Present
I was in a walking cast for 5 weeks along with PT 3 x’s week for four of them. I had another MRI and the Dr said it was worse then the first one. Along with the tear I also had a bone spur and some diseased bone. He schedule surgery for July 30th, 2008.
Surgery went pretty good. I had same day surgery. Reported to the hospital at 7:00am, surgery started at 10:30am, and I was sent home by 3:00pm. My advise to anyone is to practice with your crutches ahead of time. It’s no fun trying to negoiate crutches while you are still drugged from the surgery. I think if I was at my high school weight, that would have helped also. I am not one to take alot of pain medicine. They gave me percoset, but I took Tylenol extra strenght only. Took three of them the first day, and haven’t had anything since. Trying to get use to this cast. Feels like a rock. If you are not good on crutches, my sister came up with the idea of using your computer chair with wheels. It worked out great for me. Especially since I live in a rancher and have hardwood floors. I can fix my own plates and carry anything I need. Today is 6 days post-op and I am not as stir crazy as the first three days. My sisters and I own a Quilt Shoppe, and my Mom picked me up yesterday and took me to the shoppe for a couple of hours. It just felt good to get out of the house.   My son hooked my pc up to my 50″ plasma screen and I watch alot of downloaded movies. It’s great. I went to the Library and got enough books to last me a couple of weeks. I read about three books a week. My leg is starting to swell, so I need to start icing it down. I do this about four or five times a day