The title says it all. My knee is still the size of a softball, but perhaps a little smaller than the usual official ones. Maybe one that kids learn to play with. However, it's starting to show lots of pretty blue and purple. The green and yellow I can do without.
I took the brace off and gingerly got behind the wheel today to see what it might feel like to drive, since I will have to do so on Thursday. I think it will be okay. It didn't hurt to have my knee in driving position, just a little weird. If I put my knee much closer to 90 degrees, it sort of feels like my entire knee might explode under the pressure.
I've been doing a lot of reading (probably too much) about allografts vs. autografts, physical therapy, the surgery itself (made the mistake of looking at video and nearly started hyperventilating). My greatest concern right now is whether I have the right surgeon. He seemed great when I met with him and he called me within two hours of my MRI to go over the results. I live in a mid-sized town 90 minutes north of New York City. Do I go with a local surgeon here from a respected Orthopedic group who performs these surgeries all the time, or do I find a doctor in the City? The main issue for me is the travel time. It's an outpatient procedure. Do I really want to spend up to two hours in the car after just having surgery? I'm thinking not really when I can be home in 20 minutes. I need more info.
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