Well, it's all set for July 24. My knee needs 'fixin' after the bad fall in March at work. It will be a scoping plus a lateral release. The Ortho is great, he does a lot of work on professional level athletes (he operated on Peyton Manning's knee).
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Well, it's all set for July 24. My knee needs 'fixin' after the bad fall in March at work. It will be a scoping plus a lateral release. The Ortho is great, he does a lot of work on professional level athletes (he operated on Peyton Manning's knee).
It sounds like you are in good hands. Best to get it done and then move forward.
Sorry you have to have it done, but glad you're getting quality care.
All I can say is I am very thankful for Workman's Comp - that does decrease the stress for sure! And...people still get hurt on a regular basis in that same area :(
Hoping for a quick recovery (although everthing seems to stall when we are healing) and that surgery goes well.
I am storing up knitting supplies, good books, and advice from my coach about what I CAN do with my kettlebells when I am out. And, yes, I will listen to my PT and doc about that as well. Apparently I won't ever be "non-weight bearing" which is good. AND I live in a 2nd floor walk-up but they promise stairs won't be a problem. I have to accept that I will loose conditioning during my recovery period, but my knee is deteriorating. Time to do something about that.
It's also good that I don't have a built bike or I wouldn't be able to resist the urge to ride before the surgery - even though I shouldn't ride at all for reasons other than my knee... All I can do is to sigh when I look at my frameset, which is a good thing!
Hope all goes well.
Had a lateral release when I was 16. Hopefully it will be a quick recovery!Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
I hope so as well. Apparently there is a huge variability involved with this specific surgery and there is no predictor regarding how long healing will take - and how long it will take me to experience the full results/relief from the lateral release. May it be sooner than later - but I have to try. It would be difficult to have someone better do the work, just a pity that I need more than the scope...Quote:
Originally Posted by thekarens
So knitting projects are being set aside, books, audio books, etc., and thinking about what I will be able to do in an attempt to lose as little conditioning as possible. I've a ride HOME from the surgery, just have to figure out how to GET there. If nothing else I will call Urber, been wanting to try them out anyway.
Glad to hear that you have such a great Dr Catrin! I'm sure that you will bounced back quickly and will be determined to PT. Enjoy your time knitting, reading, etc... that time will go fast and you'll be back training before you know it.
I hope you are right! I made the mistake of reading a couple examples of others who have had the scope/(chondroplasty?) + lateral release and their recuperation. I should have known better, I really should have. Everybody, and every body, is different. Now I need a memory wipe so I can relax for the next 3 weeks :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ridebikeme
Exactly. I did a massive amount of reading and research prior to my knee replacement, peoples results varied from horrific (losing their leg) to astounding (up and running a marathon in six months). Like everything else it's a bell curve, I wish I was recovering faster but I'm just at a different place on the curve than some other people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
I tell my clients that I am banning them from reading about medical/psych issues on line!
People who write on those sites don't usually share stuff that is good.
Reminds me of my mental health days, you always knew who owned their own copy of the DSM IV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
True story! My gyn finally told me to stay away from Dr. Google :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
We do all this...read on our issues (whether for us or my pets) ...sometimes it is scary though. It seems that no matter what we look for, we have all the symptoms and more for x issue. haha
I think the worst for me was reading before my eye laser correction surgery.... I have not read anything scarier than this...so much that I refused for years to get it done. Now that I did (in 2008), it is one of the best things I did for me and no major issues either. In fact, no issues at all but some discomfort after numbness went away post-surgery and it did not last.
So you cannot always compare yourself or try to foresee all that can happen or you won't breath for a while. haha
Good luck! :)
I guess I'd take a somewhat contrary view and say we all have a responsibility to educate ourselves before undergoing any medical procedure, but "educating ourselves" is not the same thing as "listening only to everyone who's had a problem." It IS, however, understanding how often problems happen, and how severe they're likely to be, and weighing those risks realistically against the risk of what might happen without the treatment, or with a different treatment.
Like Helene, the problems with LASIK you read about - yes, those problems can be severe and life-altering for those who have them, but it makes a big difference whether those problems happen to 0.5%, 5% or 50% of people who undergo LASIK, and that's the kind of thing you can only find out by poring over medical journals and making sure your research isn't limited to industry-sponsored studies, which are even more misleading than limiting your research to support groups for people who have had severe complications. Understanding statistics helps weed out studies that were poorly designed, or that were designed to yield information other than what you're looking for. Checking a journal's history of retractions helps get a sense of how rigorous their peer review process is.
