Another SOS

Another Summer Of Surgery to look forward to.  Thank Goodness for summers!  A time when I get to take care of my rapidly deteriorating body.  This time, it's not Miningua, (yeah!) it has nothing to do with X-Minerva, (woo hoo!) and it's not carpal tunnel...thought that DOES need to be addressed on lefty.  Nope, I just found out tonight that instead of looking like this where there's a nice clean distance between the knee cap (petella) and femur:

 My xrays today showed that my poor pathetic petella has no nice and necessary "black" space between it and my femur.  In other words, they're touching.  I have bone against bone (no wonder it hurts so much to walk, stand, sit, and sleep) and the bone that IS there is gnawing away at what is left of my miniscus.  Additionally, I have two bone spurs that are adding to the Rice Krispie effect.  Consequently, the response to that diagnosis is surgery. 

I got a cortisone injection right beneath or beside my patella (didn't look after it was swabbed with betadine) and mixed in was some loverly marcaine to numb it nicely...but the marcaine has since disappeared and the ice pack feels really good!  Dr. Jones said he didn't think it would help at all, but he has to try to see if can give me some relief between now and whenever I can get in to have the main surgery done and the spurs removed.  (They say you should always have a song in your heart.  Right now, I'm hearing..."I got spurs, that jingle, jangle, jingle...."

The projected surgery will have to happen as early as possible in June since it typically involves a two-month recovery.  I've never been "typical" so who really knows what to expect, right?  He also said several times, "...this is not a simple little surgery even though it's orthoscopic," and his PA said, "...most patients aren't too fond of it after surgery." 

There goes Myrtle Beach, I guess...and Deb Fritts had just found us great, scratch that, UNBELIEVABLE airfare!  I can't EVEN explain how thankful I am that something interrupted me yesterday right before I clicked on PURCHASE icon on the travel package or we'd be proud owners a big useless vacation for a cripp.  So, thank You, God, for the interruption - whatever it was!  

The neophyte translation of the purpose of the "MUSCLE-RELEASE" surgery will be to cut the medial muscle that holds my petella stationery which will encourage it to float to the anterior of my knee so "it can chew away at the bone that's still on that side and buy us some more time before having to have a total knee replacement."  Sounds loverly, yes/no?   I'd sure like (i think) to hear from anyone who has had this surgery so I can throw out a few questions so I know better what to expect.)

Anyway, my SOS is also now to request prayer again - for me and my "ouchie."  (Can't ya tell I teach little kids?)

In His grip,

Debbie 

Comments

[Marianne]

I found your blog because Dr. Jones wants me to see Dr. Fotopolous so I was researching him. Your blog brought him up so I started reading your blog. You have moved me. I hope you keep up the blog because it keeps me going. I wish you the best of health.