How much pain and swelling is normal following knee arthroscopy?

Hiya Moosn8r, I truly understand and have been there!, I too have always been a good healer, I was told 2-3 weeks and you'l be walking fine, well it took me 4 months now into my 5th I can walk well now but thought it would never happen! So patience is the word, everyone is different and I have arthritis in it that I didn't know was there...nor had it bothered me before, but going upstairs at home is stillhard going! But I was told recently by a doc that it can take 4-6 months...first one to tell me that, and that's how it's been for me. So hang on in there and just do little gentle movements, from the booklet they gave you, then later on ask for physio help as it did help me too, all the best, Janice.

Oh my you've only just begun! Don't listen to those people who said they were walking around doing cartwheels a couple days afterwards! They're wrong! I had mine done last July. The nightmare continues. The swelling lasted for about 2 months. The pain was unbearable. The physio was a nightmare and set me back to where I couldn't bear any weight and had to use crutches. Sorry for the bad news. Call your doctor if you're in that much pain. I had to have stronger meds the first week. Don't overdo it. Sorry to be the voice of doom. It does get better, but slowly. I'm 57 with no arthritis and it hurts right now. It will never be the same.

I was scared to death after my tkr because I felt as if my ortho.hadn't been informative enough as to proper handling,cleaning,wound how it would look. I was told keep it straight,work on bending,stretching,etc... however was not told rather to keep the insition covered,uncovered,nothing. After one week a home health phy.therapist came to my home had me do a few exercises that caused a great deal of pain.I was up and walking on it the day after but ended up back in hosp.for 7 days now its better, I asked alot of questions and now am on a road to recovery

I had pain after my knee arthroscopy last year.  I had one the previous year with no issues (different surgeon).  For 14 months, the ortho surgeon tried all manner of things - nothing worked.  Finally had the nerves ablated in my knee, still no good.  Until my surgeon came across an article about damage that can happen to the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve - it looks like when he did the initial incision on the inside part of the knee, he nicked or severed that nerve.  The pain is intense, I have numbness and tingling across the knee.  I'm hoping to get cryoneurablation of that specific nerve - that we are hoping will solve the problem, because nothing else helps.  Where is your pain located?  Does it sound like this? I"m curious becasue I've been told it's hard to diagnose and uncommon, but I think it might happen a lot more than the doctors realise.