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I will say though if they insert one when you are under you would realize it the first time you urinated on your own (it will burn).
I had my skin grafting surgery on thursday. Im assuming it went well because I havent had any new pain since the surgery. I havent seen the graft yet since my leg is in an ACE wrap and a straight brace, which it has to remain in until I see the doc again on monday.
I havent stood up other than going to the bathroom and I dont want to speak too soon but the pressure I was feeling in my knee when I would stand still APPEARS to have lessened greatly since the grafting. That would be AWESOME because the pain from the blood flow pressure to my knee was pretty much my last bitch about this whole cluster-F of a surgical experience.
I'll update with some pics after the doc visit on monday. You'll be very surprised at how much better it will look because it was already looking much better (other than the black dead area) before the grafts.
(5 weeks post op on 12/18)
Just wanted to post a lil update.. my strength is getting a lot better in the donor knee, the step ups have paid off for sure. I went on my first run today. The dr said start easy at a mile then work up, every other day. My garmin wasnt working so I did a route I thought I would know where the half mile was then return back. I mapped the run afterwards and it ended up being 1.5 miles lol. I felt really good though aside from the 3 tacos I had an hour prior to my run. The donor knee was sore when my right foot struck the ground with each stride but it was manageable. I didn't really swell up -- I still threw the cryocuffs on each knee for an hour though to be safe. My acl side still has quite a bit of fluid, mainly on the lateral aspect of the knee. It's really pronounced when I'm in flexion, it feels tight obviously where the pocket of fluid is but i still have full range.
Edit: Added a picture.. There was another incision on my L leg about 2 in long but its not visible in the pic.
I wish my knee would look like that but Im pretty certain it never will. I go to the doc tomorrow at 9:30 to get all the wrap removed from my skin grafts so I'll have pics then. It is healing everywhere finally but its gonna look gnarly still. I lost full tissue thickness on that black area and just have a thin graft starting to heal there now, its really like a hole in my leg. The skin graft put me back on PT delay for like 3 weeks :-\. It was a bummer to be doing so well with PT then stop for the graft and have a straight leg for 4 days again. Im walking now more normally than I have since before my surgery but the graft keeps me from any progress on flexion. I actually "trotted" around the house chasing my 1 year old yesterday, It feels pretty strong but Im not falling into that trap.Pics and docs thoughts tomorrow.
Doc says its looking just as it should and I start up PT again today at 2:30.
I cant take NORMAL(bagless) showers finally! It's gonna be months before it looks "normal" but right now Im just excited to be fully recovering. I have to keep this "mesh" on them and still have it wrapped but thats no biggie.
are you free to do however much flexion you want or does he still want you limited?
Oh and no catheter or anything. Was in decent pain at hospital, but almost all my pain was gone after 24 hours. I would say down to a 2-3. I still can't left my leg on my own without a lot of pain however.
Pit Row
About a month or so after my back surgery (i was still in the hospital doing rehab) the surgeon came in and wanted to just check out how the incision was doing, all the staples had been removed..or so they thought. He is checking out the incision and says..hmm it appears we missed a couple staples, they were all grown over and embedded under the skin and he had to dig them out with a scalpel. Would of been no biggie if they were below my feeling/injury level, but they werent...i cried like a little girl as he dug those fuckers out.
Me and you Cam on the 15 years, I dont think mine caused irreparable damage though, just irreparable ugliness from the "complications".
PT went great today. Having been in a straight brace from thursday last week till monday and then only being allowed to walk till today(no more flexion) I knew my flexion had taken a step back. Got to PT, measured my flexion at 124(at my last PT session last wed it was at 137). After my session, they measured my flexion again and it was back to 132 so Im pretty pumped. Knee feels great and I am happy to be focusing on PT now.
Feeble, if I've learned anything it is to get something fixed while you can get it fixed. I was in a similar situation and it took me 13 years to have the opportunity to get it fixed. But that is my lesson, not yours.
I will add one more downfall to not having it fixed that you might ask your Dr. about. When you have something like an ACL who's job is to keep your knee in place and it is not working properly, other groups responsible for keeping your knee in place and tracking correctly (muscles, ligaments ect.) will grow and develop in ways they are not designed to in order to compensate. Your body tries to fix itself. There are a number of ways this can effect you from your tracking of the knee, tracking of the petella, alter your stride, range of motion and increase the chance of complications during recovery (aches, pains, catches, swelling, increased stiffness, increased scar tissue) or just increase the time of recovery in general. There are other concerns as well such as arthritis but you get the picture and all this is if you don't damage it further. Something to speak over with your Dr. while making your decision.
I tore it 4 months ago at a local race. Thought it was just a bad sprain. Went to PT for a month and we thought it was pretty much near the end of it. Had an MRI just for ducks, turns out its a torn ACL and tears in both meniscus. Bummer.
I have been doing some easy riding for the last three months and I've had it go out twice so far so I'm excited to get that fixed. Got my CPM machine, brace and polar pack ready to go when I get home tonight.
I'll try and update when I can.
--Swizcore, that's nasty man! I hope your feeling better!
I just want to reiterate to you 7GP and anyone else who looks at my pics and has any concerns about getting their knees fixed. My case was the only one that any of the 5 docs I saw had ever heard of, let alone seen (in over 1,000 ACL surgeries). It was a fluke involving a tainted Linocaine injection. Don't let what happened related to my surgery influence your action to get fixed up in any way.
Good luck! And lets see some pics and progress updates when your feeling up to it!
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