My Fulkerson Osteotomy (TTT) on 10/06/10

[cdubb]

Congrats on the new car! I saw the FB pic posted...always fun getting a new car!  Although, my last new car was a minivan...at age 27...never thought I'd be driving a minivan, yet alone at age 27!

Glad to hear your knee is cooperating for the most part! That's great news!  Ice is super scary...I have been terrified walking outside the past 2 days.  There has been a sheet of ice on EVERYTHING!  Even knowing it's icy, my food had a very slight slip when I was being cautious. 

[Kat_Walk]

Once again, I'm thanking God that I am not having to deal with ice.. the shower is scary enough.
Congrats on the new car Duckie! It sounds like it was about due. Isn't it the most awesome feeling driving away in a new car? I must say cars are my weakness. I have wasted more money that I care to admit changing cars because I was, well, bored! Mind you we bought a brand new Peugeot in 2008 and its so nice, its got all the bells and whistles. Mind you, I will be paying it off for a few years yet, so I am content to keep this one. Having said that its a manual, not an auto so I cant drive it right now. My husband has quickly laid claim to it, he bought me an auto (not as nice as the Peugeot)  and tells me that the other car is mine and the Peugeot is his.. LOL..

Glad to hear you are doing well on the whole, and life is not all consumed by your knee.. miss you around these boards tho. 

[duckie857]

4 Months Post-Op Report

Hello, all! This will be short and sweet. I managed to come down with bronchitis and strep throat so I'm not feeling well at all. However, I have great knee news that I feel like I need to share before I forgot.

On Friday I had my 4 month post-op appointment with my OS. He said that my bone is completely healed and that he couldn't be happier with the results of the surgery. He said I'm no longer limited in my activities. This means I can do anything I want, including playing softball in the summer if I'd like. I'm also allowed to go full throttle at the gym. So exciting! He warned me that I should consider a brace if I do plan on playing sports, but that other than full on contact sports I should be fine to do what I want.

In terms of gym activity, I'm going 3x a week when I'm not sick (I've been really sick for about a week.) When I go, I do 30-50 minutes on the bike at level 6, 85-90 RPMs. It comes out between 6-10 miles depending on my routine for that day. I'm also doing the weight circuits. Arms, of course, but I can do about 50lbs on the leg press and 30-40lbs on the leg curls. I've also been doing hip abductor exercises at about 40lbs. This was all while I was holding off until I go clearance. I'm going to start upping my reps and weights when I go back after I get better. The only thing I seem to be having trouble with is my wall squats, but that will come in time.

Hopefully, I won't need the screws out. I haven't had any problems so far.

I'll check back periodically and update everything.

Anyway, I'm off. I'm exhausted. Thanks for all the support. I'll see all of you around on facebook, for sure!

[cdubb]

Awesome 4 month report!! We'll keep in touch on FB! 

[Melissa S]

Great report Duckie!  Very encouraging.  I need to find you on Facebook.

[Kat_Walk]

Wow girl you have beat us all.. well done!!
Must be nice to have your knee back and your life back too! 

[duckie857]

Five Months Post-Op Report

Oh, no. No, no, no.

This morning my knee did something funky.

Back Story: I was sick for all of February. That's not an exaggeration. I went home for my 4 month post-op and I was sick FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. I wound up in the hospital and I was so lethargic I could barely function. Obviously, I didn't go to the gym like a good post-op patient.

Well, in order to make up for lost time I started going back on Sunday. We went on Sunday and Monday of this week. Today is Tuesday. On Sunday I did a really hard biking session at about level 8-10 for a half hour. I did 6 miles. Last night I went and did 10 minutes on level 8-10 and then 10 minutes at level 4-6. Then I went over and did weights on my arms and leg pressed 80lbs. Also did hip abductions at 60lbs. Wall squats, blah blah blah.

Today, when I got up, I was stiff everywhere BUT my knee. I took a shower, and went to put my daily lotion on my legs. This is my routine. Nothing is new in how I did the following: I put lotion on my left leg, knee, foot. Then I pulled my right leg up across my left (surgery) knee. My ankle was laying on top of my (straight) left leg. I relaxed my quad for a split second and my left kneecap slip right out of joint...medially and downward. Which was new. I haven't experienced that one. I immediately got nauseous in that "oh, s**t" sort of way your body reacts to stuff like this and then the dull pain hit. It snapped right back, so it was only out for a few seconds.

Well, now it's hot to the touch, puffy, yadada. Dr. McDreamy (my OS for new people reading) is out of town this week. By chance, I'll be in town that weekend so I'm sticking around until Monday so I can be seen "just in case." I don't think I have TOO much to worry about...I'm just annoyed.

I'm fairly certain it's because my quads were really, really tired after yesterday and just weren't doing their job. I'm thinking it's an isolated incident.

I hope. Oh, man, I hope.

[cdubb]

Oh no!  I'm so sorry that happened!  Hope that it is just an isolated incident.   Keep that ice on and hope you still have some pain meds left over! 

[mermaids]

Oh no!  I hope this turns out to be no big deal.  You have been doing so well.  Take it easy and keep us posted.

[duckie857]

Craaaaapp.

Here I go again...
http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php?topic=57016.0

[duckie857]

http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php?topic=57323.msg553917#msg553917

New post op diary! See ya on the other side...