Lateral releases of the patella here too...lots of IT band involvement, that surprised the surgeon when he got in there, so more time spent surgically on that area...and then the usual debridement and cleanup of years of accumulated 'stuff' in there...it has been awesome to have a reborn knee (my friends remember the pain and swelling I used to have and now I just have a ****-eating grin on my face while riding...they call it my bionic knee)...so far so good with my other knee, but I anticipate the same at some point and have no apprehension...good surgeon and awesome PT were key and I'd set it up identically in a heartbeat.
So is your pic/story on the 'endo story' part of the Primal Guy site?
Good advice from you to Since also re: Covert Bailey, missliz...he's good and if anyone is interested, there's lots more info on his website
http://covertbailey.com/
He's gives it to you straight up...no nonsense and easy to understand...clever and witty throughout.
ta, ta for now...