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Time to go under the old knife.

janschutz

janschutz

Corn Hauler
Looks like my knee injury will be cramping my Mustang Work. The MRI that I had last week showed that the cartilage in my left knee is in bad shape. I am just waiting for the scheduling nurse to call to set the date. This will be arthroscopic to clean out the derbies and smooth the cartilage out.

I figured sooner than later to get it done. I hope I can recover (they said 4 weeks) in time to finish the work I want to do to get the Mustang ready for my son's wedding.
 
I'm ordering you a ScooterChair right now!

Good luck on your surgery, and milk your convalescence for everything you can get!
 
"janschutz" said:
This will be arthroscopic to clean out the derbies and smooth the cartilage out.
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Been there done that on one knee, wasn't too bad, the velcro on ice pack is a savior. My only mistakes were going to ChuckECheeze for a kids bday party on crutches (little missles!) and the wife catching me in the garage when I was supposed to be on the sofa with the leg up. Follow their instructions, you can get a blood clot if you don't leave it raised enough which is actually bad!
Is this your first?
Good luck,
Jon
 
"janschutz" said:
This will be arthroscopic to clean out the derbies and smooth the cartilage out.
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This is what my son had at 23 as a reward for playing Rugby League at school.
When he came out after 3 1/2 hours his keyhole surgery had turned into a cut that required 36 staples to close it and 13 weeks on crutches, but he is good now.
Good luck to you.
 
Ouch. :sad Good luck and hope you have a speed recovery!

the wife catching me in the garage when I was supposed to be on the sofa with the leg up.
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Shame on you! Reminds me of my husband when he had ankle reconstruction surgery few years back. He was in a cast, and had to use crutches... military dr's actually gave him good pain pills so he was feeling pretty good. At the time we lived in a 2 story townhome and I didn't want him to hurt himself so I forced him to stay on the sleeper sofa. Caught his butt a few times walking around, and going up the stairs on his crutches. :po
 
BTDT. Follow the instructions. Also, my Doc got me a cold wrap that circulated water through an ice chest filled with ice - worked wonders for the swelling (I basically had none).
 
"apollard" said:
my Doc got me a cold wrap that circulated water through an ice chest filled with ice -
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Still got that? Sounds like a great setup for a fuel cool can :ecit
if you're not using it anymore.... :weas
Jon
 
Just got off the phone with the surgery scheduler. July 16 is the cut day. So I have 3 weeks to get some more done on the Mustang. Now I just need to figure out what I can do without squatting since that is what I can not do without intense pain.

I had one of those cooler thing 6 years ago when I had surgery. You only rent those thing and I had to turn it back in. I take some pictures of it in 3 weeks.
 
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