Knee-d Help

Today I went to my orthopedic doctor - Dr. Gottlob - to get my knee checked out. I had surgery to repair my ACL in April, and it's still not feeling better, which really stinks. I had another MRI taken, and I found out today that my body is not really dealing with my surgery so well. Apparently, the area around the graft is really inflamed, especially in the spot where a screw is supposed to be dissolving - and what do you know - this is where I've been having most of my pain.

It's also possible that I have this thing, called a Cyclops, where scar tissue forms on the front of your knee and causes it to be really sore and feel like it's hyper-extending.

Argggh. I am so sick of all this business.

So cute Dr. Gottlob (my mom and I have a mini-crush on him) gave me a shot of cortisone to see if that will calm down the inflammation. This shot was HORRIBLE. It didn't hurt that much, but it just felt gross - they inject the stuff into your knee joint, so you can just feel this pressure that hurts a little bit.

Now, however, my knee feels pretty good - but I think that's because the first stuff they put in is a fast-acting numbing agent, then a longer-lasting numbing agent, and then finally the cortisone. So in a few days, it's possible that my knee will feel worse than it did before - at least until the cortisone kicks in.

I hope this does the trick, because Dr. Gottlob said my healing is way behind the bell curve - by now I should be able to run, play sports and ski with no problem. If it isn't 100% after a year, he said he'll likely want to go back in and scope my knee to see what the problem is.

Bahhh. At least the doc's cute.