Can you have arthroscopic knee surgery more than once on the same knee?

I just had arthroscopic knee surgery,two torn meniscus and the knee has arthritis,I am 60yo male.after rehab,?

• everything was going good.went back to work and slowly progressed, Very little discomfort.Then this past Monday,I get out of my car at work,and my knee felt like it was in a vice,throbbing pain on the inside.Would not get better.Pain all the time,throbbing all the time,and for the life of me,I don't know what happened.I went back to my surgeon and he was mystified,so he gave me a shot of cortisone,which did nothing.I can't sleep at night.Constant throbbing pain.I did nothing to cause this that I can remember.The pain I have is 10 time worse then when I went in for surgery.If it doesn't improve in two weeks he is going to send me for another MRI.Anyone out there have ANY idea's why this could be? Could I have damaged my knee and not realize it by going back to work.I work outside and am on my feet and always walking on hard pavement,and it's cold.It feels like a knife is in me and it:s the inside of my knee plus like I said,it feels like it's in a vice.IDK what to do or what it is.Help is what I'm looking for by this question..TY

• Answer:

  Sounds as though you asked too much from your knee too soon and without fully healing. Same thing happened to me after toe surgery. As soon as it started to ' feel' better, I got back to hauling computers around and crawling in small spaces...mistake. Kept the foot elevated while on ibuprofin because the pain got intense.