OT - Under The Knife

CTMike

Borked my knee last summer, and had been living with the pain, chalking it up to age. Finally had enough and pushed for a MRI after x-ray was unremarkable. 

Had the torn meniscus repaired today - surgeon said things went well. Out for 2 - 3 weeks depending on how things progress.

milesvdustin

I have a tear in my right meniscus, I can do well for the most part so no repair yet. I tore it about 8 years ago. Gotta watch it on stairs 

lkapigian

Wishing you a speedy recovery 

dmchicago

Just found out Wednesday I have a torn Meniscus in my right knee. Trying to get the surgery scheduled before the end of January.

I've had two such surgeries in my left knee.

Also found out (as I suspected) the my left knee is bone on bone.

I'll be having a partial knee replacement in the nearish future.

Super cool reward from my half marathon days!

Good luck with the recovery and PT.

SSQUAL612

Wish I would have known that you were in need of surgery.  We could of taken care of that in the comfort of your home while cooking in your outdoor kitchen in progress.  Torn meniscus’s happen to be my specialty.  Get well soon Bubblehead.

CTMike

SSQUAL612 said:

Wish I would have known that you were in need of surgery.  We could of taken care of that in the comfort of your home while cooking in your outdoor kitchen in progress.  Torn meniscus’s happen to be my specialty.  Get well soon Bubblehead.

Are you an ortho surgeon, or the backyard type? I have quite the stock of bourbon for medicinal purposes of course. Submarines once. . .  .

SSQUAL612

I watched a video and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.  
Submarines twice...

CTMike

SSQUAL612 said:

I watched a video and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.  
Submarines twice...

Bourbon and a trusty Barlow knife it is then.

YukonRon

Got my meniscus and ACL fixed in April 3 years ago. Summited Grays Peak in August, same year.

Good luck Mike...get back on it.

CTMike

YukonRon said:

Got my meniscus and ACL fixed in April 3 years ago. Summited Grays Peak in August, same year.

Good luck Mike...get back on it.

Thanks Ron, the Peloton is calling my name - surgeon said I can get back on for low impact rides after 5 days - all out efforts in 2 - 3 weeks.

GrateEggspectations

CTMike said:

YukonRon said:

Got my meniscus and ACL fixed in April 3 years ago. Summited Grays Peak in August, same year.

Good luck Mike...get back on it.

Thanks Ron, the Peloton is calling my name - surgeon said I can get back on for low impact rides after 5 days - all out efforts in 2 - 3 weeks.

That’s really quick. Knees are so damn fragile. Homo Sapiens’ Achilles heel. 

CTMike

YukonRon said:

Got my meniscus and ACL fixed in April 3 years ago. Summited Grays Peak in August, same year.

Good luck Mike...get back on it.

My kid and I are planning a winter hike on Monadnock mid-February to bag another 4000’-er. 

JohnInCarolina

Hope the recovery goes well Mike!

nolaegghead

Good luck, get better, Mike.

I tore my meniscus, tore my MCL and got a tibial plateau fracture on my right knee at a motorcycle camp.  Good times. 

No surgery needed.  Said if it gives me problems they can scrape it out, whatever that means.  The fracture is what he said will hurt the worse.  And it did.

CTMike

nolaegghead said:

Good luck, get better, Mike.

I tore my meniscus, tore my MCL and got a tibial plateau fracture on my right knee at a motorcycle camp.  Good times. 

No surgery needed.  Said if it gives me problems they can scrape it out, whatever that means.  The fracture is what he said will hurt the worse.  And it did.

I remember your post about that - sounds excruciatingly painful.

smokingal

Get well soon.

lousubcap

Holy Jumpin'  Je$us Chr-st-
Your recovery time description sounds like textbook right there.  Best of luck-

paqman

get well soon!

johnmitchell

Thinking of you Mike, get well soon.

littlerascal56

Screwed my right knee up in September 2018. Small tear.  Had an x ray, and ended up doing physical therapy In my shop.  I have done100 leg curls per day (5 x 20) for past 13 months.  Got that knee strong enough to play golf 7/days a week this past year.  Worth the effort to keep from surgery!

northGAcock

Good to go soon I hope. All the best on the recovery.

rifrench

Best wishes for a quick recovery!

TrippleRipple

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I've assisted in >1,500 meniscal repairs. Everyone gets better. Listen to your body as you heal. If you push it and it swells, back off. That's my two cents. Again, best wishes!!

MotownVol

Almost recovered from mine.  Good luck.

YukonRon

This shot was one we had to take for my knee surgeon. He performed the surgery in April. His logo is on the sweatshirts he gave us if we could make it to the top of my 300th climb/summit over 12,000 ft. This one was a big one for me personally, summited in August, following the surgery.

He told me it would be extremely unlikely this would be done for about a thousand reasons. 999 of them were right.

This is the highest peak on the Mid continental divide, the highest in the front range and the most prominent peak you will see driving west on I 70 towards Denver.

This image sets on his website.

4 months. 14278 ft. 12 miles up and back, gain of over 7000 ft.

Zoom the picture, look over My Beautiful Wife's left shoulder for a pretty cool photo bomb.

@CTMike  Hoping you are doing well my friend...you will get through this. Stay strong.

See you at the top.

caliking

Hope the first couple of post-op days went well, and that recovery goes even better. 

Bentgrass

Went in for pre op testing this morning.  Total left knee replacement a month from today and total right replacement on right 4 weeks after that.  Will be so happy to get rid of the pain and be able to walk, play golf and climb around trout streams !

dmchicago

Best of luck @Bentgrass

Keep us posted!

YukonRon

@Bentgrass My wife's side of the family all have been faced with deteriorating knees. I have been fortunate, thus far, in not having to face that.

I will tell you in each case the results have been amazing. 

I took my BIL to get his done, I pulled up in the patient unloading zone, got him inside and registered, met with the doctor, and went outside to move the car and park it, literally 60 feet from where I originally parked.

I came back in, and upon getting to the waiting room, I was told I had to see the surgeon. I was thinking some thing bad had happened. They were done.
Surgery completed in like less than 15 minutes? It was crazy.

He was riding a bike within a month, walking, doing things he had not been able to do in decades.  

Hop your results are equally amazing and a strong and quick recovery awaits.

Bentgrass

Thank you both for the encouragement. Bike riding was one of the things I enjoyed most of all but have not attempted for over 2 years.  Had a hip replacement 3 1/2 years ago.  Don’t even want to think about going through TSA at the airport !  

YukonRon

Bentgrass said:

Thank you both for the encouragement. Bike riding was one of the things I enjoyed most of all but have not attempted for over 2 years.  Had a hip replacement 3 1/2 years ago.  Don’t even want to think about going through TSA at the airport !  

I had my left from the knee down rebuilt as well as my left ankle and left foot. The process has been over ten years.

Worth it brother. 

Our best.