I dislocated my knee a week in a half ago.it went back in place 45min later.i did go to hospitle got an xray ?

Everything was fine .i cannot afford a knee doc or pt .i was wondering when i can start walkin on it and what i can do to speed up recovery.i dont want to damange it any further .everyones tell me to walk on it but it severly hurts when i do in iam in pain the rest of the day..please help...