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Surgery Thursday

Posted By: Tom R
Date: Sunday, 16 March 2008, at 1:40 a.m.

I'm coming up on surgery in a few days and not sure what I'm in for. No, not what knee surgery is like -- this is my eighth (or ninth -- I've lost count) since 1988. The most recent MRI wasn't clear because of the screws from my acl replacement in 2004, but my doc (and I) suspect meniscus tears on both lateral and medial sides. But, as I've mentioned before, I have a fair amount of posterolateral instability; maybe it's really just the lateral meniscus tear that's causing the problem. There's a bit of ACL laxity but the OS seems not too concerned. Just not sure what's what.

And that's the rub, as it were. I asked the doctor about best case and worst case scenarios. He said, best case was just clean up some minor meniscus trouble and be done with it. Moving down the scale, repair some meniscus. But what if he finds ligament damage? Not sure I want to face that right now.

Question (for patients and docs): have you ever gone into surgery expecting one thing and come out having faced another? Sure, in the end you just have to deal with things, but I'm just not interested right now in having to do that.

Any comments or advice are certainly welcome.

Thanks,
Tom

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