Came home after 48 hrs as hospital really pleased with me( my view is that beds were needed) Have been ok, knee is more painful than last one yet it seems to have more flexion. It has swollen massively so only doing quad squeezes,ankle pumping and a few gentle knee slides about 3 times a day .also a short walk up the road and back on my crutches bruising is also blooming! . The rest of the time I'm keeping it iced and elevated. I constantly twiddle.my toes too, I can't remember if I'm doing enough exercise,I have my staples out on 22 June,so suppose that will make it easier too.
My knee has not been that painful no more than I expected. My thigh has been awful. Been nearly 5 weeks haven't gone out as pain to bad everyone says about bending knee but pulls so much on thigh can't bear it. Hope you get on ok.
I am so sorry you are having so much pain, I am one week out from nine replacement , and I have bruising and pain, I am doing all the exercises and I am walking with my walker,
Sounds like you're right on track. If you have access to a stationary bike you can do gentle back and forth until you get full rotation. It took me a week to get there. Compression sleeve may help once staples are gone. The hardest thing for me to keep in mind is there will be good days and bad, and that may depend on the weather as well.