Well I know that I said I was going to turn this blog into my knee saga but the knee is off the table at the moment because over the Fourth of July I fell and broke my fibula and my ankle. The fibula is not that big of a deal, my ankle on the other hand is a really big deal.
My ankle was partially dislocated, jammed up into my leg bones, and I tore all the tendons and ligaments. I also had to have surgery to fix everything.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Sunday, June 1, 2014
The continuing knee journey
I know that it has been awhile since I have updated the blog but I am going to give it a try again. This time it is going to focus on my knee. Things with my knee have gone from being stable to having serious issues again.
As I'm sure most of you know I have problems with my knees. I had surgery on the left knee but the surgery didn't fix the problem. I had surgery 9/11/07 and the following October the issue that the doctor had fixed unfixed itself and I was told that another surgery could not be done to fix it again. So the plan of attack was to live with it the way it was.
Well, my knee had other plans. In April, I started making a clicking noise and was in a lot more pain and more swollen than normal. I had already planned to go see the orthopedic doctor in May but apparently my knee had other ideas. I went and saw my primary care doctor because I couldn't get in any sooner to the orthopedic doctor. My primary care doctor ordered x-rays but the x-rays didn't show anything other than more arthritis. The doctor did note that I was more swollen than normal and that I shouldn't be making the clicking noise.
I went to the orthopedic doctor two weeks later and he took one look at the x-rays and said that I didn't have cartilage left in my knee which is why I was in more pain and more swollen than normal. He started to talk about removing my knee cap and then decided that I was outside of his realm of expertise and wanted to send me to UW.
I have run into a hiccup into going to the UW. My insurance won't pay for me to go to UW until I have seen one of their orthopedic doctors first. My original orthopedic doctor was a contract doctor with the insurance company and the insurance company won't accept his diagnosis and I have to see one of their providers first.
On Tuesday Brandon and I are making a trip to Bellevue on Tuesday and then will go from there. I have already decided to go in with the attitude that the doctor has to have a plan of attack before they touch my knee. The last time I had surgery the doctor didn't have a plan of attack and this time that is not going to happen even if it means having an exploratory surgery first.
I have been praying that I will still be able to go to UW because we have done some research and have discovered that at UW they are doing cartilage grafts. I'll update after my appointment on Tuesday.
As I'm sure most of you know I have problems with my knees. I had surgery on the left knee but the surgery didn't fix the problem. I had surgery 9/11/07 and the following October the issue that the doctor had fixed unfixed itself and I was told that another surgery could not be done to fix it again. So the plan of attack was to live with it the way it was.
Well, my knee had other plans. In April, I started making a clicking noise and was in a lot more pain and more swollen than normal. I had already planned to go see the orthopedic doctor in May but apparently my knee had other ideas. I went and saw my primary care doctor because I couldn't get in any sooner to the orthopedic doctor. My primary care doctor ordered x-rays but the x-rays didn't show anything other than more arthritis. The doctor did note that I was more swollen than normal and that I shouldn't be making the clicking noise.
I went to the orthopedic doctor two weeks later and he took one look at the x-rays and said that I didn't have cartilage left in my knee which is why I was in more pain and more swollen than normal. He started to talk about removing my knee cap and then decided that I was outside of his realm of expertise and wanted to send me to UW.
I have run into a hiccup into going to the UW. My insurance won't pay for me to go to UW until I have seen one of their orthopedic doctors first. My original orthopedic doctor was a contract doctor with the insurance company and the insurance company won't accept his diagnosis and I have to see one of their providers first.
On Tuesday Brandon and I are making a trip to Bellevue on Tuesday and then will go from there. I have already decided to go in with the attitude that the doctor has to have a plan of attack before they touch my knee. The last time I had surgery the doctor didn't have a plan of attack and this time that is not going to happen even if it means having an exploratory surgery first.
I have been praying that I will still be able to go to UW because we have done some research and have discovered that at UW they are doing cartilage grafts. I'll update after my appointment on Tuesday.
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