Knee Update and a Question
Nov. 10th, 2009 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberfocusWell, the question first. I haven't been on LJ in a few days because I've had the stomach virus to end all stomach viruses, but anyway, I came back to a couple of noms in my inbox from an awards site I've never heard of or seen anything about. It's called Words on the Wind and seems to represent a broad spectrum of supernatural/sci-fi/fantasy fanfiction. Has anyone heard of this or know anything about it? I'm just curious as it appears to be quite new.
As for the knee, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is I still have to have surgery on it, but the good news is that the specialist says it is not an ACL tear, my GP read it wrong. It's a torn miniscus which is much easier to repair and doesn't require taking part of the pateller tendon for the repair. So they are going to go in and just cut off the part that is torn and remove some cartilege or bone that has broken off and is in there as well, and there's some kind of cyst that will come out, too. I'll be laid up in bed for four to five days and should be walking without crutches in a week. They reckon 2 to 3 weeks after that it should be pretty much normal (for walking at least, be a while before I can ride my bicycle again, but I don't do that in the winter anyway).
I'm just waiting to hear back from the surgeon's office for scheduling.
As for the knee, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is I still have to have surgery on it, but the good news is that the specialist says it is not an ACL tear, my GP read it wrong. It's a torn miniscus which is much easier to repair and doesn't require taking part of the pateller tendon for the repair. So they are going to go in and just cut off the part that is torn and remove some cartilege or bone that has broken off and is in there as well, and there's some kind of cyst that will come out, too. I'll be laid up in bed for four to five days and should be walking without crutches in a week. They reckon 2 to 3 weeks after that it should be pretty much normal (for walking at least, be a while before I can ride my bicycle again, but I don't do that in the winter anyway).
I'm just waiting to hear back from the surgeon's office for scheduling.
