Carticel

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Don,

I am allowed to take off 8 weeks from work. That

should give me sometime to heal. People are quite

constiderate at work about things like this (i work in

a lab) and will accomodate me, i think. As i said, im

still not sure if i am a good candidiate for the

surgery. Im going to the Doctor on July 5th to

determine that.

Could you please tell me what was wrong with your

knee before the surgery and how much better you are?

-- Farah

--- panteradon <panteradon@...> wrote:

> You guys have been talking a lot about Carticel

> lately. Mark, I am

> glad you are doing well. While I am okay, I am not

> as good as you

> are. Maybe the " no PT " is the way to go.

>

> I have added a folder under the links section named

> " Don's Carticel

> Movies " . These are movies taken during a follow up

> surgery 2 months

> after the implant. The surgeon had to cut away scar

> tissue that

> limited me to 50 degrees of flex. (I was at 90

> degrees 1 day after

> the surgery) the movie can take a while to load.

>

> Farah - Even after doing surgery on me, my surgeon

> was not sure that

> I was a good candidate until he went back in to do

> the harvest.

> That was when he carefully checked to see how much

> cartilage would

> have to be cut away to get a strong clean edge.

>

> I have lost track a little bit, but I know someone

> was considering a

> Cartical and had no support in town(Friends/Family).

> If it were me,

> I would take all the time off that I was allowed and

> move to where

> some family is. This is a very hard surgery to get

> over and you

> need to be very careful to not damage it during the

> first few weeks.

>

> I took 3 months off of work. I could have gone back

> after 2.5

> months or maybe even 2 months. The first 4 weeks or

> so are the

> hardest.

>

> Mark mentioned the rushes and they are something you

> will remember.

> Like Mark, I had a very understanding and supportive

> family. Thanks

> God.

>

> I have lost track of any questions, please ask away

> and I will try

> to answer any that I can.

>

>

>

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Farah

I think two months off would work. I actually tried to go back to

work part time but they would not let me.

I had a trochlea defect that was 1.5cmx2cm (I think) I don't have the

surgery report with me right now.

Before the surgery, I could not walk in the grass. I could not go

down any incline at all. Steps? No way, especially down.

I am just now to the point that I told the doc last week that I am

better off now. It took 7.5 months to get here. I can go down small

inclines without thinking about it. I can go upstairs, but it still

gives me trouble and I have to give a little hop to get past the step

on the bad leg. I still can;t go down.

The more I walk, the better I feel. The worst part for me is sitteng

at my desk too long at work. I get very stiff and sore. Sometimes by

the evening, I am in pain, but it is getting better.

If I had to do it again? I would, but I would do therapy more like

Mark. I would work with a PT on flex and extension. (Remember,

extension as important if not more important that flex) I would only

do stright leg exercises to build muscle. I do much more

strengthening exercises in PT, but I can be in pain afterwards, and I

aam not sure about the effectiveness within 9 months or so of the

surgery.

Let me know if you want more detail on any part of the surgery, time

frame afterward, or anything else.

Don

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

Has anyone had carticel behind the knee cap? If, so are you pain free? How

long did it take? I had it done in one knee almost a year ago and still having

pain getting ready to have other knee done. I'm only about 50% better than I

was.

Tara

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[Guest guest]

I had patellar ACI, but it's not been 6 months yet. So far, my pain

levels are a lot lower, I have good days and bad days, but the bad days

are getting fewer and fewer, thank goodness. Did they do a re-alignment

(TTT, AMZ, Fulkerson, osteotomy, etc) when they did your ACI?

Also, there's a knee bulletin board where people from all over the world

share their experiences, with a specific group for ACI.

http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php

Sometimes the board's a bit slow, but we've got several patellas that

log on there to chat & share experiences.

I haven't posted here in quite a while, but I've had a tremendous amount

of pain relief in the last month when I started doing deep water

jogging. I had a real fight getting my ROM back, had scar tissue &

such, but finally saw several big jumps in that and am now at 132 as of

last Thursday. Still another 10 degrees or so until I'm back to my

normal, but at least I'm back to " functional " . I've been blogging about

my knee at my website (http://www.thefisher.net) if you're interested.

Meg F.

try2livehealthy@... wrote:

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> Has anyone had carticel behind the knee cap? If, so are you pain free?

> How

> long did it take? I had it done in one knee almost a year ago and

> still having

> pain getting ready to have other knee done. I'm only about 50% better

> than I

> was.

>

> Tara

>

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