Dons ACI/TTT update 15 months

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I had a long visit with my surgeon yesterday. We went over all the

film and still pictures of my last surgery and I have posted a few

pictures in a folder call " ACT/TTT after 15 months " .

Condition of knee:

The surgeon found extensive overgrowth in at the patch area and did a

debridement of the area. This has resolved almost 100% of my

crunching in the knee. Since then, I have progressed to the point of

being able to go up the stairs with little support from the stair

rail.

I can walk most places without fear now. Down small inclines, up

curbs and even navigate yards without much trouble.

I still have some pain at times at the patch area. It is no where

near like it used to be, but last night while sitting on the couch

with my legs straight out, the knee began to hurt at the patch area.

I iced it and felt much better after about 30 minutes. This is a

small inconvenience for now.

I have little muscle tone in my quads and I believe that is what is

causing most of my pain at the present time. (Doc thinks so also).

I hope to have built that up by the end of summer. (about 6-7 months)

Pain meter on a scale of 1-10

Pain meter before TTT/ACI: 9

Pain meter Now: 2

What the surgeon did:

Like I stated before, there was extensive over growth that was

debrided. There was also a spur and roughness on the patella that

he debrided.

The surgeon found arthritis at my ACL. He thought that this was a

little unusual and believe that it will give me trouble down the

road. He did a procedure called a Notchplasty to make more room for

the ACL.

The future:

The doctor is not convinced that I will not need a replacement down

the road, but is happy with progress so far. He believe that with

trauma to the overall knee and the arthritis, a full or partial is

probably in my future. We hope to get 10 years or so out of the work

that has been done. My personal hope is to never see the inside of

my knee again.

Time will tell. Until then, I plan to return to as much activity as

I can. I always hoped to snow ski again, but that hope is fading a

bit. (My wife would probably kill me anyway) Tennis will not

happen. But I can play golf and I maybe get a hole in one like Mark

did.

Sorry for the length of the post, but I wanted to get as much out

there as I could. I could even write a few more pages, but then no

one would read it.