So I’m 9 weeks today and proceeding well I think - knee - right surgical side- seems to be slooooowly resolving
I’m doing stairs normally most of the day - but my house has a lot of them - often by late evening I’ve resorted to one step at a time as the stiffness and full feeling around knee causes knee to not being able to bend
My hip remarkably is just fine - an occasional twinge - but - knock wood - nothing to complain about
But back to the knee - since I can’t really twist or bend yet due to precautions I haven’t really been able to examine it - but the other night when it was really bad - judicious use of mirrors got me a better look
@Layla @Josephine these are probably questions for you - is it normal after the surgery that knee would be like this - no pain AT ALL walking - only stairs - I noticed now that entire back of knee is quite swollen - area is quite large - now I know why I can’t bend it as it’s really quite puffy back there - also I thought it was black and blue - but on closer inspection it’s a veritable tangle of hundreds of fine spidery veins so many it appeared black and blue from a distance - I didn’t have that pre surgery - they seem to have burst - will they resolve and disappear- front of knee isn’t really noticeably swollen - there’s one small black and blue mark the size of a quarter on outside leg just below knee with burst veins emanating from it -
So after discovering this I’ve now started icing the back of knee and it does bring down the swelling about 50-75 percent until it’s aggravated again -
is this normal - just needs to resolve itself or did something in my knee get injured considering all those veins burst in back of the knee
I don’t care how it looks - my leg modeling days are over - (that’s a laugh) - I’m just so glad my hip is pain free - but if something in knee now needs to be addressed - perhaps torn - maybe you know ?
Thank you for your continued help - looking forward to possibly being restrictions free in 3 more weeks !! Yes !! Back To side sleeping !!! And leg crossing !!