3rd meniscus surgery recovery not going well
I’m 24 years old and I just had my 3rd meniscus surgery on my left knee, all 3 of which were trims rather than repairs. My first two recoveries went pretty smoothly and I was moving mostly pain free, just working on strengthening pretty early on. However, this time around I’m just over a month post op and I’m still in a considerable amount of pain, feel incredibly weak in my knee, and can’t do steps up/down without sharp pain.
I spoke to my physical therapist a little bit about these concerns the last time I saw her and she assured me that since this is my third surgery on the same knee it’s normal for recovery to take longer but I’m just not sure. It feels like a pretty drastic difference to how things went the last two times and I’ve never been wrong about my knee in the past with re-injuries so it’s hard for me to shake the feeling.
Has anyone else had several meniscus surgeries and felt this way? When do I know if I’m getting better at all or if the surgery wasn’t successful?
Edit: for reference after my last knee surgery when the same amount of time had passed I was able to fully squat down to the floor without pain