RSKY
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I have intended to post this on here earlier but continued to let it slip my mind. Anyway on November 3rd last year I had an appointment for a checkup with my knee doctor. His assistant, aka, Frank, came in and started talking to us. He suddenly stopped and called up my x-rays on the monitor, turned and ran out of the office, and came back with the doctor. They ignored us for a half minute while discussing something then high-fived each other and started explaining their weird behavior. They explained that they had been to a seminar, convention, or whatever and learned of a new procedure. According to the doctor he and I both knew that my left knee would have to be eventually replaced. (It had hurt me the previous week on ever step I took. I was intending to tell him to schedule a replacement. The day before and the day I was at his office I had not a single twinge out of it. That is what is so frustrating.) This new procedure involved doing an MRI on the knee to identify weak spots in the bone. Weak spots full of fluid would show up as white on the MRI. Then the knee would be 'scoped', holes drilled into the bone, and a cement (he called it Quik-Crete) would be injected into the cavities. The whole process is to strengthen the bone, stimulate new bone growth, stimulate new cartilage growth, and postpone replacement surgery for up to five years. They wouldn't even put me to sleep, just do a spinal block.
"I'll do it", I said, "If it keeps me from having my knee replaced. How many of these have you done?"
"We are doing our first one Monday", was the reply. It was Tuesday. Needless to say I instantly backed out telling him there was no way he was experimenting on one of the only two knees I had. So he explained that there was a 25% chance that the procedure would postpone my inevitable knee replacement for five years. He also said that 25% of the people had no improvement whatsoever after the surgery and had to have a replacement within a year. The other 50% had varying results. But, he explained, since I was facing a replacement anyway there is no downside to the surgery except the pain involved and being restricted in what I could do for a month or six weeks. This is only done to people who are expecting to have a knee replacement within a year or so. I reluctantly agreed and he scheduled me for January 4th which was the earliest I could get in. And I only got in then because somebody cancelled or died that had a major replacement scheduled. I also told him to put me out if he was gonna be drilling on me. He laughed and said okay, that he had done a spinal block on his best friend when he scoped his knee a couple months before. Said the friend was still mad at him because he peed on himself constantly for over a week after the surgery.
They told us today, January 4th, that they are scheduling his surgeries for the end of April. The guy is good. Personable, concerned, always happy, and has the reputation of being the best orthopedic surgeon in four states. Does surgery three days a week and is backed up FOUR MONTHS.
Back to the story. Got there at 6AM. Got prepped. Took a nap. Doctor and Asthesiologist came in and initialed my knee. And I came to about an hour and a half later hurting like he11.
Wife said that after the surgery the doctor came in smiling from ear to ear and literally jumping up and down. Said everything went perfect and from what he could see the surgery was a success and should do as advertised. Said he had high hopes for the procedure and that I was a textbook case for the condition my knee and bones were in.
So here I sit at 11:30 at night. Slept all day and apparently when not asleep I have spent my time putting inappropriate items on Facebook. Oxycodone will do that to you. Wife took my cellphone away for an hour or so until I "calmed the **** down".
I will update my knee condition every week or two because I know there are several on here facing replacements and if it works for me it might work for you. Hey, postponing major surgery for five years is a huge win.
RSKY
By the way you cannot safely break an Oxycodone pill in half and take it. They are all time release for 6-12 hours depending on the size. If you break a large one in half you can potentially get the entire dose in a few minutes resulting in major problems for your body. Google is a wonderful thing.
"I'll do it", I said, "If it keeps me from having my knee replaced. How many of these have you done?"
"We are doing our first one Monday", was the reply. It was Tuesday. Needless to say I instantly backed out telling him there was no way he was experimenting on one of the only two knees I had. So he explained that there was a 25% chance that the procedure would postpone my inevitable knee replacement for five years. He also said that 25% of the people had no improvement whatsoever after the surgery and had to have a replacement within a year. The other 50% had varying results. But, he explained, since I was facing a replacement anyway there is no downside to the surgery except the pain involved and being restricted in what I could do for a month or six weeks. This is only done to people who are expecting to have a knee replacement within a year or so. I reluctantly agreed and he scheduled me for January 4th which was the earliest I could get in. And I only got in then because somebody cancelled or died that had a major replacement scheduled. I also told him to put me out if he was gonna be drilling on me. He laughed and said okay, that he had done a spinal block on his best friend when he scoped his knee a couple months before. Said the friend was still mad at him because he peed on himself constantly for over a week after the surgery.
They told us today, January 4th, that they are scheduling his surgeries for the end of April. The guy is good. Personable, concerned, always happy, and has the reputation of being the best orthopedic surgeon in four states. Does surgery three days a week and is backed up FOUR MONTHS.
Back to the story. Got there at 6AM. Got prepped. Took a nap. Doctor and Asthesiologist came in and initialed my knee. And I came to about an hour and a half later hurting like he11.
Wife said that after the surgery the doctor came in smiling from ear to ear and literally jumping up and down. Said everything went perfect and from what he could see the surgery was a success and should do as advertised. Said he had high hopes for the procedure and that I was a textbook case for the condition my knee and bones were in.
So here I sit at 11:30 at night. Slept all day and apparently when not asleep I have spent my time putting inappropriate items on Facebook. Oxycodone will do that to you. Wife took my cellphone away for an hour or so until I "calmed the **** down".
I will update my knee condition every week or two because I know there are several on here facing replacements and if it works for me it might work for you. Hey, postponing major surgery for five years is a huge win.
RSKY
By the way you cannot safely break an Oxycodone pill in half and take it. They are all time release for 6-12 hours depending on the size. If you break a large one in half you can potentially get the entire dose in a few minutes resulting in major problems for your body. Google is a wonderful thing.
