PegLegPeg
junior member
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2019
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- Age
- 64
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- United States
- Gender
- Female
Here is my update at 11½ weeks post op, with a need for advice/ reassurance specific to continuing pain:
I'm still struggling to sleep at night and am surprised by the wakefulness night-time pain continues to cause me. I've cut back on activities to just walking, and I'm still elevating much of the time when I sit. I have full extension and flexion, no visible swelling, no discernible heat in the knee and I've recovered my range of motion both easily and pretty quickly without any unnatural effort or "work"; it just came back as I healed.
My scar is great; the stitches that were causing inflammation successfully were absorbed, and no further issues. However, many times throughout the day I get random, stabbing, medial nerve pain near the underside of my (newly restructured) kneecap, and the pain is extreme and frustrating.
I am wondering if this is a normal part of the healing experience, or something I should be concerned about. Thanks!
I'm still struggling to sleep at night and am surprised by the wakefulness night-time pain continues to cause me. I've cut back on activities to just walking, and I'm still elevating much of the time when I sit. I have full extension and flexion, no visible swelling, no discernible heat in the knee and I've recovered my range of motion both easily and pretty quickly without any unnatural effort or "work"; it just came back as I healed.
My scar is great; the stitches that were causing inflammation successfully were absorbed, and no further issues. However, many times throughout the day I get random, stabbing, medial nerve pain near the underside of my (newly restructured) kneecap, and the pain is extreme and frustrating.
I am wondering if this is a normal part of the healing experience, or something I should be concerned about. Thanks!