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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
I haven't but my boss is out right now for replacement recovery (great timing on his part going into our busiest season  ). He had the surgery on 2/25, was (limited) walking on the 27th, went to rehab on the 29th and was sent home on the 3rd. He's doing great and was surprised how quickly he was able to get up and about. He figures he'll be out 6-8 weeks from the time of surgery until he can fully regain strength. He avoided having the surgery for easily 10 years and popped Vicodin to cope with the pain. He said he realizes how stupid that was now.
That was for a full replacement, I'd imagine meniscus repair would be a little quicker recovery-wise but have no personal experience to base that on. |
Yah - I forgot to mention (I was too quick to commiserate my own pain) that my cousin (he's 43) had his meniscus cleaned up a couple months ago and his recovery time was very, very quick. He was riding bike within weeks and was walking fine within days, IIRC.