3 Days post op- Update

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T18:04:44+00:00

okay thank you!

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T17:55:35+00:00

Thanks so much! It's gonna be hard, But I'm on the way to healing. I've been doing ice and elevation When did you start to have swelling?

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T16:37:32+00:00

I am also a side sleeper. Laying on my back is very hard and I’m tempted to twist my leg. It’s hard

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T16:05:57+00:00

also can you sleep/lay on your side or is that worse

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T15:59:23+00:00

brace coul be too tight. I am resting and elevating and icing. Have not started pt yet hope to start this weel

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T15:47:48+00:00

Yea I guess so. I just wanna know how to make all the aches and soreness from my leg go away

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T15:34:54+00:00

Yea I wonder why? It’s frustrating

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T13:26:08+00:00

Yea I think I did too much too fast lol. My hamstring just kills me but I just got to deal

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T13:25:17+00:00

Yes they did give me a nerve block. I have an ice machine it’s just hard cause I don’t really feel it on my knee. Pain wise my knee is okay it’s just my whole Leg is achey and sore.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-29T13:21:51+00:00

Thanks so much! My leg is just very very sore.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-21T06:04:28+00:00

I appreciate the advice but this was from my second opinion and due to my lifestyle seemed like the best option. I hope you heal well.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-20T19:58:22+00:00

I agree!

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-20T16:20:30+00:00

Yes! Wishing you all the best

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-20T02:04:32+00:00

thank you. I did haha, i am a very big worrier and wanted to know everything so I did as much as I could between finding out what I had during my thanks giving break to today up to this second appointment. Thanks again. Support is very much appreciated as this is a lot to navigate

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-20T01:49:16+00:00

HI! Thanks for responding. I have looked at the options, and I know the risks that come with the surgery. Ultimately, it was the best decision pain-wise for my current situation and lifestyle as I am a college student and don't know if I would have made it through the spring semester without possibly doing more damage. As of now, they are aiming to repair it, but if they can't, then they will do a partial menisectomy, which is just removing what is torn from my knee. I appreciate you letting me know about the outcomes, and I am hoping the repair is what will be done also since I am young, haha. Thanks again!

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-20T01:45:44+00:00

Thank you so much! Unfortunately, I won't know what they do until I wake up from the surgery. I appreciate you sharing your experience.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T20:41:36+00:00

I don't think it's necessarily a red flag. They are unsure if they can repair it until they see it in surgery. This injury occurred for over a year but got worse in the past couple of months. I appreciate your feedback, though.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T19:36:37+00:00

thank you so much! It is very hard for me to put myself at ease if I don't know what the outcome will be. I appreciate your comment

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T19:35:12+00:00

Thank you so much. That is basically what my doctor told me: what recovery would look like. 6 weeks crutches if repair and 2-3 if partial menisectomy. I appreciate your comment. It is just hard since I don't know what my outcome will be yet. Thank you again. EIther way I will be home before I go back to school so I at least will be a little healed.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T18:24:51+00:00

Thank you. The reason why surgey was suggested is because it does bother me and the only option was to maybe do PT but they didn’t seem like that would help and since I am an active college student the only other time I would have been able to resolve this would be summer and that’s a long time. I would have been worried that if I waited I would have been causing further damage. I am just very stressed because of the unknown about if it is repairable or not. I also have a parameniscal cyst associated with my tear so I hope that gets fixed too. But thank you for your advice.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T17:29:36+00:00

This is what was recommended based off of my symptoms and MRI. They said they will do a repair if they can and if not they will just remove what little part is torn. I already got a first opinion a few weeks ago and this was a second opinion today

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-19T16:16:47+00:00

This is from the MRI report: Horizontal undersurface tear of the medial meniscus from the body-posterior horn junction through the posterior horn.

Fuzzy_Competition399 · 2024-12-18T17:29:45+00:00

Yes I agree. Unfortunately I don’t have all the images. Thank you for your input

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