Strange sensation behind knee!!!

HI Mandy ask away lol its prob just your nerves kicking in literally!!! Dont forget a lot were cut and sewn back together so its prob that and everyone seems to get it. I ALWAYS have a pillow lengthways under my leg running from knee to ankle. Try that even when ur just sitting it stops you from forcing your knee too flat down. You will have bad days we all do in fact last night I discovered a hugely dent below my knee and this morning its gone?????? But my knee is very stiff??? So I dont know lol. JUST take each day as it comes and were always here x

You are starting to heal. All of the damaged soft tissue is trying to realign itself. If you are like most, you walked rather erratic and favored the bad leg. Now you are in the process of correcting the flaws. I would say the 3-5 week period is the strangest of the healing cycle. More things are happening and doing it in a more irrational manner, which once again, even though we are all different we are much alike. The one problem with this, the surgeons really never discuss these things with us in advance. They may tell you a little about how the whack, chop and see but the emotional side is left up in the air. Dont be surprised if you work through this phase and BOOM.......the same thing will jump up and get you again. You are Also starting to feel a little better and wanting to get your life ba k all in one giant leap. Be very careful an o it doing this..........stay with the basics.......pain meds, excercise, icing, elevation and above all else, rest. You have been through a tremedous strain on the body and you need to be resting not working. A couple of naps a day is not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of good common sense. Hydrate excessively. Eat whenever and whatever you want right now. A rested, hydrated and nourished body heals faster than one under stress. Mentally, don't take advice from anyone that hasn't been through this as they have no idea what it's all about. Just keep working and this problem will go away and sure as hell, something else will pop up. Give yourself 6 months and then evaluate how things are going

Hi Mandy.

ask away as we have all been through and still going through this procedure and we do try and support one another on this forum.

getting back to your pain, I think it is all the muscles, nerves, tendons, trying to settle back down, don't forget you have had major surgery in the knee and it is going to take some time for it all to settle back.

Keep up with your pain meds, ice and exercises and  hopefully this will help you, I am only 4 weeks myself, however  I put an ice pack on my knee in bed and loosely tie a bandage around to keep the ice pack in place, this helps me( don't forget to cover the ice pack with something) to try and get some rest, some nights I am downstairs by 2am and other nights I sleep right through, so patience is a word I have heard quite often, take each day as it comes, and in the end we will all get through this.

take care, gill

Hi Mandy. I am at work 12 weeks and at 9 weeks at also got a othoscopic manipulation cause I was stuck at 88 degree . It's been like a Rollercoaster you can only dream off in a bad way. But hang in there we are all different and the same at times. I've had all those feeling and more. You will have great days and then a bad day hits you and your mind goes crazy with all the worst thoughts. Then it goes back to normal what ever normal is. Like I said I am at 12 weeks and my knee was bending good after the manipulation and now it's starting to get stiff again and it gets me very nervous. Then I get told that's the process just stay with what your doing. It's hard for me cause I have a high tolorence for meds and low tolorence for pain. Not a good combination so I have to take it very slow. But at the end it with work out they say. Stay strong and good luck will always be here to talk and share with you.