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Been there.  That's exactly what they did to my right knee.  With PT I was back in the saddle in about 3 weeks (ok, a bit sooner than the surgeon recommended, but they aren't horse people...I ride gaited).  He suggested 4 weeks to me.

 

Have faith, yes you'll have arthritus in it, but take glucosamine NOW if you don't already. It will help in the long run. Mine is 1.5 years post surgery and feels great.

 

Juli and the Crew (Please...NO MORE RAIN!!  Mom's going to have to build an Arc)
 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Suzi Maiorisi <stlst@xxxxxxx>; ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:07:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [RC] Shift gears on the knee problem...

Suzi,

 

 Again, that is very similiar to mine.  I have basically No cartilage left....had to take almost all out of the rt. knee.  If they think you can ride in 4 to 6 weeks...you are tougher than I was.  But go for it.  I would think that it would be great therapy...as long as you don't hurt it.  Twisting is a killer.  After 5 years, I did get to where I could play basketball on a tennis court (really grabby surface)  with all guys at work (pretty rough), and the knee didn't hurt and I think it helped it.  Just so long as I didn't twist that sucker.

 

Good luck.

Jody

Suzi Maiorisi <stlst@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I went for my first post op visit Thursday to find out that my surgery was a bit more than expected - I was too out of it to ask questions the day of the surgery.  Seems instead of just a meniscal tear I had (procedure) chondroplasty with microfracture done to remove a quarter to half dollar size of cartilage that created a pit down to the bone from the lateral portion of the weight bearing surface of my right knee.  [Image removed]   The microfracture is done to promote some sort of cartilage replacement tissue scar (not actually cartilage, but ??).  As for how it's going, I feel great unless I twist my knee a bit.  Now I'm wondering if I should be moving down the road in a horse drawn buggy  or ?  PT guy says to refrain from riding for at least 4-6 weeks, brainless me forgot to ask the MD when I was there, but I'll ask when I drop by next week (also do transcription for his partner) and see what he says - his wife does the horse thing so he's semi-sympathetic. 

 

Anyone else been in the same boat, I'd love to hear from you.

Suzi and Holly who are really wishing this wasn't happening and that the Texas heat and lack of rain would let up a bit.

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