KNEE ARTHRITIS - Changing the forces through the joint :

Looks like I will be back :P - - Posted by Jennifer (Jennifer), 7 November 2004

I have been away from the board for a while, partly because of workload and partly because of a slow computer...and gratefully because my right knee responded so well to the Roux procedure I had last December.  I have been doing some training for my district (beyond my day job of teaching 1st and 2nd graders) and my school has a fairly large grant we are working with (and under) so we have a lot of training and documentation.  My computer's browser is lagging (I have an older MAC, but with all of my training fees in the bank I will be getting a new Apple in my near future )  
I was able to go to Europe this summer for a few weeks and although I got tired very easily and my left knee started acting up I had a great time.  Most of the rest of the summer I was training or being trained...
I am scheduled to have my left knee realigned in December  Not really what I wanted to be doing for the holidays (ditto for my OS).  I started having some issues in Europe...my knee froze in Hyde Park during the Party in the Park (right after Blue played).  Anyhow when I got home my left knee was being fussy but I thought it was just tired and a little loose from not working out the way I should while I was on holiday, but in August the patella started tilting in a major way    I ended up in an immobilizer for 10 days and the patella really hasn't shifted back, sooooooooo it seems I will be having a scope and Roux on the left in the very near future    Hopefully this will be the end of this for a long while though.  
So I will be lurking for the next few weeks.  I have looked at my post-op diary and it was a good refresher...amazing how much we forget about these nasty little surgeries.  I will be checking in and catching up...I hope to find that you all are doing better and making progress.

Jennifer
Posted by soccermom (soccermom), 2 December 2004

Hi Jennifer,

I know your surgery is coming up soon. I wanted to let you know I was thinking of you and praying that all goes well.

Hugs to you

Christina

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