Surgery #5 Going in For Surgery # 4 on right knee in March
Hi. I have had my 4th surgery and am
awaiting the 5th in March (I also have a posting from november right before surgery 3 of the right knee). I have been a soccer
player for fifteen years and not once did I have a
problem until I started playing soccer in high school.
It was my freshman year 2001 when I torn my PCL and
LCL also I had an unusual growth of cartilage that was
growing between my knee cap and joint so every time I
would walk it would cause it to move and pinch causing
a lot of pain and I could hardly walk. It took me
about a year and a half to get that fixed in January
2003. I of course went back to playing soccer and re
injured my right knee along with my left one. ( I was trying to keep my scholarship) I had
surgery done on my left knee in October 2003. So far
no significant problems with the left one. I had
surgery 2 on my right knee in april 2004. I thought I
would be good, about a month after that surgery my
knee gave out and I twisted my ankle real badly. I had
a walking cast on till july. that when I noticed the
pain in my right knee was getting worse and worse. I
waited until October to go back and see my surgeon. He
after knowing me for almost 4 years sent me to get a
second opinion because he did not want to rush back to
surgery. I saw him the whole month of november and
finally after trying everything besides
steroids(because I know there affects and would not
recommended it to anyone) he sent me back to my
surgeon for surgery. I had surgery number 3 on the
right knee this past December 2004. I am working and
going to school for my Degree as a Veterinary
technician.I went back to work less than a week after
surgery (bad idea) i was of course on light duties. I
was about 3 weeks later when I went back to my usual
routines. Well it was most likely from a dog jumping
on me or just the stress of just going back to work
and walking on it. see the thing is I was even wearing
the brace to help protect my knee. And i still re
injured it. And like I mentioned before I had an MRI
and it found and more severe deterioration of my knee
cap and joint. also the tears of my meniscus. so I
have been scheduled for surgery 4 on the right in
march so I'll see how it goes. I want the time to
just fly by ad it pretty much has already but I just
want to get this over with. Anyways, I agree with you
any movement in your knee that is not normal is not
just to be passed off. I too believe that their is no
reason you have to wait almost a year to be released
from a doctor , he is hiding something and obviously
does not want anyone else to find out about it. That
really sucks that you have to get a lawyer involved.
It seems like more that he is trying to avoid being
sued for malpractice that is why he wont release you.
I have wondered at times that my surgeon was not
telling me every possible way to avoid re-injuring my
knee. well now i know and will make sure that i ask
him everything. With this surgery I am expected to be
immobilized for about 3-4 weeks. I had my doctors office fax me over an report on my MRI the other day at my work so I could see what on the paper and read it my self. I knew it was bad when he called me and told me the results and then sat up the surgery. I didn't expect so much writing and to find out that there are four different things going on in my knee that will need to be fixed in this next surgery. I am anticipating this one to be the biggest one!
From:
Lara M - soccerqueen1928@yahoo.com
