I had knee surgery this past Tuesday. Totally expected an ACL replacement and a long recovery and woke up to my husband telling me the doctor didn't have to replace my ACL, he cleaned out tons of arthritis and I had a piece of cartilage missing (that had to have been removed by the sucky doctor last year). He drilled into my bone to "create" a replacement for the missing cartilage and said that in the next 2 months we'll know if the surgery worked. If not, then we're looking at knee replacement in the future.
I have to say that I was expecting pain, pain, pain because after last year's surgery, I woke up and, after throwing up from the anesthesia, had PAAAAAIN so bad that no prescription helped. My knee was also swollen almost double the size. This time the most perfectest and bestest anesthesiologist gave me a nerve block, which numbed the pain in my knee for about 24 hours. I was able to walk as soon as I got up in the recovery room, and the rest of the night at home. The next day, when I felt it wearing off, I expected pain beyond compair, but it didn't come. Friday I was able to take off my big bandages and, to my surprise, absolutely NO swelling. My knee looks like the other one, except it has 2 little incisions for the arthriscopy. Yesterday and today, 4 days after surgery, I'm taking a little Aleve...no Percocet! Woohoo! It's a little tight, but that will be fixed with therapy starting next week. I'm walking around with SOOO much pain relief. The past year has been so miserable, and the last month has been the worst. This is so great! I can't express how excited I am!
Thanks friends for all the prayer and love, visits with food, and Facebook posts!
