I have noticed some improvement, although Mr S said he hoped for more. Because he's retired from the surgical practice, he has referred me to another osteo surgeon.

Yanno, I am not looking forward to this, to have yet another doctor presume that I must be stuffing my face with ice cream and cake, sitting on my ass doing nothing.

Tomorrow, I go for my ultrasound guided injection into my left knee joint. Because right now, even icing and pain meds are working. If fewking HURTS. Even keeping my leg in the knee brace isn't helping. Move the leg, sharp stabbing pain, don't move the leg, continuous low level throbbing pain ( Read more... )

For the past several years, I seems to be in a constant state of 'recovering' from something or another. And I'm so tired of it. Recovered (and rehab) from a spinal fusion, recovery from gall bladder surgery, non- recovery from hyper extended knee, recovering from a mass removed from my back and the time it took for it close up, recovering from ( Read more... )

There was a mass on my left shoulder. It got all inflamed, and scheduled to have it removed. The surgery for that went ok, but it left a deep deep hole in my back. It took over 9 months for it to fill and heal ( Read more... )

More pre-op things. Visited a physio to get some pre-op exercises to help stretch, and to see what sort of mobility/stability my current joint can handle. Umm, ow ( Read more... )

Blood drawn to check for Hep B and C (both will come back negative) HIV (also will come back negative), throat and nasal swabs (not fun) to test for MRSA, and one other liquid test in a little jar (I shall leave that to your imagination ( Read more... )

This morning I saw sparkling water drops on some pretty purple blossoms, and I noticed both my small Geraldton Wax seedlings (still called seedlings until they reach 1" across the base) were in danger of being swamped by weeds ( Read more... )

When I get up in the morning, before I get out of bed, I get one of my knee compression bandages and slip it on my right knee. It makes getting around a bit easier. However, wearing it all day seemed to cause my knee to hurt worse at the end of the day. I think it's because the compression bandage doesn't prevent the lower leg from going too far ( Read more... )

There are some people that don't know what's going on with my knees (yes, plural) but with my right one being much much worse. I have arthritis in my knees, it's a family trait. But, when I was 18 I injured my right knee, and about 18months after that, I developed degenerative arthritis in it. It's been giving me trouble off and on for 40 years. ( Read more... )

First off, ow. The exam to see if the 2nd SynVisc injection is working hurts like hell. Pull, push, bend, flex. Check to see if there is side to side movement. Even with the swelling I had on Sunday (furniture seats are 'fashionably' low to the floor. Kind of feels like squatting, instead of sitting ( Read more... )