u/Worldly_Chocolate369

I'm just about finished with week 11 (Repair: Complex Lateral BH). Last evening my PT was going to have me initiate stair stepping.

PT brought out 2 stepping boxes, one shorter than the other. Said we're going to start with the shorter one, but suggested I was probably going to find it too easy.

The very first step I took introduce a massive amount of pain in the knee, and again stepping back down. After about 2.5 attempts we gave up having me do stair stepping.

Prior to having my surgery, stair stepping was something that especially triggered pain. So not being able to do stairs yesterday is reinforcing the thoughts in my head the repair has failed, rather than the pain is just amplified due to the atrophy and insufficient quad strength..

If the meniscus was intact, would inadequate muscle strength really cause too much pain in the knee to use stairs? I lift weights in the gym, so if muscles are too weak for a certain amount of weight, I experience a different type of resistance, and not just pure pain.

There's also the scary thought that the pain I'm feeling is a secondary issue that was never addressed with just a meniscus repair.

I had a repair done for a complex bucket handle tear to the lateral meniscus back in April. Today is the start of week 9. I'm pretty sure mine has failed. I've been dealing with lots of pain since Friday evening, 3 days ago.

On top of that, I still struggle to get PROM past 100. It's stuck in the 90s. My knee extension still stuck around 2-3 degrees.

I've been stuck at WBAT for a few weeks now due to it being uncomfortable, and now I can't take more than a few steps before I trigger unbearable pain. I'm also still in my knee brace since day 1.

Pain examples:

• Burning pain behind the knee.
• Hard pressure-like pain right below the front of the knee.
• Lots of aching pain on the medial side of the knee. (Repair was done to lateral).

I've started taking Advil, but it does very little for the pain.

I've been breaking into tears and losing sleep these last couple nights because of the mental toll this is taking. I am worse right now that I was before the surgery. I've spent the last 8 weeks in this brace, with nearly 5 of them being NWB. My life has been hell, and now I feel like I'm either going to have to start it over, or have my meniscus removed, which I really don't want, because I'm too young to start the path of arthritis.

I have a PT appointment this evening, and will be bringing this up with them.

I had a complex meniscus repair in my right knee about 7 weeks ago. Since about the 3rd or 4th week I've been experiencing a lot pain in my left knee, walking, sitting, etc. The pain is right above the knee, and sometimes on the medial side of the knee. I've also noticed it's clicking when I flex and then extend it. Pain and clicking are 2 symptoms I had with my bad knee with the torn meniscus.

Although only an MRI could give a definitive answer, is it possible I unknowing tore my other meniscus during this recovery period, or is the pain and clicking a response from the knee being too over worked these last several weeks? Maybe someone else out there has experienced the same situation?

And so it's clear, the pain isn't happening during the click when flex and extend. The pain and the clicking are just 2 issues I am dealing with.

The thought of tearing the meniscus on my other leg just after finally getting my bad knee repaired is pure nightmare fuel, and it's bothering me.

I was hoping after a couple weeks of WBAT the pain would go away, but it hasn't yet.