Hope it works out well for you mate, be blessed, Merry Christmas 
Iāve had my fair share of injuries, you can literally say from head to toe. Some are sports related, some inflicted by accidents and some by wear and tear. Luckily I almost always manage to fix it somehow.
If you allow it, the body knows how to heal itself naturally. It is really a wonderful healing apparatus. Most times you need to give it a helping hand.
My wife legs and knees swell regularly every few days due to overworking and inadequate rest.
After a half hour of (massage) therapy (aka energy medicine), by me of course, the swelling is significantly reduce or eliminated. The heaviness and tightness in the legs gone. The protocol is simple and it works like magic. Its like flashlight modding - not a big deal.
The protocol -
Rub your palms until they become warm and hot. Gently place both palms on your knee or affected area, embracing it, stroke it in circular motions around all parts of the knee. Stroke all parts of your legs - from thigh to knee and knee to ankle - stroke downwards. Rub and massage the sole of your feet and toes as well to enhance circulation. Follow the contour of your body - the flow of your body structure. Rub your palms everytime before stroking because it generates more energy. In no time you will be the go to guy for relieving many kinds of bodily ailments.
For your knee problems do it as often as possible. Do it whenever it hurts. It will bring some relief. Not permanent of course but it will go a long way.
I met a middle aged guy who had an eye infection during swimming. After examination the next day, the doctor said he came a tad too late and that he is unable to help as part of the cells in the infected eye is completely dead. So he can only see the lower half of a picture with the infected eye. He termed it half curtain. Without realising it initially, he regained full vision to the infected eye after a few months, through his daily taichi practice.
The body is really a wonderful healing machine.
i have encountered and experienced many such healing experiences.
Glad your surgery went well, Mike. You'll be back in action before you know it. :)
My advice would be to get the surgery. I have had both my knees done and would do it again in a heartbeat. The knees kept me up at night and I already suffer from insomniaā¦so this helped me greatly. I was walking SAME DAY as the surgeryā¦although very lightly.
One thing I would say is donāt expect to be ā100% againā. I find that is rarely the caseā¦maybe 85ā90. Remember, they are removing part of your ābodyā, which serves a purpose. It is bound to have some impact, but all things considered, you should be pretty happy with the outcome.
EDIT: Just realized he already had surgeryā¦wellā¦for anyone else considering itā¦I guess. 
I had like 8 tears in my meniscus, divided up between the medial and lateral portion. Also had my PCL screwed up and some joint damage because I continued to work on it for so long. Had a sports med doc who does a lot of pro athletes do the surgery the 3rd week of May,and was walking on it the same day with crutches. It felt better the day after surgery than it did for 6 months before. I did no physical therapy because the doc said it was optional and felt i didnt need it and also because a week later I had a large growth removed from my back and had drains in for 2 months. If you are not the kind of person to push yourself then PT is deff needed. I was cleared for full duty to go back to work 6 weeks after surgery, but I have to do a lot of climbing and crawling, so if I had an office job it would have been sooner.
Surgery took like 3 and a half hours and was supposed to be like 45 minutes, doc said it was a mess in there. I would say I am 85 to 90 percent of what it was before the damage. I have very little discomfort, and good strength and stability.
In a few weeks your knee will feel pretty good and you will be getting around fine. Keep your head up and good luck!
That is the one key thing the doc told me to do post surgery, which I had been doing before hand because it helped reduce the pain. I was constantly contracting my quad while I was surfing the net or watching TV. Helps with discomfort and strengthens your muscles.
Did the surgery take place yet?
If so, how is the recuperation?
yeah i had the same story tooā¦before the surgery i had no problem with climbing stairsā¦ i could walk for few miles with no problemā¦ the soreness only come in and go.
after the surgery which i thought was going to heal me completelyā¦ I was dissappointed with the result.
it was no different than beforeā¦ actually is making it feel worse. i can feel the bone actually making crackling noises when i extending my knees from sitting positionā¦
forget about squating, i canāt never seems to be able to get up without holding something.
fast forward a year laterā¦ iām still having problem with sitting too long( worse when you get stuck in traffic and canāt extend your leg) iām definitely still having problem climbing up or going down stairs without holding something.
good luckā¦
>>>>>ā¦ I was dissappointed with the result.
You and me too! Fast forward four months since the surgery for me. Itās better than two months ago but is still worse than before the surgery. I should have left the darn thing alone. It really seemed to be getting better, and I had to try and make it get better faster with the surgery. STUPID me. Now have the same cracking and snapping like you. My knee NEVER snapped like this before the surgery. It was almost completely quiet. MAYBE I can walk a couple miles. Before on a good day I could walk 8 miles. On a bad day, I couldnāt really walk much, but at least I had good and bad days. Now I just have bad days.
Iām NOT saying this for people to feel sorry for me. Donāt want it; donāt need it. Iām saying this as a warning to others to think twice about having the surgery because it may work for some but it doesnāt work for everyone. It was touted to me as a simple procedure that ALWAYS works. Absolutely no down side. Well, Iām the living proof that there is a downside. Since the surgery I have had several physical therapists sorta whisper to me on the sly that the operation isnāt everything itās touted to be and they see semi failures all the time. Wish they told me this BEFORE the surgery.
The thing I miss the most is kneeling. Youāll never realize how much you really need to kneel until you canāt do it any more without through-the-roof pain. I could kneel for DAYS before the surgery. Now I canāt even kneel for 15 seconds. My wife has to do everything that requires kneeling. We used to go camping a lot. Canāt any more because I canāt crawl into the bed of ny truck to load the truck with camping gear.
All the doctor will tell me is that Iām a slow healer, which I know is utter baloney. I know that he is protecting himself against a malprcatice suit, which I wouldnāt do, but I sure would like the truth from him about how I can make this better before perhaps itās too late.
Worst mistake I ever made in my life was having the surgery, and my doctor was one of the best in Orange County. I went to three others before choosing him so he aināt no fly-by-night quack!