We can't trust doctors to tell us the whole truth about the likely consequences of treatment or the course of recovery - as Pax recently found out. The existence of people with severe complications doesn't tell us anything about the likelihood of those complications (though sometimes, those support groups offer links to research). We have to do our own homework.
Yes, it is certainly important we do our homework on the proposed procedure. There was a far more complex procedure that we both considered but rejected with more information. The odds of a lateral release "working" isn't 100%, but it does seem appropriate in my case. I can still opt for "just" the scoping on the day, but I probably won't do that. More research and less reading of other's detailed bad experiences... My Ortho isn't painting a beautiful picture of how miraculous it might be and that actually increases my confidence in his work (neither is he focusing on how bad it will be). Some surgeries, like the scoping, have pretty predictable results, others are highly variable and the lateral release is one of those. So much depends on how our body is put together, our Q angle, just so much. Apparently just being female increases the complexities of dealing with an unstable/deranged patella.
*added: "deranged" patella...hmmm, it certainly does act like that from time to time.
I wonder who thought up that term?
I do agree that getting information/doing HW is different than the random reading of the publics' experiences with specific procedures or diseases. But, it's really hard to get this information, when you are the average consumer. When I was sick a few years ago, it was very hard for me to stay off the web, so I did it cold turkey. I tend to err on the side of conservatism with medical stuff, but I haven't been faced with any decisions about surgery, etc. When my rheumo wrote me a scrip for Lyrica a few years ago, I tore it up in front of him. I really liked him and had a good relationship with him, but it was like he did it reflexively. He was kind, but didn't quite get me. I knew this when he told me to "ride 5 miles instead of 50." I got what he meant, but I had to take his advice and make it my own. I only knew Lyrica caused weight gain, and that was one side effect I wouldn't accept. The Prolia injections I took for osteoporosis for 4 years came with a host of bad possible things, but I decided to take the risk, given my lifestyle and family history. It worked, so I guess I'm lucky.
Good luck Catrin!
Thanks everyone, surgery on Friday. Dreading the procedure(s), looking forward to hopefully getting back to normal afterwards!
Good luck, and keep us informed, Catrin.
Lots of warm encouraging hugs/feelings for before and after your surgery Catrin!!!…..I’m keeping positive thoughts for a fully effective surgery, wonderful nurses and a recovery full of moments of unshakable equanimity!!!!!
Good Luck Catrin! Having had knee surgery with your doctor, I know you're in excellent hands!Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
I think that's one of the most comforting things you could hear before this surgery. Wishing you the best, Catrin, and that things will only get better again from here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aromig
Sending you loads of warm healing thoughts!
Hope everything goes spectacularly well!
Catrin....saw this on my lunch walk as i was thinking of this thread
blessing and healing chants from venice beach :)
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Thanks for the encouraging thoughts and best wishes, I am just thankful that the time has finally arrived. It has been a LONG three weeks! I am much better dealing with things as they happen and really over-think things as I anticipate them. I know that comes as a surprise for those who have known me on this forum since 2010... or not :o
Rebecca, I love the shades of color on that wall, cool!
Thinking of you. Hope everything went excellently!
Hope you're all done and feeling great.
Hope all went well. Thinking of you.
I'm feeling much better today than anticipated, or the drugs from surgery haven't yet worn off all the way. They mentioned several times yesterday how fit I am, and so far at least, there is NO apparent swelling in my knee. Trying to be better than normal about following medical advice.
They did do the lateral release, cleaned out the knee, and noted a lot of bone on bone. Hopefully the all of this will be provide the needed relief, as the only option remaining would be a full replacement. If I ever consider that it will be a long time off.
Yay! Glad you are doing so well.
Glad to hear it! Hope you have a place to sit outside and enjoy this beautiful weather.
Not this weekend, have to be good and stay down...but I DO have a balcony that I should be able to hang out on in a few days :)
Glad it went well! Hope you get to rest and relax the next few days, don't forget to ice.
Things aren't too painful on my third day post-surgery but the knee has certainly stiffened a lot. Yesterday I was pretty much walking normally but was expecting that to change. No cyro-cuff when sleeping last night because I over-did it Friday night, they warned me against frostbite :-0 thanks for the well-wishes!
Glad to read the "suffering" is not that bad. That is so good to read.
Keep it up!
Wishing you a fine recovery, Catrin, and glad it's over with!