March 22, 2010

Lucky Number Three

Last night at dinner, Lil C was swinging her legs back and forth, when the very tip of her shoe hit the very spot where I'm pretty sure the screw is backing out of my tibia. It hurt lots.

Today I called my surgeon. After watching this health care bill pass, I figured I had better do it now before I have a five year wait for surgery.

The person answering the phone asked me if I had seen him before. I explained that I was pretty much a "regular" and then she asked me about my symptoms.

"Well, I can see something round and hard coming out of the incision area. I'm pretty sure it's the screw."

And that, my friends, is how you get an appointment this week. 

In advance of Friday, I'm going to need to check out my schedule to see when I can fit an actual surgery into my schedule. I can't imagine my appointment will be any other way. I doubt there's a magic cream you can rub on a screw to make it disappear. Clearly, hoping and praying hasn't worked and neither has staring at it and willing it to "be gone."

I'd really like for number three to be the lucky number and for this whole knee ordeal to be over.
I can think of few things in my life that I would actually go back and change. I don't have many regrets about things. But going to karate that night, planting that foot and throwing that roundhouse kick? That's a big regret. How I wish I had been feeling guilty about not going to class that night from the comfort of my sofa at home. This ordeal has gone on entirely too long.

Here's hoping that Friday is the beginning of the end of it.

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Posted by on March 22, 2010 in ACL Hell | 5 Comments

Comments

5 Comments on Lucky Number Three

  1. Lynn on Mon, 22nd Mar 2010 11:04 am

    2. I was honestly expecting a pregnancy announcement. I hope you feel better!

  2. Stacey on Mon, 22nd Mar 2010 2:44 pm

    3. I’ll be praying that this is an easy and quick fix, without pain. Thinking of you!

  3. Papa Bradstein on Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 12:07 am

    4. Here’s hoping that the third time is actually the charm…or that there’s not a third time and there is some easy solution.

  4. Karl on Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 9:50 am

    5. Damn, babe, I hope this is the last time, too. What a saga your knee has become.

  5. Karl on Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 9:54 am

    6. PS: Mom says she really feels for you. Seeing as how she’s going through P.T. now for her broken (now repaired) kneecap, she says it’s the worst pain she’s ever known. She wishes you the best.

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