NSR - Knee recovery question

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Sorry about posting this in the main forum... I'll merge it with my old knee thread later.

Surgery went fine yesterday. I think I caught a virus before the surgery that manefested itself with severe headache and nausea... I spent the first 24 hours post-op completely miserable with whatever that was, but with ZERO knee pain.

This afternoon, as I turned 24 hours out, I began to feel human again. (In my language, that means hungry.) Unfortunately, this is the time that the knee pain came on. It's really intense and goes all the way to 9 when I move it. After I move it around a bit, it gets better, as if I've broken up whatever had it frozen and it's free again.

Post-op instructions are very sparse... only says crutches/no weight bearing for a week and start a stationary bike after 3 days.

>>> Anyone know if I'm supposed to keep it moving or still? Instructions don't kick in for a few days. I'll call docs office in the morning, but am not prepared to page anyone for this.

Mark

PS, this was just an arthroscopic meniscus tear repair.