Thursday April 9, 2009 SHoot!

Yesterday while I was at work, only straightening tables of tables that were a mess, my left knee, the knee that doesn't have bionic parts, decided to give out not once, but twice. I took some Tylenol while still at work to see if that would help with the pain I had there after the giving out (I had already managed to hit the knee on something earlier). Helped sort of. Once home, showered, and dinnered, I iced it which helped a bit more. Today it still hurts and is slightly swollen, although not nearly as pouffy as the right knee used to get, pre-partial knee replacement. I went to Costco earlier this afternoon and wore my old knee brace which felt weird since I had only worn it on the other knee before! I was happy to take it off once I got home. Consulting with my friends at Knee Geeks, one thinks I am most likely on my way to new parts in that knee. I tend to agree with her but hope it will be a while before that happens. However, if things don't feel better with it, I'll probably end up calling the rheumy office or the ortho office and possibly get a cortisone shot (if I'm lucky). The last MRI of that knee was done in December 2007 and the knee was operated on in February 2008. The operation was a meniscus trim, chondroplasty, and a chondral defect was seen. Dr. Gray told me after the surgery only 1/2 of the medial meniscus is gone and probably even more is gone just by wear and tear.
Ah, the joys of bad knees......not.

Jan. 03, 2009: Another year, another post

It has been ages since I posted. The surgery and its aftermath have gone very well. 4 weeks of PT 3 times a week, followed by 4 weeks of PT 2 times a week, then a 2 week break, followed by going back to work the week of Dec. 1. For any information and future information (unless I manage to get myself back here), go to the Knee Geeks web site where I post a lot, especially under the Unicompartmental Replacement message board in the Knee Arthritis page. My name there is Caroline109. Here is a link to the Unicompartmental Replacement message board:



KNEE ARTHRITIS - Unicompartmental knee replacement

The arthritis pain is gone -hooray- but there is some occasional muscle (hamstring and quads) occasionally and my left knee has its own twinges, worsening, but livable without cortisone shots still.

I stopped taking Celebrex at the end of October when it was $150 for 90 pills. I switched to generic Mobic which I can get at the Stop and Shop pharmacy here for the much more livable price of $9.99 for 90 pills. What a difference! Still have to watch the platelet count and function but still doing fine!