Re: surgery/ellen & Pam P-H

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

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First one was a torn medial meniscus, which was removed the " old fashioned

way " by making a 4 " incision. It was successful, and has never bothered me

again. During a hardware removal a few years later it was scoped and

found to have grown back in completely smooth.

Good to know, Thanks!

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In this surgery a bone graft was done. The graft was taken from the patella

on that same side. I had an excellent recovery. He was also going to do a

Ileo(sp)-tibial band transfer, but the PCL took 6 hours and felt it would

be better to wait 6 months to do the I-T band. The I-T band transfer

lasted about 3 months. I had it done a second time with a new procedure

that he had come up with. This one was stable for about 8 months. He then

developed a procedure using a donor tendon. It worked!! After all of these,

and the surgeries for the all the hardware removal, I've had a knee that's

about 95% stable. As far as I know I have no arthritis in the joint.

There's no stiffness in the joint, and pain only when a storm front is

moving in, or its' been stressed way too much. Rarely it 'gives out', so I

use a cane when out shopping as I feel more secure, but I mostly use the

cane to relieve some of the stress on my back.

All in all I'm extremely pleased.

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Brilliant. You know I don't have any osteo yet either. Kind of amazing

given the probably well over a hundred dislocations I had.

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As far as shoulders, both of my shoulders dislocate in three directions or

so I've been told, and also that it's better to leave them alone than

operate on them and create even more of a problem. I've come up with

various ways to support my lower arm, and have gotten some tips from those

on the list. After all these years I'm glad I didn't have anything done.

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Probably a good decision on this one. Glad that all in all you are doing

well joint wise. Thanks for the info on the meniscus.

Pam

[Guest guest]

Pam,

>>Brilliant. You know I don't have any osteo yet either. Kind of amazing given

the probably well over a hundred dislocations I had.

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It is amazing how we can *not* have a lot joints affected with it considering

the nuber of joints that slide around so often.

I have only one thumb joint, nearest the wrist, that has osteo-arthritis, and is

need of a fusion. That one didn't hurt until it was well on it's way to

degenerating-but that's it. The joints in that thumb aren't even hypermobile! So

" go figure " . <g>

Good luck with the meniscus, and what you decide to do.

Given the meniscus in the knee I had no more surgeries on is relatively stable

anyhow. Looking back, it was a good decision

to make.