meniscus repair One week ago i had arthroscopy surgery to take out the torn meniscus in both knees and the doctor found a lot of arthritis also which he did nothing about. he said that i will need knee replacement some time down the road. what i would like to know is how long does it take before you feel like you have your own knees again. mine feel like they belong to someone else. they are tight and sore. i have been walking around as much as i can stand it and then putting ice on them and elevating them when i am sitting down, but i think they feel worse now then they did before i had the surgery. and they expect me to go back to work next week to a job that i stand all day, lift 50 pound totes and pull pallets. what can i do to get my knees better faster. Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Nov. 22 201 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis