Hi ACI TEam!!
Well.........It'll be 2 years exactly next week!! I've said it before but it bears repeating....I can't believe I've made it this far!!
So since my last post it's been a good news/bad news couple months!! First, let's get the bad news over with. I had a dr. appt a couple days before the scheduled TKR and he decided he could not do the replacement and fix the tibia/bone graft at the same time. Initially he thought he could, but after measuring the replacement it didn't quite fit with the 2 screws needed for my tibia. Many of you have read the entire blog, so I'm sure you can imagine how upsetting and frustrating that was. In fact, I was so upset I almost felt bad for the dr. To clarify, the feeling of devastation stemmed from having to have another 2 surgeries instead of the 1 I had geared up for. Instead of the TKR I had another bone graft, you know the worst case scenario surgery I listed a couple posts ago. The one that meant screws out, debride the bone, screws back in.....YEAH....that one! So.....I've been recovering for almost 8 weeks now.......and NOW we're ready for the TKR! The bone is healing, looks good on the x-ray, wrapping up 6 weeks of PT next week.....and we're now moving on!!
The good news....the TKR has now been scheduled for 12/2......a couple weeks before I turn 42 and just a little longer than 2 years from the initial ACI surgery. Seriously......I didn't think I could do another surgery.....but I'm anxious to get to a closing point and be done with this knee business for a while. I just can't believe this business has been going on for a little over 2 years.......guess the universe is teaching me I have absolutely no control? I'll spend the next 6-7 weeks working out and eating healthy to make sure I'm in a prime healing position.....I won't lie...I'm a little nervous!!
Anyhow....hope the rest of the team is doing well!! I do receive your emails.....and hope the blog helps figure out some of this crazy ACI stuff!
Hi Ralean, I have not read your blog for awhile and I am glad to catch up. I am reading it backwards, so I have not read back to where I left off yet. Sounds like things have not gone completely as you would have hoped, but I admire very much your attitude of plunging ahead and dealing with your disappointment as you also take action. I had two ACI surgeries-both knees 6 months apart, the second one was 4 months ago. I am weaker than I had anticipated and need to continue to build strength. Seem to be doing well, but I mentally prepare myself for the potential for problems as I increase my activities….You are so right that the universe teaches us that we do not have control over some things-except over our reactions. Best wishes on your continued progress with the TKR. Hope by this time next year, you will be feeling no pain and finished with surgeries. Kayla
ReplyDeleteKayla, thanks so much for reading through so much of my journey! Sometimes I'm not sure I even survived my one, much less two......you are a trooper!! My mom always comments how it's not fair...it's so easy to lose muscle and takes so long to build it back up! She's right of course, how moms always are!
DeleteThis has been quite an unexpected 3 years of my life.....this week is 7 months post TKR and it is the longest I've gone without being cut into since Sept 2012. In fact, I feel stronger and the most pain free in the last month since before we knew that pesky bone was broken.
Hope you're doing well, getting stronger, and most importantly pain free! :)