Good evening Debbie. Welcome to Connect. I see this is your first post. I just read your post as I was settling in for the night and I had to reply right away. Didn't want to wait until tomorrow. I am now 7 weeks post-op from my TKR on my right knee. I certainly had nothing so frightening as what you describe. Please let me ask. Are you using ice packs several times a day for at least 20 minutes? I agree with your doctor that it is the nerves that were disturbed by the surgery. However, while they are healing, and remember that it takes longer for nerves to heal and regenerate than it does for other parts of the knee....cartilage, muscle, and skin the best solution is ice and elevate, several times a day and even in the middle of the night if necessary. Along with the ice, you do need to elevate your knee so that it is above your heart. I purchased a wedge on Amazon and I place my leg on the uphill side of the wedge.

You do need to make sure that the ice pack rests on a piece of fabric so that it isn't too cold at first. I actually purchased two ice knee wraps from Vive Health (also on Amazon) so that there would be one in the freezer ready to go at all times. These have two gel packs on the backside so that you are surrounding the entire knee area with ice.

And you are right...pain meds don't quite do what ice and elevation can do. Please give it a try and let me know how it works. I am so sorry that you are having to cope with such discomfort.

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris