Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday Feb. 16, 2009
Hooray! I looked at where the giant and ugly bruise I got from my cortisone shot almost 3 weeks ago and it's finally almost gone. However, the site of it is discolored and will probably stay that way for a while. If my newish camera weren't having a battery issue for the thousandth time, I would take a picture. I think I can still see discoloration on my thigh from a bruise I got during my PKR which will be 5 months old tomorrow. I can hardly believe it's been that long already! I can't say how much better my knee feels where the arthritis was but I wish the lingering muscle /tendon issues, which are aches and unexpected tightening up of them, would go away once and for all. Today I'm working for the first time in 2 weeks and I hope everything will behave. I have to go in slightly early because I discovered I didn't get a pay check on Friday for that last day I worked, back on Feb. 2.
Now I wish it would get warm. I am getting sick of winter. The few days of warmer temps. last week makes me more impatient for Spring. But I should know every year around this time , it feels like Spring will never get here! I'm ready to retire the heavy clothes (including jackets)!
Now I wish it would get warm. I am getting sick of winter. The few days of warmer temps. last week makes me more impatient for Spring. But I should know every year around this time , it feels like Spring will never get here! I'm ready to retire the heavy clothes (including jackets)!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday the 13th of February, 2009
Firstly, happy 25th birthday to Mr. Jonathan!
I was shocked to find this little blog listed in my new Google news alert for partial knee replacement yesterday. I am minimally famous.
Last night I took a Flexeril before bed to see if that would loosen up the hamstring and it may have a little. It's actually only a small portion down by my knee. It's nice to walk without thinking that there is something in my knee making it work better but it's annoying that it's wreaked havoc on my hamstring. And whatever that muscle/tendon or whatever it is that does from the front of the foot up the shin rears its head too occasioanlly, especially when I have to sort of shuffle while walking on ice or snow or both. With spring coming sooner rather than later, hopefully that will finally go away!
I was shocked to find this little blog listed in my new Google news alert for partial knee replacement yesterday. I am minimally famous.
Last night I took a Flexeril before bed to see if that would loosen up the hamstring and it may have a little. It's actually only a small portion down by my knee. It's nice to walk without thinking that there is something in my knee making it work better but it's annoying that it's wreaked havoc on my hamstring. And whatever that muscle/tendon or whatever it is that does from the front of the foot up the shin rears its head too occasioanlly, especially when I have to sort of shuffle while walking on ice or snow or both. With spring coming sooner rather than later, hopefully that will finally go away!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Thursday Feb 12, 2009
Hamstring was killing me all night, still hurting this morning. Pain index is a 9 out of 10 so shoulders and elbows are hurting. The muscle going up my shin was hurting last night too. I think shoveling and chopping ice yesterday while the temperature was warmish (63) didn't help. TOday it's very windy and the sun is coming and going. But my new knee isn't hurting which it would've been in the old days, pre-replacement. And thankfully my left knee isn't hurting, at least for now!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday Feb. 9, 2009
Just sitting here and decided to write because I was and am still getting a nasty pain in my left knee. Sure hope it won't need a total knee replacement any time soon but I have a feeling it will.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009
On Jan. 27, after increasing pain over the weekend, I called CFO for an appointment with Dr. Schweitzer which I was lucky enough to get the next day. The bursa located below and medial in my right knee (pes bursa I now know it's called, thanks to my friends at Knee Geeks) was aching-the same one I was having issues with before Dr. Gray sent me to see Dr. Schweitzer to discuss replacement. He gave me a cortisone shot in the area that caused a nasty bruise. But the bursa is generally feeling better than it had been. We aldo discussed numb knee and nerve weirdness which he explained, but I can't explain myself so I won't. He also said I don't have to come back for a year (not in the fall) but a year from now, January 2010 and I already have an appointment for that, with the appointment reminder card stapled to the Dec. 2009 page of our calendar. He said my knee is still doing very well and said the incision will fade to white eventually. The picture there is of the bruise.
Yesterday, Feb. 4, marked the year anniversary of my last arthroscopic surgery on my left torn medial meniscus. I discovered yesterday, by rereading my orthopedic history document that apparently with that surgery, I have only 50% of that meniscus left, which isn't good news. Hopefully what is left in there will last a while.
Meanwhile I am getting ready to sell some pink Depression glass in hopes of making some much needed money! Awaiting an email from the NYPL about the value of the plates of one pattern that the Danbury Library couldn't find. It will take a couple of days to get that information. DPL gave me information on a different pattern and guestimating, I think the total value of everything is about $300. The patterns are Arcadian Pink by Tiffin-Franciscan and Florentine #1 in pink by Hazel Adams (I did get values for the Florentine pattern ). I'm going to first list the stuff on Craig's List because it's free and then try eBay if necessary.
I worked 4 hours this week and I have a feeling I'm not on the schedule for next week. Not surprising news as it's happening to everyone.
Just printed all my old posts on this blog preparing to make a My Knee notebook which will be funny to look at some day.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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!
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!
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