Heavy bruising and calf pain

Hi everybody,

currently I'm 14 days post OP (ACL only, hamstring graft) and wanted to share my story so far. The days in the hospital and the first days outside were incredibly nice, I almost didn't have pain, could fully extend and also already flex my knee to 90°, was walking around with the crutches for long walks (no weight on my new knee at all).

However, since day 6 post OP, I have the worst imaginable pain in my calf,and thigh as well as the muscles behind my knee. Especially in the morning it was so excruciating that I had to puke or nearly fainted. A doctors visit to exclude DVT showed that I have a huge intramuscular hematoma, which causes all of the pain. Therefore I was prescribed tilidine, which I take in addition to ibuprofene and metamizole and also got a compression sock. My knee is totally fine btw. It's just the calf and thigh. While flexion works nicely, my extension worsens from day to day, making me reach only 60 degrees at the moment.

So currently, here I am, mostly lying in bed, cooling my calf, waiting for the hematoma to dissappear and the pain to get better (which I was told will happen after 4 weeks). I was also prescribed a wheelchair which I'm using to get around as standing/walking is way to painful in my calf. I'm trying to get extension back, but the pain, which reminds of heavy muscle cramps, is unbearable even on opiods.

Did anyone experience something similar and has some insides on when it will get better/what might help? I'm grateful for all advice!