Pain after arthroscopic surgery

On February 28th of this year, I had arthroscopic surgery on my knee. Doc said he cleaned out the synovium. I noticed right away that awful lingering pain went away after surgery. Here it is, about 5 months later, the pain is slowly coming back. It's accompanied by a strange clicking sound when I walk. Sometimes when I hear the clicking sound, I almost don't feel completely stable on that knee. I called to make a appointment with the surgeon. They said it would be at least 2 months. I opted for the physicians assistant, her wait is only one month. I've never seen her though, she doesn't know my history AND she's not the one that did the surgery.

This pic is my before and after shot from when they cleaned up my synovium. I'm crossing my fingers it still looks like the after pic!


Yesterday was 4 weeks post gallbladder surgery. I had planned to start back at the gym this weekend. I'm not sure if that's a good idea now with the current pain in my knee. I know it's not a RA flare, but I just don't want to do anything I shouldn't.

There was a comment made to me this past week that bothered me. Someone said "something has to always be hurting you". This is why I try not to complain out loud. Having had RA for nearly my entire life, people are tired of hearing about my pains. I truly cannot help the pain. With RA, comes many other things that "break down" my body. Osteoporosis, OA, fatigue, belly aches, weight fluctuation, depression. It's all a part of this awful disease. I wish there was a way to help people understand that better.