Well, it sounds like Three days after surgery is a bit too soon for that kind of exercise...
I´m still working on my likewise too swollen leg eight weeks in - I´ve felt better but maybe some of the things I´ve done have aggravated it again.
Just snuck up on me. It was mostly standing and some walking and not keeping tabs because there was nothing to see til there was. A bit of 'do as I say, not as I do'.