December 31, 2003
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and the verdict is in:
physical therapy until August.
*surgery in August.
He added another step in the major "fixing" of my knee, once they cut from a couple inches above my patella to almost 1/3 of the way down my shin, it goes in steps:
1- they are going to cut my lateral patellafemoral legaments (the ligaments on the outside of my knee that attatch to my knee cap-basically the entire side of my knee)
2-they are going to cut and tighten my medial patellafemoral ligament (the muscle on the inside that is supposed to keep my knee from dislocating... mine doesn't work very well) and
3- they are going to cut my patellatibial ligament (the one between my patella and tibia/shin) at the insertion of the muscle in an angle and move it over, then drill completely through my tibia to be sure it stays... trying not to break the muscle -or my tibia for those of you who remember my not so dense bones.
how long does recovery take for this? ...12-18 months. Rehabilitation can be slowed down if any of many possible complications occur... I'm not even going to list them all here, if you want to know, call me.
My apologies for my synicism, I'm just a bit depressed. The surgery will be moved up if my knee dislocates again.
*on a positive note, I will get to finish dancing this year provided my knee stays where it should until the summer. Please Lord.
thank you to those who prayed for me.
Comments (4)
Happy New Year!
Hope everything is going well. Miss ya! I cannt believe that I am moving in two days. Well, have a great day!
I'll be praying, you'll be better and be able to finish dancing, I know it. I'll call you.
J
sounds like lots of fun. I have had 4 knee surgeries and yet the pain is still there... doctor's don't have any answers as to why this is.
Woah. I don't know what to say. Why in the world would you get depressed? *wink* Hey, I'm not going to pretend that I can feel exactly your pain. I know how much dancing means to you. It would be like me and my guitar playing... it makes me alive and passionate, and I know that my Abba smiles at me when I play. Oh that smile. Anyway, that would be what I would compare it to in my life... but I could be way off. Anywho... I'm sorry about all of this. I wish it was me instead... sincerely I do. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. I hurt for you, and I will be praying for you. You will have a grand adventure with God on this one... that is an understatement, eh? You will see His face even better after this all blows over... I promise... and what a wonderful face He has. He is so much better than life... what a wonderful Lover and Savior! Anyway, before I go off on that, I love you friend... call me back sometime, or let me know when we can talk. K? =) I think this is all going to work out fantastic. No joke. God's too big, and you love Him too much.
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