Was painful the first few days but after a week the pain was mostly gone. I did lots of ice to keep swelling down and some stretching to loosen the tight leg muscles.

It’s still a little stiff and not 100 able to fully extend but it’s not affecting my life much as is.

Had a friend my age that didn’t go both knees and didn’t do surgery for either and he was back to regular activity in about 6 weeks pain free.

Surgery will be my fall-back option if it doesn’t continue to improve.