips/glutes strong. Your muscles can bear the brunt and your joints will thank you.