I went for my pre-op appointment with my surgeon yesterday. From looking at the MRI he doesn't think that I have a cyclops lesion. I looked at the images myself and I THOUGHT that I saw one. It wasn't really obvious. I had to look at them several times and reference online before I located it. We'll find out who's right when he goes in next week. There has to be something there. Why else would my quad be atrophying?
So I'm scheduled for scar tissue removal, manipulation (this is when they bend the hell out of your leg to loosen up everything) and... screw removal. Apparently, these screws (used to hold the new ACL down in the beginning) don't dissolve as well as they are supposed to. Mine seems to be working it's way out of the bone. Fun. My surgeon says that in the best case scenario, they are able to just use a screwdriver and back the thing out. This idea has me more creeped out than the manipulation. I was tempted to just tell him to leave it in but I remembered a woman who had several screws put in after a knee surgery. Her body was rejecting the screws and she was having a lot of difficulty getting the strength back in her leg. He's going in anyway, might as well get the darn screw.
I've been cleared to start physical therapy the day after surgery. However, my doctor warned me about pushing to hard after surgery. Part of the reason I am going to PT is because if left to my own devices that is what I am likely to do. Also, my big fear is not being able to get full motion back in my knee like last time. I am not going in for another surgery so what I get after this one, is what I get.
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