Knee surgery

[Pax]

Glad it went well! Hope you get to rest and relax the next few days, don't forget to ice.

[Catrin]

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!

[Helene2013]

Glad to read the "suffering" is not that bad. That is so good to read.

Keep it up!

[salsabike]

Wishing you a fine recovery, Catrin, and glad it's over with!

[ridebikeme]

Glad to hear that you are doing well and wishing you a quick recovery!!

[Crankin]

Just wondering how you are doing today?

[Catrin]

I'm ok, as it turns out I was very sensitive to the dressings they sent home with me. Ironically, he had started using those because so many had problems with the initial dressing, you have to laugh about it. So PT is put off for a week so we can get the wound sites to calm, nothing serious.

I think I'm doing well, all things considered walked downstairs for the first time yesterday and it was fine taking one step at a time. Recovery is going to take time but I am optomistic!

[Sky King]

Catrin,
Once the swelling goes down I will be interested to hear if you ended up with a "dimple" I have a pretty prominent one from my lateral release. Of course people say they don't notice unless I point it out but I am somewhat self conscious about it. It on the outside top of my left knee where the tied the ligament

[thekarens]

Catrin,
Once the swelling goes down I will be interested to hear if you ended up with a "dimple" I have a pretty prominent one from my lateral release. Of course people say they don't notice unless I point it out but I am somewhat self conscious about it. It on the outside top of my left knee where the tied the ligament

Funny, I have the same thing, but on the right knee from my lateral release. Mine is very noticeable.

[Catrin]

Catrin,
Once the swelling goes down I will be interested to hear if you ended up with a "dimple" I have a pretty prominent one from my lateral release. Of course people say they don't notice unless I point it out but I am somewhat self conscious about it. It on the outside top of my left knee where the tied the ligament

Funny, I have the same thing, but on the right knee from my lateral release. Mine is very noticeable.

Interesting, did they do both of yours via the scope or a full incision? Mine was the latter, though I understand some do it through the scope as well, so he used both techniques on my knee. Thankfully my patella is back to where it should be, now the real work begins in PT to balance out all of the muscles so the patella will actually stay where it is supposed to be.

[Sky King]

mine was scope. I already had railroad track scars from my first surgery in 75. The Lateral Release was in 98. Happy to say the Patella has stayed in place. Now I have other issues - such is life

Interesting, did they do both of yours via the scope or a full incision? Mine was the latter, though I understand some do it through the scope as well, so he used both techniques on my knee. Thankfully my patella is back to where it should be, now the real work begins in PT to balance out all of the muscles so the patella will actually stay where it is supposed to be.

[Catrin]

Interesting, I will let you know. There is an incision for the lateral release, they used the scope to clean the knee out.

[Pax]

Catrin, I'm horribly allergic to tape so my surgeon used this stuff: http://www.amazon.com/3M-Medipore-H-...xgy_121_text_y It was amazing, no blistering and peeling around the wound, and I could keep using at it the same place instead of playing jigsaw around the sore spots.

[Catrin]

Thanks Pax! No blisters and so forth, thankfully, just very ugly colors, itching and some light burning. It was very obviously not bruising, though that is starting now. I think I'm in pretty good shape all things considered, through for some reason I wasn't expecting things to be happening behind my knee. Well, of course there is, don't know where that assumption came from Regardless, looking forward to meeting some friends for dinner in a nice Greek restaurant very close to where I live in another week and a half, hopefully I can drive by then

[Catrin]

Thankfully I can handle good old-fashioned gauze - both the vaseline soaked and plain varieties - and the compression sock/tight/thing holds it in place. Things are improving though the skin problem put off PT for a week - but I get to start doing LIGHT exercises this weekend

So what am I doing to keep my hands and brain occupied? Netflix becomes less attractive as I get to cut back on the drugs. I am going to try to share this picture I just took from Instagram and crossing my fingers that all of you can see this Can't seem to actually post the picture but the link will work. If anyone knows how to do this from Instagram or Photos please let me know!

BTW, this is only my second knitting project. Ever!