Thank you all for the well wishes. Sorry to not be answering the individual PM's.....still on pain medication and thought it best to give my update in one place.
Surgery went very well, everything has been cleaned and buffed up. I've got numerous photos that tell the tale. Although my condition is degenerative, he said I was a prime candidate for a new procedure to actually make a mold of my cartilage rather than possibly have my knee replaced in the (hopefully) distant future. I now have a new starting point so I can continue my active lifestyle/journey. My older sister (who just had both her knees replaced just under two months ago) came and stayed with me. She's a critical care nurse so needless to say I've been in good hands between her, my son, my younger sister and my brother. I feel very blessed to have them in my life.
Appetite has been non-existent....but I sure have been craving some ice cream. Lucky for me, no one obligued my jovial requests. They knew I really
didn't want it that bad. Been drinking my protein and eating veggies just once per day.....tomorrow I plan on getting back on track with twofers as I hope to be able to back off the pain meds. We shall see....
I hope everyone is doing well. Hoping to catch up on my reading tomorrow. Thank goodness for my iPad otherwise I wouldn't of looked at a computer for the past 3 days.
Toddles .....CAT
P.S. Y'all have no idea how long it took me to write this and just how many corrections I had to make.....good drugs!
Gratefully, my surgery is not quite as evasive as a knee replacement. I’m 51 as well with that infamous degenerative situation. Praying my surgery, weight loss and a proactive rehabilitation/maintenance lifestyle allows me to keep my knee for the rest of my life.
