rlwintin
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Yes, it’s a slow recovery. I’m at 4 months and still ice and take Tylenol and sometimes my knee aches after a day of doing not much. But! This is my second knee and I know how it continues to improve for a long time. My older replacement still aches a bit after 11 years. A knee replacement will never be as good as the original. But it’s better than the damaged knee by far. Check with your doctor if you are concerned but if it’s not a complication/problem, it will just take time. I was hoping to be completely over it by now and I think my expectations about that were causing me mental distress. I remember my 2012 surgery as a piece of cake but that’s probably because it has functioned very well since then. So maybe at some point in the future you can feel glad for it. Just not now, which is perfectly understandable.
