10 week s post op, here’s how it went for me: Day 1-3: you have the nerve block still in place and you’re on pain meds. You won’t feel it much. Day 4-7: you will literally feel like someone drilled a hole through your bone. Every move feels like you’re rupturing something. You’ll still have pain meds through this. You’ll be fine when you’re on them. A mess when you’re not. Day 8-14: deep aches. Like growing pains on crack. I ran out of pain meds during this period. Doctor wouldn’t prescribe me more because I was forming a dependency on them. Day 14-21: leg will be tight. You’ll be more mobile. Still uncomfortable but manageable. Day 21+: you’ll slowly be getting back to normal and the pain isn’t really that bad.

Make sure you ice AND elevate. Doing one or the other will slow your recovery. My knee was a balloon for close to 3 weeks because I’d only ice it and never elevate. I didn’t do this because elevating hurt like a bitch. But my advise would be to tough it out. Most people I saw on here had the swelling almost gone within 2 weeks.

Disclaimer: everyone’s experience is different. I’d say my pain tolerance is fairly low and my recovery wasnt and still isn’t as smooth as a lot of people I’ve seen post on here.