@sistersinhim Thank you.
I was so happy yesterday that the surgeon did not say the things I didn’t want to hear. I’m sill happy about that.
However, rethinking the mal tracking thing, I am a bit depressed this morning.
I did not have mal tracking issues before surgery. I’d never even heard of mal tracking issues! The fact that that is a possibility/probability now, means it is the result of the type of replacement I had. Which tells me it’s not going to get better with more time and healing.
I’m just not ready to start a second opinion process. I don’t want more surgery (I know neither does anyone else) We paid a fortune for this surgery last year, even with insurance. My deductible was very high and this year it’s even higher. I have 3 years before I am eligible for Medicare. But surgery is probably the only fix for mal tracking due to the implant.
My copay for specialist is $60. I would need more than one opinion, and if they differ, which one do you believe? There are members on here who have had several opinions and still have no answers. And I have some rare issues that even Bonesmart doesn’t know what to say.
I just need to wait and process all this in my mind. I woke up very sad this morning thinking, what if this is as good as it gets. I truly was better off before the surgery.
I was looking at knee braces on Amazon a little while ago as I’m not going to be able to use tape all the time, my skin will need a break from the tape. All that pain and suffering to fix my knee to end up needing to tape it and/or wear a brace.
But if tape and a brace help and will put off surgery for a while, then I guess that’s a good thing. It’s just sad that I have to resort to that.