I prayed about it beforehand, that God would make it clear to me what to do.
Well... after that appt, I DEF was clear!! He is NOT the right one!
@Jamie my doc at HSS is Beth Shubin-Stein and honestly, I think she is extremely competent. She is being very cautious about another surgery because of the CRPS-like symptoms I have had in the past, and she is the one who recommended the "scope" if the genicular nerve block doesn't help. According to the MRI everything looks "great" so that's why she is trying other types of therapies first. It is hard to get a hold of her though, and I live 6 plus hours away so when there are issues, it makes it very difficult to see her.
My first arthroscopic surgery was done by Michael Maloney in Rochester. (epic fail). I saw Christopher Drinkwater and he said I was "too young" for a knee replacement. I saw Dr. Grimm in Canandaigua who told me my case was "too complicated" and he didn't feel qualified to take it on. (I appreciated the honestly). I just saw Robert Sherman at Upstate Joint in Syracuse yesterday who was the rudest of them all.
I made an appt with Michael Klotz in Rochester but they said he can't even see me for an initial CONSULTATION until the end of September!?
I'm having my 5th Synvisc injection in my NON operative knee next week. It's not doing well at all. But I am terrified of having another surgery as this one has not gone well, and I only have arthritis under the knee cap so not an indication for a TKR... just another partial.
IDK... its just all so crazy