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Rt lateral knee arthroscopy

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lisa082000
lisa082000

Back in April, I went in for repair of lateral meniscus repair. Surgeon cleaned it up, said no arthritis. Same day surgery, so within 4 hours I was headed home. Told elevate, use ice etc. Was given no note to be off work for any extended amount of time. Went in for a couple of follow up appts, surgeon said it was healing nicely, and would heal the most for the first month and continue to heal over the next year. Had surgery on Tues, by Thursday I was back at work. I'm an EVS Department Manager, so I'm on my feet ALOT. 6 Weeks out surgeon released me. Never gave e any strengthening exercises to do, no PT orders....nothing. Now its October, my knee is swollen DAILY, and uncomfortable to slightly painful, and TIGHT. Is there anything I can do to help?

I don't want to make it worse, but I really need improvement.

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  • PeterAK
    PeterAK lisa082000

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    Had two recent TKR surgeries, about 9 months apart. The PT’s got the 2nd knee fixed but by that time the first knee had regressed to about what you describe, due to overdependence on it during recovery from the second knee surgery. I went back to my surgeon and got an order to work on both knees and bring it back to what it had been. I don’t think what you have is serious but it needs to be treated. I suggest you go see your doctor and get a PT referral. A good PT should be able to handle the problem.
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