2-3 WEEKS POST MENISCUS REPAIR
Hey guys,
I’m currently nearly 3 weeks post meniscus repair surgery, and just wanted to ask whether anyone felt similar symptoms to me during their experience with this surgery.
Right now, my knee is still a little swollen, however, has gone down significantly. For reference, my meniscus repair was for a complex lateral posterior horn tear, which I first tore 2 years ago when I tore my acl. Unfortunately, I ended up retearing the meniscus, thankfully not the acl, and yeah, have had it repaired. I am currently non weight-bearing for 6 weeks, and have just been doing my initial physio exercises given, but do have my first physio session at roughly the 4 week mark.
Pain has gone down heaps from the first week especially, however, I notice I have very on and off pain, usually once or twice a week, where the area my meniscus was repaired, is super achy for a day or two, and then seems to improve.
I’m a bit of an overthinker, so assume the worst like I’ve retorn it haha, which I probably haven’t, but just wanted to ask if anyone else experienced this during their recovery, how long it would last, what they were told/think it was, tips to help with it, etc.
Thanks in advance!