Re: Don's Carticel/TTT update

[Guest guest]

I really don't know if this helps anyone. but I'll post it anyway.

Saw the OS today and we are going back to surgery to do a manual

manipulation and clear out any lessions and scar tissue. The plan

to to try the manual manipulation and if it will not bend easily,

then he will do the scope and clean up as required and bend the

knee. I will be in PT two days later and go to PT every day for a

couple of weeks to make sure I retauin the gained flex.

All in all, it sound very painful, but I th PT, OS ans OS assistant

believe I will make fast progress after this is done and that this

is not entirely unexpected.

Don -- When I was in the TJR group, several people had to have that done.

Scar tissue is so random and uncooperative. Apparently breaking it up hurts a

lot, so they were put under for the procedure. I think the deal with scar

rissue is that your body is trying to stabilize what it thinks is an injury, so

the stiffer the better, it thinks.

Ann

I like the Velcro idea!

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[Guest guest]

Hey Don,.. is this a good opportunity to ask the OS to take some

internal pics??? Like you I would greatly like to see what he did and

how it is mending???

Mark.

>

> I really don't know if this helps anyone. but I'll post it anyway.

>

> Saw the OS today and we are going back to surgery to do a manual

> manipulation and clear out any lessions and scar tissue. The plan

> to to try the manual manipulation and if it will not bend easily,

> then he will do the scope and clean up as required and bend the

> knee. I will be in PT two days later and go to PT every day for a

> couple of weeks to make sure I retauin the gained flex.

>

> All in all, it sound very painful, but I th PT, OS ans OS assistant

> believe I will make fast progress after this is done and that this

> is not entirely unexpected. The bonus is that we will get to make

> sure the Carticel implant is doing well.

>

> History of how I got here:

> One month ago I was bending at 40 degrees. (When I started PT) in

> the first two weeks, I gained 25 degrees to 65 degrees. But in the

> last two weeks I gained 6 degrees one weeks and only 4 degrees the

> next week. (Bummer)

>

> I hope to thave the surgery on Friday, but it will probably be next

> Wednesday.

>

> I'll let you guys know how it comes out.

>

> I may also have the OS put in the velcro or zippers as these

> surgeries are getting old. (4 surgeries in 14 months)

>

> Don

>

[Guest guest]

Yep,

He mentioned that he would like to see the patch IF he has to do the scope.

If he can get the knee to bend easily, he won't do the scop.

Later

Don

On 12/12/06, aussie7007 <no_reply > wrote:

>

> Hey Don,.. is this a good opportunity to ask the OS to take some

> internal pics??? Like you I would greatly like to see what he did and

> how it is mending???

> Mark.

>

>

> >

> > I really don't know if this helps anyone. but I'll post it anyway.

> >

> > Saw the OS today and we are going back to surgery to do a manual

> > manipulation and clear out any lessions and scar tissue. The plan

> > to to try the manual manipulation and if it will not bend easily,

> > then he will do the scope and clean up as required and bend the

> > knee. I will be in PT two days later and go to PT every day for a

> > couple of weeks to make sure I retauin the gained flex.

> >

> > All in all, it sound very painful, but I th PT, OS ans OS assistant

> > believe I will make fast progress after this is done and that this

> > is not entirely unexpected. The bonus is that we will get to make

> > sure the Carticel implant is doing well.

> >

> > History of how I got here:

> > One month ago I was bending at 40 degrees. (When I started PT) in

> > the first two weeks, I gained 25 degrees to 65 degrees. But in the

> > last two weeks I gained 6 degrees one weeks and only 4 degrees the

> > next week. (Bummer)

> >

> > I hope to thave the surgery on Friday, but it will probably be next

> > Wednesday.

> >

> > I'll let you guys know how it comes out.

> >

> > I may also have the OS put in the velcro or zippers as these

> > surgeries are getting old. (4 surgeries in 14 months)

> >

> > Don

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK,...see how you go!!!

> > >

> > > I really don't know if this helps anyone. but I'll post it anyway.

> > >

> > > Saw the OS today and we are going back to surgery to do a manual

> > > manipulation and clear out any lessions and scar tissue. The plan

> > > to to try the manual manipulation and if it will not bend easily,

> > > then he will do the scope and clean up as required and bend the

> > > knee. I will be in PT two days later and go to PT every day for a

> > > couple of weeks to make sure I retauin the gained flex.

> > >

> > > All in all, it sound very painful, but I th PT, OS ans OS assistant

> > > believe I will make fast progress after this is done and that this

> > > is not entirely unexpected. The bonus is that we will get to make

> > > sure the Carticel implant is doing well.

> > >

> > > History of how I got here:

> > > One month ago I was bending at 40 degrees. (When I started PT) in

> > > the first two weeks, I gained 25 degrees to 65 degrees. But in the

> > > last two weeks I gained 6 degrees one weeks and only 4 degrees the

> > > next week. (Bummer)

> > >

> > > I hope to thave the surgery on Friday, but it will probably be next

> > > Wednesday.

> > >

> > > I'll let you guys know how it comes out.

> > >

> > > I may also have the OS put in the velcro or zippers as these

> > > surgeries are getting old. (4 surgeries in 14 months)

> > >

> > > Don

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am back from my surgery. I was in surgery for 1 hour 15 minutes. The

bent the knee to 130 degrees and did a scope to check on the Carticel

patch. So, I will be able to post pics soon. The patch looked great. He

cleaned up some of the area around the patch and cut away some lesions but I

am not sure where. I am on double Vicodin plus I have a nerve block from my

hip down my leg. I still feel some pain at the spot that I think he cut

on. The pain is minor though.

I have already been inthe CPM to 50 degrees and am going to try to add 10

degrees per day.

I'll scan the pics this weekend and post them.

Later

Don

On 12/11/06, panteradon <panteradon@...> wrote:

>

> I really don't know if this helps anyone. but I'll post it anyway.

>

> Saw the OS today and we are going back to surgery to do a manual

> manipulation and clear out any lessions and scar tissue. The plan

> to to try the manual manipulation and if it will not bend easily,

> then he will do the scope and clean up as required and bend the

> knee. I will be in PT two days later and go to PT every day for a

> couple of weeks to make sure I retauin the gained flex.

>

> All in all, it sound very painful, but I th PT, OS ans OS assistant

> believe I will make fast progress after this is done and that this

> is not entirely unexpected. The bonus is that we will get to make

> sure the Carticel implant is doing well.

>

> History of how I got here:

> One month ago I was bending at 40 degrees. (When I started PT) in

> the first two weeks, I gained 25 degrees to 65 degrees. But in the

> last two weeks I gained 6 degrees one weeks and only 4 degrees the

> next week. (Bummer)

>

> I hope to thave the surgery on Friday, but it will probably be next

> Wednesday.

>

> I'll let you guys know how it comes out.

>

> I may also have the OS put in the velcro or zippers as these

> surgeries are getting old. (4 surgeries in 14 months)

>

> Don

>

>

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