Fracture of tibial plateau

[Thise1936]

Sorry for you. Get well soon.

[Helene2013]

Yesterday I had my other round of Synvisc-One in both knees.

So far so good. It's been over a year from my tibial plateau fracture and it was time for those injections again.

Swelling is minimal and I can walk normally vs last year. I can resume gym lightly on Monday. Just light spinning to start with.

Surgeon and his assistant were impressed by the "milleage" I put in and training I do to get to my 110km ride in June. He said we should have more people like me that have had injuries and "body part" issues and still going on strong. hihi His assistant said everytime she sees me, I'm her inspiration. haha

He also rarely sees a trainer like mine that will ask the client/patient to tone down on the training a few days prior to injections. It makes a difference when getting to the hospital with a knee relaxed vs from asking too much the night before.

So for now, it is good and it feels so nice to go up the stairs and feel no pain from the knee joints. He says I can go back in 6 months if I feel the need it there, if not, whenever I'm ready I will be able to grab the injection boxes at the drugstore and take an appointment and he'll do them again. He already gave me the prescription paper so I don't waste time going back to the hospital ortho clinic to pick it up.

[Catrin]

So glad to hear that things went better this time, and you're feeling better!

[ny biker]

Yes, glad it went well!

[Crankin]

That's great, Helene.

[Helene2013]

It's been going on 5 days post-injections. Left knee is ok, right is still a little swollen on the outside but I can walk normally. I shoveled snow (it was very light) a good 4 hours yesterday and no knee pain. Fun to climb stairs and not feel that "sharp" pain in the knees. I resume cycling on trainer 2 days ago for a good 25 minutes (no hard gearing) but still a a cadence between 80-88. Going tonight for some more. So this time, injections are not bad compared to last time a year ago. Physio said I should be able to resume muscle training next Monday. Until then, just light but steady and increase in duration cycling. Yeah.

[Catrin]

Glad to hear positive results!

[Helene2013]

It's been 2 weeks since the injections of both knees.

Of course all cannot always go well, or as we'd wish. So the knees did swell some, but never like last year's injections post fracture.

But what a pain it is not to be able to resume your life and wonder how long it would take. One knee (the one that was fractured last year) felt unstable and the other I felt like their was a baker's cyst behind. I could not do much but RICE but still needed to work. argh. I can't afford (not for money but too much work) to miss work.

Finally all is good and it feels so good to be able to climb stairs properly. I was able to get back on trainer yesterday and cycle my life away. hihi

We'll see how long those injections will last in the knee. I'm not looking forward for another round of SynviscOne but they are working well so it may be worth the "little" problems it can create if only for 10 days.