Hi Jess, until about a year went by, I had a good amount of clunking at different times. Brushing my teeth for some reason brought it on.
My right leg in particular took a bit more coaching than my left, and was still worse at balancing than my left until about a year went by. I guess the way I look at it, the muscles were so compromised over the seven years of OA that I put up with, plus the manipulation from the surgery, that I haven't expected to be 100% until about now. It's pretty much what's happened; doesn't mean I don't enjoy being without pain and fully functional, but the sports, etc. started really coming in about 16-18 months along for me.
When you say unnatural, do you feel pain? I know I had a lot of massage and physical therapy afterwards to strengthen the muscles and to break up scar tissue. Did you have physical therapy?
I know you had a seroma, was that treated?