michelel's blog

Ok lets try this again, just lost everything I was writing somehow.Its 247am and I cant freaking sleep for nothing. My knee hurts so bad, I just took another norco, and its not working.  Man I cant wait til April 20 to get this OATS done. I know I will be in post op pain but at least I know there will be light at the end of the tunnel.  My surgeon is confident that this proceedure will help me. I really hope so, believe me I've done alot of research on it and thank God for kneegeeks.

Well I usually work third shift at a hospital for the mentally ill.  Yesterday I had to work first and OMG.  My knee was and is still freaking killing me. I mean it always hurts, but wow.  I go back to the OS Thursday, she is suppose to tell me when my surgery will be.  I can hardly wait.  THe prospect of finally being to live my life and be painfree is absoluteley euphoric to me.  Well short and sweet. Had to vent.

Well My OS called me back today and told me she has looked at the pics from my last scope and she thinks that if the defect hasnt increased in size too much she will be able to do the OATS instead of allograft.  She will be doing a diagnostic scope somewhere between April 15 and 30, and if the defect is ok for OATS shes gonna go ahead and do it then, if it is too large shell close up and procede with arranging the allograft.  She said if she does the OATS i will stay overnight in the hospital, will have a CPM machine and she is going to try and get a cryotherapy machine appro

Today is a bad day for me.  Everyday is bad but today is horrible.  I have such bad pain, and I cant find anything at all to make it any better.  My lortab is not touching it, ice not touching it elevation, not touching it and staying off of it not touching it. As if the pain isnt bad enough, I changed clothes and notice the swelling was awful too, its usually swollen but it is really swollen, the ice and elevation isnt helping.  What the heck????

Man, I am so tired of this knee pain.  I mean it is freaking severe, I take loratab 7.5 q 6 hours and it doesnt seem to help that much ofcorse Ive been on it for about a year, maybe Im getting tolerant to it.