I always love it when people tell me stories that start out with, "You are not gonna believe this shit..." And guess what, guys? I have one of those stories. Last Friday, I went in for my post-op appointment after having surgery to remove the hardware from my tibia the week before. It was a glorious Friday, and I was in such a great mood! Ready to hear some good news about how well the surgery went, blah blah blah. But, no. It was not meant to …
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Hardware Removal Surgery – Done!
And it's over! On Monday morning, my kids headed back to school after spring break. On Monday afternoon, I had surgery to remove the hardware from my tibial plateau fracture/ACL repair surgery from 16 months ago. Look, here I am! Don't I look thrilled? This was while the nurse was placing a 2nd IV in my other hand, after the first one blew out. Man, I hate getting IVs. But I was a brave girl. I had my surgery in a brand new, practically empty …
Tibial Plateau Fracture – Hardware Removal!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am electing to have another knee surgery! After discussion with my ortho doc, I've decided to go ahead and have the hardware removed from my tibia that was placed there when they put my knee back together. While I'm under anesthesia, he's going to go ahead and scope my knee as well, just to see if there's anything else going on in there that's causing me pain. Unfortunately, my doctor has only given …