Knee Drama, Continued

Thursday I had my follow up appointment with the doctor. He said that I had two meniscal tears. One was clean and easy to be stitched and repaired. The other was rougher and he had to trim it off. He repaired the ACL with a cadaver and inserted bio-absorbable screws into my knees. He also drilled the old screws out of my bones.

Overall I feel that my recovery has been very very good. I don't reel a lot of pain, I have good range of motion and I don't feel bad at all. I stopped the pain meds 2 days after I got home and I've been fine. I need to take aspirin for blood clots and I simply cannot do it. I even tried the coated kind and it just rips my stomach apart.

As I waited in the office for a good report, the doc (who is worthy of soap opera dreaminess) told me that their was fluid building on my knee and it had to be drained. I was less than thrilled and remnants of a grumpy, pouty 10 year old girl emerged. I even asked for a lollipop.

I was sent home with a new brace that could be locked open or locked straight, pictures of the surgery, and another hole in my leg where they drained fluid. In addition, I was told I should stay off of it for another 4 weeks. I am allowed to start some basic PT and start to touch it to the ground. The PT instructions say no running for 4-6 months.

Last night I sat upright on the couch with my leg in the brace at 90 degrees. We had friends over so I wanted to look sort of normal. At the end of the night when I put on pajamas, my foot was HUGE and swollen with fluid. After not having it elevated for a few hours, I was really suffering. This reinforced the fact that remaining on the couch is in my best interest.

Stay tuned for the next segment in the current drama!!!!