Hi ! I tried replying to your message but for some reason the sytem wont let me.  (Btw my name is Grace) I wanted to say that I am in the same position as you. 

I had the MPFL and the Trochleoplasty done on the right knee but I also have slight maltracking issues with my other one.  The problem isnt as great as the right where I constantly get patellar subluxations with that one.  Actually I fell in the first place and the right kneecap subluxed and its been like that for a year and half till Dejour corrected it.  My leftie is stable but the patella moves in a curvature motion.  I guess I have to wait till something happens and the kneecap is semi dislocated then i have to consider surgery. 

So far everything is going quite smoothly yet slowly.  Apparently the first 45 days are the slowest and hardest in terms of progression.   For the first 2 weeks after the operation, there was a lot of pain issues at the beginning since we were trying to figure which meds work the best.  The pain was pretty bad since its just not only the knee that hurts its also the inner thigh as well since the doc took a long graft for the MPFL .Im now on Tramadol and an anti inflamatory which is awesome.  In the beginning, my knee was heating up quite a bit but I think the anti inflamatory was able to cool it down which is a relief.  But the pain is mostly under control.  I do get the odd inner thigh pain every now and then. 

Flexion is pretty sucky at the moment and the physios had put me on this machine callled Kinetech which passively flexes your leg.  I dont really like it all that much cos at times it hurts when it flexes and it hurts when it straightens my leg.  BUT i think I ll take it slow I dont want to have major complications and such.  I started doing a little bit of straight leg raises with the physio.  OMG its so freakin hard.  Constracting my quads is easy but actually lifting the leg up--its a lot of work!

What sorta physio protocol your doc recommended?  I really hope ur doing well and the pain isnt so bad for you and that you get ur other knee done and over with.

-Grace

Hi KG friends,

I am feeling very relieved tonight after seeing my surgeon.

He agrees that there are still problems with my right knee and so are going to go ahead and have an arthroscope and trochleoplasty. So, I am sooooo relieved tonight. He said that my knee cap could take up to 12 months to recover from the fall I had.

My surgery is booked for the 11th of February.

Hi Francine,

Thanks so much for your sweet message.

It is soooooo bloody hot here. Only meant to be the start of spring. I think it is going to be a very hot summer.

Yeah, I am looking forward to a life almost pain free. I know I will probably have some level of pain but will be much better than it is now. Am in so much pain even to walk at the moment. It will be 18 months at the end of November that I had my left knee operated on. So, hopefully my left knee will hold up well. At least I will know what to expect, as you say. I am having the same team of doctors, which is good. My sports physician will be assisting and will have the same anaesthetist. This anaesthetist is great. He really knows how to get the anaesthetic right as I often get sick and my asthma has not been great, which I am worried about. My OS said it should be fine. He said that the operating theatre is the best place to be if anything goes wrong as everything is there.

The worst thing is that I need 6 to 8 weeks off work and probably won't be able to drive for 6 to 8 weeks. Yuck !!! It will be worth it in the end. One really good thing is that my OS says I don't need to worry about physio as I have been through this so much before and can do the rehab myself. Will just be guided by my surgeon and sports physician. My last knee physio gave up on me anyway and pointed that out to my OS yesterday and he just laughed and said I could do it myself. That made me one very happy lady.

Bring on a life of less pain and suffering. Hope you are doing ok.

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your sweet note.

I have had a really bad day in terms of pain in my right knee. My sports physician finally rang back. He is leaving a script for me to pick up tomorrow morning. My sports physician tried speaking with my OS yesterday, but missed him. He will speak to him before I see him next Tuesday. I was really grumpy at work today as I didn't sleep well last night due to my knee pain and was in agony today. Just felt like crying.

You are right, good to have a plan now that I work towards. Still don't have the paper work which was supposed to be sent in the post yesterday.

Hi Itigo.

You are right, I am sure the time will fly. It is already about 12 weeks to go. Just can't wait till it is sorted out.

Sorry to hear about your gastroscopy and surgery the following week. Email me about it. Love to know the latest.

You wouldn't believe it, but the house mate fell through. She never showed up and hasn't contacted me. So, back to square one.