Monday, May 12, 2008

• Doctor's Visit

  Seven months and four doctors after my fall, we finally found one who thinks he knows what's wrong with my knee.  So, here we go...

  minor damage to the cartilage and condile
  loose PCL
  50% muscular atrophy in the quads
  major bone bruising

  Now, in English:

  my cartilage and bone knob right at the cartilage are hurt a little
  I have a loose ligament
  half of the muscles in my thigh are unusable
  I have mucho bruising on the bones in my knee

  Now, what are we going to do about it?

  PT in the pool twice a week starting ASAP
  be patient and wait for it to heal

  I've been taking ibuprofen in large amounts for the past seven months.  What I didn't know was that ibuprofen has been proven in lab tests to slow bone growth.  Which is probably why it hasn't healed yet, like it's supposed to.  So, the doctor took me completely off of ibuprofen, and gave me a prescription for Vicoden (sp?).  He said about 3-6 more months, with the PT and everything else I've been doing.  A long time, but at least we know what's wrong...

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