Posted by kyhayman on October 17, 2013 at 21:11:56 from (184.20.155.177):
In Reply to: O/T Knee Surgery posted by John B. on October 16, 2013 at 21:09:53:
Been there, done that. Simple meniscotomy is not that big a deal. On my right knee I had one a year and 3 months after an attempted reattachment of the laterial meniscus and PCL/MCL reconstruction. She took out 40 pct laterial and 60 pct medial meniscus. I did 10 weeks of PT prior to surgery and 10 weeks after. On a single crutch and no driving for a week after surgery (until surgical followup). Took it easy, ice and elevation. No problems at all. Biggest thing I learned out of 6 knee surgeries is no matter what, the instant you start to come out from under anesthesia make sure you start flexing your quad muscle. If you don't it is not at all uncommon to 'forget' how to make it work. Then you have to figure out how to make it work and thats terrible. Its happened to me twice. Once in the first surgery and once after repairing a tibial plateau fracture. That took me weeks to figure out how to make it work again and until it starts to work you cant start getting better.
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