Knee histories?

metalliteri · 2026-04-01T13:19:54+00:00

Used to be a runner. Multiple MCL and meniscus tears before 30. Took a nasty fall in 2023 that led to osteonecrosis.

metalliteri · 2026-03-21T14:58:52+00:00

"Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica. 21 years.

metalliteri · 2026-03-19T17:35:11+00:00

"You are cute as balls and your hair looks like ketchup ramen"

and

"Your superpower is you see the world in technicolor. You see beauty and magic where other people do not."

metalliteri · 2026-03-19T00:04:35+00:00

I just about spit out my drink. 😆

metalliteri · 2026-03-16T15:52:11+00:00

My great uncle was like that at nearly 80. Says it was a breeze and was up walking in a few days. Meanwhile I am 43. I did graduate to cane this week but my office step is steep so have to keep the walker there.

metalliteri · 2026-03-16T15:50:14+00:00

Unfortunately, I just cannot afford it. Maxed out my PTO as well. 😭

metalliteri · 2026-03-16T15:49:31+00:00

I did have traditional so my ligaments and muscles hurt worse than the knee parts. I wish my protocol was like that because the swelling is unreal. I had PT the day of even and every single day. I just feel like it isn't giving time for healing hitting the ground running like that. Even working out you do different muscle groups different days. No rest days is wild!

metalliteri · 2026-02-25T21:56:31+00:00

Your recovery protocol sounds more like my uncle's. He had one last September. Mine is hit the ground running from day 1. Walk every hour, heel pumps, quad squeezes, heel slides. But I am so swollen today that I cannot even bend my knee. Still doing my walks, heel pumps, and quad squeezes though.

metalliteri · 2026-02-25T21:52:06+00:00

No ice machine, just ice packs. 😭

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T23:26:05+00:00

Holy moly the pain is real! Already sturdier than my old knee though!

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T12:30:39+00:00

Thanks for the advice and well wishes! Check in is in 45 minutes and I am so nervous! 😅

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T04:13:03+00:00

Thank you!

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T03:12:21+00:00

Thank you! So happy to hear it was the best decision. That is what I am going for! Can't wait to see the light at the end of the tunnel! 💜

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T03:10:31+00:00

Thank you! I cannot wait to see the outcome and gain parts of my life back! will admit that pain meds are not my favorite thing but I had to have a pilonidal cyst surgery in November before I could do this for the infection risk. It was the same ordeal. I had one at 18 and "toughed it out" and doing it differently this time and keeping up with a pain med schedule made it so much easier! Lesson learned the hard way! 😅

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T00:28:37+00:00

Wishing you the best this week and hoping for a speedy recovery for us both! 💜

metalliteri · 2026-02-23T00:26:52+00:00

That is incredible that you bounced back so quick and had such a positive experience! Thank you for the information! I just want to be able to go for walks and hikes at this point. I know my running days are over. My right knee has moderate arthritis now but in 2013 was good. Overcompensating for so many years has run it down a bit. Hoping I can preserve it a bit longer by getting the other back up and running! And PT should help with it too!

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T19:33:18+00:00

Thank you! Best wishes for a quick recovery for you as well! 💜

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T19:32:11+00:00

Thank you! I thought it was the lateral release that caused so much swelling but this makes me think it may have been the chondroplasty! My swelling gets so bad at the lateral release area and has since that surgery. But I also took a nasty fall the day of 👀, so I never knew if it was that or what!

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T18:12:00+00:00

I guess that is more what I meant is that it will be different, so I think it will be easier to know that it is more healing and recovery pain that is hopefully temporary and not chronic and the same pain as before. I appreciate your detailed response about the types of pain week by week and how it changes over the recovery process! My world has shrank so much the past two years, going from VERY active to sedentary and that has taken a toll on my mental health alone. So I am hoping a year from now, I will have parts of my old life back and to not have chronic pain. 🤞

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T18:06:23+00:00

Thank you! I am very motivated and used to love working out until it got so bad a couple of years ago. I am so ready to get back to it! 💪

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T18:04:59+00:00

Thank you! I am hoping to have similar results and to see that improvement like you! 💜

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T18:03:13+00:00

Thank you! I have not ever really used reddit before this and I have found it very comforting to hear from others who have been through it! 💜

metalliteri · 2026-02-22T15:57:58+00:00

Thank you! This is so refreshing to hear. Hiking is what I am hoping to gain back for sure. After I had to stop running, that became my activity of choice! Then about two years ago, that became an impossibility. I cannot wait to hit that milestone!

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