kayow11
senior
United StatesI like to know more details about things, and especially my surgery.
Before my surgery the surgeon told me what he thought he would be doing exactly, and after surgery at my first postop with him last week, he told me he did use a long rod that he put up my femur bone to line up the rest of my knee joint and lower leg to make sure it was straight. I assume it was a thin rod.
He did tell me this before the surgery too. Sounds kind of gruesome and I kept thinking about my bone marrow in my femur, but my leg doesn't feel too bad.
He also shaved off a little more bone and had to put a thicker piece of plastic to replace the meniscus, to make up for the extra bone loss. He told me he would have to do this, and that he would be removing the old bone cement and titanium or Oxinium, whatever was used, and then have to remodel the end of the bone and reapply the bone cement.
So it appears my original surgeon didn't even get the end of the femur bone straight as far as remodeling the bone. I wonder what he was thinking about at the time?
I do think that people that do the same thing all the time and thousands and thousands of surgeries, for years and years, can get careless and complacent at times. Of course this is very costly for the patient and the insurance company, let alone all the extra pain and suffering and potential complications involved. But I know people are human and make mistakes no matter who they are.
I'm still not quite over my negative feelings towards my first surgeon. It has set my life back a whole year practically.
Don't be afraid to ask what their strategy is, that is if you're wanting to know. They shouldn't be afraid to tell you what they kind of plan to do.
Before my surgery the surgeon told me what he thought he would be doing exactly, and after surgery at my first postop with him last week, he told me he did use a long rod that he put up my femur bone to line up the rest of my knee joint and lower leg to make sure it was straight. I assume it was a thin rod.
He did tell me this before the surgery too. Sounds kind of gruesome and I kept thinking about my bone marrow in my femur, but my leg doesn't feel too bad.
He also shaved off a little more bone and had to put a thicker piece of plastic to replace the meniscus, to make up for the extra bone loss. He told me he would have to do this, and that he would be removing the old bone cement and titanium or Oxinium, whatever was used, and then have to remodel the end of the bone and reapply the bone cement.
So it appears my original surgeon didn't even get the end of the femur bone straight as far as remodeling the bone. I wonder what he was thinking about at the time?
I do think that people that do the same thing all the time and thousands and thousands of surgeries, for years and years, can get careless and complacent at times. Of course this is very costly for the patient and the insurance company, let alone all the extra pain and suffering and potential complications involved. But I know people are human and make mistakes no matter who they are.
I'm still not quite over my negative feelings towards my first surgeon. It has set my life back a whole year practically.
Don't be afraid to ask what their strategy is, that is if you're wanting to know. They shouldn't be afraid to tell you what they kind of plan to do.
I’m sorry the PA said that to you. Too many PAs think more highly of themselves than they ought!
.
The crutches and straight legged limping were before surgery. My recovery is going well....at 3 1/2 weeks and only use a cane 50% of the time. The new knee feels very stable.
