I felt the same after meniscus surgery. Nothing helped the pain, except ice.

Reach out to your surgical team. You shouldn't be suffering.

I felt this way....do not put off PT. It's hard and yes it hurts but down the road you will be happy you did this. Took me many months to do steps (two story) and now I can go up and down alternating and no pain. Oxy did not help me, I had an ice machine and used it lots. After 9 days the Oxy constipated me so much the gastro did a CT and no obstruction so had a bowel prep which totally helped. After that just took Tylenol. It will get better. Had PT 5 days after surgery and I stayed in the hospital 2.5 due to pain. The more you move the better it will feel and I felt better with the walking than sitting. Be patient, use ice and moving is a must.

I’m 6 months since TKR and I summarise it in like this so I can muster up courage for any future work I may need to be done.
3 days of hell,
2 weeks of pain manageable by drugs
and then discomfort for the next 2 months.
Then everything gets easier.

I cried like a baby at my first few rehab sessions and thought I would never get movement back but now 6 months on and I am walking with confidence great range with my knee and life is good. If you are carrying extra weight try to drop a few kilos. Has done absolute wonders for my other knee and energy levels.
That’s my story. Hope it helps.

I *completely* agree with you!!! I have had several abdominal surgeries, two babies and then this TKR. It truly was THE WORST surgery that I have ever had!!! I was in agony with the pain! The pain meds that were prescribed just didn’t work for me……with several of them, I had a hives reaction or diarrhea. So, I was told “Take Extra Strength Tylenol”. For me, that was like eating M and M’s! I was in agony and when the home PT came for three weeks, I couldn’t do their exercises because I couldn’t relieve the pain! I was depressed, I couldn’t sleep etc. I had no appetite. Finally, I went to outside PT and got a wonderful therapist who listened to me and took it one step at a time with strengthening my knee. I had to go to this PT for 6 months, twice a week! I was in rough shape! My left knee is bad, but I could *never* go through another knee surgery!!! I will just put up with the pain, take Advil and Tylenol, exercise, building up the muscle in my upper legs and live with it! The orthopedic surgeon did admit to me that knee surgery is the roughest surgery that one can go through. Even my new knee isn’t great and I told him. He said “Well, it will never be the knee that God gave you”. So, even if I have to hobble around for the rest of my life, get injections, take OTC medicines, use ice packs etc, I will never undergo a surgery on the other knee! Also, I was told before the surgery to strengthen “the quads”, which I did faithfully at Planet Fitness, but even that didn’t help. The pain with that surgery is absolutely excruciating!!! I hope that your pain is beginning to lessen and that you are feeling better with each day. It’s a very slow journey. If I were you, I would not rush into getting that other knee done yet. Sending you my best wishes for rapid healing!!! MaryAnn from Boston