NOTES - Your success stories :
TTT Success Story - - Posted by Kathy (Kathy), 28 October 2003
Hi, all. I started having knee problems as a freshman in high school. That was the first time I dislocated my kneecap. OUCH! After that it would sublax and dislocated all the time. Finally, after seven years of that crap, I couldn't take it anymore...I went to see an OS. (I have a fear that doctors won't take me seriously.) He was great - suggested PT even though I had done it before. He said it would help for after the surgery. Then he performed a TTT with LR and MR. The pain afterwards was enought to make me wonder if I should have done the surgery. I don't remember all the recovery times exactly, but I know that I was non weightbearing for at least a month - maybe 5 weeks. And then I was allowed to walk as soon as I was able. My quad muscle was shot - took a long time to get it strong enough to walk, but I remember my first steps on that shakey leg and they were great!! I didn't walk without a limp until December and my surgery was in October, but it was because I had forgotten how to walk normally. As soon as my PT showed me what I was doing wrong, I began to get walk normally with no trouble. It took until the end of January to get full ROM back. I got stuck somewhere between 100 and 110 degrees, but gradually got it back to where I can touch my bum with my foot. Spent all winter getting muscle strength back and when spring came went cycling for the first time. The only pain I had left was in my shin and that went away this past summer. Last week I started to run again for the first time in 8 years!!! My shin is sore from that, but I haven't had one dislocation and only a little bit of knee joint pain. It's great to not be afraid of moving around anymore.
Kathy
Posted by Marie (Marie), 26 November 2003
Yay Kathy!
Glad to hear that your surgery was such a success! I'm hoping for the same. For 10 years I had a very unstable knee, and at 2 months post-op now I'm already glad that I've had the surgery (if the rest of rehab goes well). ROM is coming back SO slowly, though... I feel like I'm stuck at 80-85 naturally, although I can push past 90 w/a little help. It's very encouraging to hear that someone has got full ROM back and is able to run, b/c I could do all that the morning of my surgery.
Thank you for sharing your story! 
Marie
Posted by Heather (Heather), 7 December 2003
Kathy,
Thanks so much for sharing your story! I had a TTT and quad tendon repair in September 03. I have had nothing but set backs it seems since then. It is uplifting to read this post and know there can be life after a TTT. Thanks a ton! Congratulations and I'm wishing you continued success!
Heather
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