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Hi,everyone just an update I had the operation and a weird experience it was and it turns out that they had to do a lateral meniscus repair as it was unstable and now at home recovering but having to have a brace on it, anyone had these surgerys and is it going to be tough before it gets better.😖😖.

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A repair is potentially good news so I'm glad that it could be repaired rather than trimmed and the excess removed.

I'm assuming that you've been given exercises to do on a regular schedule (mine were every 2hrs) so do those and work on regaining your full range of motion. My worst days were day 2-3 after the surgery but things eased after that and the swelling reduced and it became easier to do the exercises.

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Mine r 3 to 4 times a day but it's slightly harder with the brace on at the moment as it locked in at O to keep it at certain position and having to go back on two crutches.But I can least can take the bandage off tomorrow but still have to keep the brace on.Pain isn't too bad on day 3 and still got a long road to recovery yet😞😞

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oiseau222

I had arthroscopic surgery for a meniscus tear and a Posterior cruciate ligament repair. The recovery wasn't bad. I was supposed to use a walker but I wasn't consistent about it. I had physical therapy and did my exercises whenever I could. The experience wasn't too painful and any pain was worth it, compared to how good my knee felt after recovery, which I believe was within 6 weeks.

I don't think I could handle crutches though.

Good luck and know that you will feel better. It hurts the most for a few days after the surgery, but it will get better

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