So some background, I was in a motorcycle accident the beginning of last month have a left tibial plateau fracture, right femur fracture, and 2 lower spine fractures. The doctors put a plate and screws in my hip for the femur fracture and gave me a brace for my back. They somehow overlooked the knee fracture, and had me doing physical therapy on my broken left knee for nearly two weeks.
They finally rechecked my knee and told me they would need to put a plate and screws to fix the tibial plateau fracture. After my surgery they said the bone fragments were pushed down (from the therapy probably) and I needed some bone graphing as well. Anyways, now it's all fixed and it's been nearly two weeks since my surgery.
The problem I'm having is that whenever I'm out of bed and sitting up, like in a wheelchair or whatever, my knee will start to ache and eventually turn into excruciating pain until I get back to bed. I tried to elevate it, and stretch it out while in the wheelchair (it has leg rests) but it can never get comfortable. I feel like at this point the pain should be getting better and I should be able to sit in the wheelchair for awhile without the pain becoming overwhelming. Does it take a long time to recover from a surgery like this? The doctors say it's normal, but I'm just not sure...