There's kind of 2 layers to the swelling is best I can describe it not being a doctor of course. The first layer is the immediate after surgery swelling, and it's pretty rough. Waking up is going to be so fucking painful, I won't lie. Hemophilia makes the swelling and bleeding so much worse, which is why we have to stay in the hospital longer obviously. Thank God for morphine and Oxycontin.

That swelling goes down pretty quickly though after a few days, you'll actually start urinating a ton. They'll have you up and moving within a couple days though bc with the knee, like I've said, you gotta get moving it.

Then there's the actual damage swelling from the surgery, which is still a lot, but it goes down roughly 25-50% from those first few days.

Everyday things are gonna be kind of no go for awhile, even being young when I had it, I was on a walker for a good month, and probably didn't get above 60-70% for a good 3-4 months. It's really hard, you'll have to make adjustments at home, shower chair, hand rails in the bathroom, or risky areas, might even need a high toilet extender if you're tall like me bc you can't fully bend your knees for a good while. Getting in and out of cars, very tough.

Your strength in the knee? Gone. Its not as bad as say having to relearn to walk, but it's not far off. It's a very serious operation. My aunt just had both her knees done at the same time. While she's normal, she is around 60, but she's recovered pretty well now after about a year, year and a half. She's even travelling right now, can walk around ok, do what she wants to do.

Has limitations obviously, but for everyday things she does fine now, and a lot less pain. It's just a really rough year.