The Good News, and the Bad News...
Yesterday was my follow-up appointment with the orthopaedist to see how how my knee was progressing after a month of PT.
The good news, part 1: While I was there, he decided to take a look at my thumb. After taking new x-rays and fiddling with it a bit, he gave me some good news. It doesn't seem to him like I have a ligament damage, and he said I can take the stupid cast off and fence next week.
The bad news: The knee isn't benefitting from PT at all. Were going to do surgery. He's going to do a lateral release arthroscopy, which is not major at all, but slightly more serious than what I've had done before. He's going to cut along the side of my knee cap, and release all the crap that's pulling my kneecap out of place so that it tracks properly again. He's also going to check out the medial side of my knee, to make sure there isn't a tear there that isn't showing up on my MRI. I'm much more comfortable with the idea of surgery, now that we've exhausted all the options we've got on the stupid knee, but I'm still not excited about it.
The good news, part 2: The doctor said that if I can tough it out until July, he'll wait until then to do the surgery so that I can fence in Nationals. Yay! He told me that, I'm not going to do any more damage than is already in there, so I might as well give it a shot. Besides, July is really the best time to have knee surgery, as there's almost nothing going on fencing-wise until September or so.
So, I guess I'm 2-1. Not as bad as it could be...
The good news, part 1: While I was there, he decided to take a look at my thumb. After taking new x-rays and fiddling with it a bit, he gave me some good news. It doesn't seem to him like I have a ligament damage, and he said I can take the stupid cast off and fence next week.
The bad news: The knee isn't benefitting from PT at all. Were going to do surgery. He's going to do a lateral release arthroscopy, which is not major at all, but slightly more serious than what I've had done before. He's going to cut along the side of my knee cap, and release all the crap that's pulling my kneecap out of place so that it tracks properly again. He's also going to check out the medial side of my knee, to make sure there isn't a tear there that isn't showing up on my MRI. I'm much more comfortable with the idea of surgery, now that we've exhausted all the options we've got on the stupid knee, but I'm still not excited about it.
The good news, part 2: The doctor said that if I can tough it out until July, he'll wait until then to do the surgery so that I can fence in Nationals. Yay! He told me that, I'm not going to do any more damage than is already in there, so I might as well give it a shot. Besides, July is really the best time to have knee surgery, as there's almost nothing going on fencing-wise until September or so.
So, I guess I'm 2-1. Not as bad as it could be...
posted by Karen @ 09:29
3 Comments:
At 4/06/2006 11:43 AM,
Anonymous said…
Congrats on being able to take the cast off next week. :-) And good luck at Nationals. 2-1 isn't bad at all, I'm sure things will work out great for you in the end.
At 4/06/2006 11:25 PM,
Brian said…
Sympathies.
I had the meniscus cartilage removed from my right (leading) knee a couple years back. It's not the same thing, I know, but it's close enough for me to feel your pain.
Love the crutches.
At 4/09/2006 7:03 AM,
Anonymous said…
WOOHOO for good news!!! I'm so happy for you girl. Now go kick some butt at Nationals.
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