So our Christmas present arrived today.
Yup. A new Panasonic 42" Plasma HDTV for the bedroom.
Hopefully it will have the level of picture quality I need and will work well without cable TV since we do not have cable upstairs.
Though the pre-op stay seemed to drag on and on and, my surgery went very fast, apparently at just around 30 minutes of actual cutting time.
I need to call the doctor's office to get the exact scoop since having the NalaMatka regurgitate the doctor's phone conversation to her no doubt left something out.
Well, as close as I can tell:
Floaters
The joint had debris that was floating all around and he cleaned out everything.
Kneecap
He scraped my kneecap of the arthritis it had.
Cartilage
As best as I can relate, they drilled several holes into my remaining cartilage in the hopes that it will produce new growth, and likely lubrication for the joint. I'm not sure if they did this on the medial or lateral sides or both.
Arthritis
The joint is fairy arthritic and was in pretty bad shape. They cleaned up a lot of the arthritis.
ACL
They inspected the scarred up tear of my ACL but beyond that I don't know what else they may have done.
So my joint is in an immobilizer from by ankle to my upper thigh. As far as I can tell I will need to wear this a lot during the next 4 weeks.
I'll be happy when I can get some simple range of motion. Without the immobilizer, and a simple knee bend, I can drive and do many other things without having to put any weight on the joint.
Maybe after the holiday I'll discuss short-term options with the surgeon such as this.
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The part I hate is that it will be very hard to get around for a very long period of time.
Giga will likely have to drive me to and from work every day (starting Dec 30), and getting up and down the stairs will be a real pain in the ass.
I forgot how utterly horrible moving a fat ass such as mine around on crutches can be. I have no idea how long I have to avoid weight-bearing pressure on the joint but trying to pivot and navigate with the knee immobile sucks the balls of nastiness.
Thankfully I'm not in any real pain. I can feel some of the obvious surgery pain but since I can't really bend the knee I can't say for certain if the pain I've been having these past few months is still here.
So.
That's it.
I don't know how bad it'll be to try and get to Glass City for the holidays and all the other things planned for the next few days.
Getting any more decent Christmas shopping is out and I may have to send out Giga to get randomly shitty gifts for others. At least I got his stuff online and it is arriving piecemeal.
So my surgery today has been moved up from 4:20 to 1:45.
In a way that is a lot better and I won't be coming home after 7 but this going without coffee is gonna kill me.
Yes. I know some of the few people who may still read this site that I barely update probably don't know but I'm having knee surgery.
I'm pretty much a physical mess right now due to the back problems of 2008 and then the knee problems since August.
Let's not go into the 60 pounds I put back on because I haven't been able to exercise since July.
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