I feel terrible for all that you are going through right now! I could have written the post three years ago. Like you, the pain that I had with that surgery was truly unbearable! I did all of the “right things”……getting in shape with lots of exercise ahead of time etc but I was NOT prepared for all that came after the surgery! I was allergic to several pain meds……breaking out in a rash, vomiting etc. Also, those medications couldn’t even *touch* the pain! I couldn’t sleep and had no appetite. I felt depressed (had never had feeling in my life) and it was awful! PT would come to my home but I was in such pain, I couldn’t make much progress with the in-home exercises. Once I went to “outside PT”, I got a wonderful therapist who truly understood all that I had gone through. I went twice a week for six months (which is a long time), but little by little, I made progress. I told my orthopedic surgeon that I would *never* have my other knee done! I would rather put up with some pain and stiffness and get a cortisone shot every now and then rather than ever put myself through that again! When I said that to him, his words to me were “Well, total knee replacement is the roughest surgery that anyone can go through”. I am happy for those people who can take the pain meds and are able to get through it with less pain than me. Wishing you continued recovery. The recovery will come, but for some, it just takes longer. Keep icing your knee. Wishing you all the best.