Re: Debi

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Hi Debi,

This is Debbie/DJ and I live in Virginia Beach, VA. I just had surgery 3

weeks ago on my knee where the surgeon opened up the back of my knee with

a zig zag incision beginning below my knee going up into my thigh. He

opened up and moved everything in the knee in order to create a channel

for the peroneal nerve through the center to provide it with some

cushion. He had to detach and reattach the gastrocnemius muscle from the

femur to do this. It is experimental, never been done before anywhere,

and it seems to have been successful so far. He said it will really be 3

months before we can tell but I already feel better. My knee is not so

swollen anymore, only the back swells now and I am healing nicely. The

scabs are getting ready to fall off and there are no open sores, no

infection or anything just a lot of bruising. He kept me in the hospital

on an epidural drip for pain control for 3 days but epidurals dont' work

for me as my body pushes everything to the left of the epidural cavity.

The surgeries and treatments are all for my right leg which is the one

with RSD. Anyway, if the surgery will lessen pain not caused by RSD it

should ease your overall pain tremendously. I am of the thinking that if

something is setting off the RSD and you take care of that issue, your

RSD will in turn settle down. That is what I have found to be true for

me and I hope that same holds for you Debi. If you trust your doctors

and know they are good and they care, things should go well. Just make

sure they take RSD precautions and all should be fine. I wish you luck

and want you to know I will be thinking of you on the 26th as you go to

the OR. Take care, Debbie/DJ

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