I have been looking for a forum to share my journey to see if anyone else has had the same experience as me.
When I first sustained my injury in 2019, I was able to rehab myself with my clinical experience as a nurse. Fast forward to 2021 and my knee started to really hurt and affect my workouts and daily life. I had my knee tested and was told I had no ligament damage so a MRI was ordered. The MRI showed 2 “lesions” located at the trochlear notch of the distal femur and lateral femoral condyle. I was a OR nurse for almost 10 years so I knew the drill. I interviewed 3 surgeons and finally found one who has experience in “Chondral defect surgery”. Our plan was to place Arthrex putty with PRP via a arthroscopy.
My surgery was scheduled for November 11th, 2021 and with my family ready to help and short term disability approved I took the plunge.
When I woke up, I was informed they were not able to complete the procedure due to another lesion being found on the “medial condyle” and since she would have to work in all 3 compartment of the knee a MACI would have to be completed. The 2nd surgery was schedule for January 6th, 2022 but was canceled without my knowledge by the “My Cartilage” company and my surgeons office didn’t let me know until I called regarding pre-op directions.
I had family in town from Texas with short term disability approved but the surgery was delayed until January 27th, 2022.
I had my surgery in January while being instructed to be none weight bearing for 6 weeks and locked in my brace. I started my CPM 2 weeks after surgery but I couldn’t go past 30 degrees to ensure the integrity of the grafts were safe.
During the follow up, my surgeon would seem to be confused as to when she completed my grafts and pushed me to get out of my brace and start weight bearing. I didn’t feel comfortable since before the surgery she told me I was going to be recovering slower than usual because of my triple grafts.
So here I am almost 7 months out with 1 MUA behind me (4 months ago) and still unable to climb stair or walk normal. I am going to get a MRI this evening to check the grafts but my surgeon told me they can be inconclusive. I am still in PT 3 times a week and I am fading fast with hope I am going to not have to get yet another
surgery to be able to walk again.
Has anyone had a triple graft? How do you know if the grafts failed? I feel my surgeon is not taking my recovery seriously and it’s truly frustrating.
If you have read this far, thank you for your interest and time.
When I first sustained my injury in 2019, I was able to rehab myself with my clinical experience as a nurse. Fast forward to 2021 and my knee started to really hurt and affect my workouts and daily life. I had my knee tested and was told I had no ligament damage so a MRI was ordered. The MRI showed 2 “lesions” located at the trochlear notch of the distal femur and lateral femoral condyle. I was a OR nurse for almost 10 years so I knew the drill. I interviewed 3 surgeons and finally found one who has experience in “Chondral defect surgery”. Our plan was to place Arthrex putty with PRP via a arthroscopy.
My surgery was scheduled for November 11th, 2021 and with my family ready to help and short term disability approved I took the plunge.
When I woke up, I was informed they were not able to complete the procedure due to another lesion being found on the “medial condyle” and since she would have to work in all 3 compartment of the knee a MACI would have to be completed. The 2nd surgery was schedule for January 6th, 2022 but was canceled without my knowledge by the “My Cartilage” company and my surgeons office didn’t let me know until I called regarding pre-op directions.

I had my surgery in January while being instructed to be none weight bearing for 6 weeks and locked in my brace. I started my CPM 2 weeks after surgery but I couldn’t go past 30 degrees to ensure the integrity of the grafts were safe.
During the follow up, my surgeon would seem to be confused as to when she completed my grafts and pushed me to get out of my brace and start weight bearing. I didn’t feel comfortable since before the surgery she told me I was going to be recovering slower than usual because of my triple grafts.
So here I am almost 7 months out with 1 MUA behind me (4 months ago) and still unable to climb stair or walk normal. I am going to get a MRI this evening to check the grafts but my surgeon told me they can be inconclusive. I am still in PT 3 times a week and I am fading fast with hope I am going to not have to get yet another
surgery to be able to walk again.
Has anyone had a triple graft? How do you know if the grafts failed? I feel my surgeon is not taking my recovery seriously and it’s truly frustrating.
If you have read this far, thank you for your interest and time.
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