Re: knee surgery

["John B.Ayers" <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>]

ANGIE!  RELAX!!

My Springer Spaniel had the same problem and
is almost recovered from the surgery five weeks ago.

They trimmed the folded cartilage and replaced the
rupured ACL with nylon sutures.

The first thing they do is SHAVE ALL THE HAIR OFF
YOUR LEG. This will probably spoil your chances for
the July REDNECK BEAUTY CONTEST!

The dog was able to get around quite easily on three
legs. You may have more difficulty (unless what Lynda
Corry says is true).

If you need more info, email "Jenny" at this address.
And good luck with YOUR surgery. I can give you
the phone of her surgeon if you want a second opinion.


LOL

John (Vermont)

P.S. I had knee surgery on February 26th to repair the
miniscus and was off crutches in three days. In ten days
the surgeon said I could ski, ride horseback or whatever
else I felt up to.  Part of the quick recovery (IMHO) was
that my legs were strong from riding.

J
-----Original Message-----
From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 10:52 PM
Subject: RC: knee surgery


>Hello all,
>
>Since bad knees apparently are a major part of endurance, I figured it
>was justified to have one more public post on the knee situation, to
>educate and inform you :-).  THANK YOU to all who wrote and gave me an
>idea what to expect.  For those of you who are interested...ACL surgery
>is common in the older set and very successful.
>
>Now, for my situation.  Turns out that the reason my knee is locked up
>right now is that the meniscus (padding between the bone ends) is torn
>and doubled over which is blocking the action of the joint.  It's
>apparently been torn a long time, (how was I supposed to know) but just
>got itself folded just right the other night.  I'll have surgery Thurs.
>morning and they'll cut it away...tiny incision, no stitches.
>
>Now, for those of you with ACL problems. My original injury came from a
>mare rearing over backwrds on me in 1979. The Dr. said, "you did this 20
>years ago?  Why didn't you ever get it fixed for goodness sake?" 
>
> I said, "20 years ago they said they don't fix them, and then in 1989
>when I injured it again they said I wasn't a good candidate and it's a
>difficult surgery".   He said, "1989?  Oh yeah, in 1988 I said I'd never
>do this surgery, it took 6 hours and we almost always had to go in again
>and again, it was not a successful surgery; but now we've gotten very
>successful at it and fix them every day".    Well DUH!  Like I call a
>surgeon every year and check to see what improvements they've made.
>
>So, if you were told a few years back that they couldn't fix you, you
>might ought to check back.  They're going to have a look at my ACL while
>in there.  20 years of no ACL has done a little wear and tear to my
>cartilage and I still may not be the best candidate...maybe I'll just get
>this meniscus straightened out and still manage to hit the Summer Breeze
>Ride in July. :-D
>
>Angie 
>
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