My Right Patella Recovery (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/624732-My-Right-Patella-Recovery My knee is already giving me trouble. I find that it is stiff and hurts a lot more than it ever has before the accident last January. I hate this as I never had any problems with my right knee before. That is all for now. I am certainly glad that I don't have to worry about it otherwise. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:39:57 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/268526 I am doing really well. It has been since May 22nd since my cast came off. I am now almost back to my baseline normal. I do have a knee that still stiffens after I walk too much (like today). I do have my daughter home with my son and me full-time now. It is so nice to have her back home and have the ability to take care of her again. I also am a...[Read Full Post] Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:46:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/248143 My right knee cap is all but healed, at least, to the point where I can walk again. It was May 22nd when the cast was removed and the doctor gave me an almost clean bill of health the last time I saw him. The only thing that hurts at the moment is my ankle. I am constantly in wonder if it will ever be able to take the weight again. I just want everyth...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Jun 2003 02:00:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/246972 It has been almost a week and my kneecap feels good. The tendons in the back of the knee and heal are sore which is expected due to the fact that my leg was in a cast for almost 9 weeks. Yesterday, I had to go out to another doctor (a family practitioner) because of a Safety Department (Driver's License's Division) wanting me to have a yearly...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 May 2003 16:10:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/243418 OK, so I did not really have a full-blown party! I was excited to get it off although I was in extreme pain when I got home from the appointment. The pain was about, if not worse than the pain when I was in labor with my daughter was born. I was in full-blown labor when I decided I had to get to trhe hospital and every bump and jiggle from the car on...[Read Full Post] Sun, 25 May 2003 00:26:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/242975 I am nervous about my appointment on Thursday. I fear that the leg is still broken or re-broken because of my fall several days ago. I can't get my mind off the fact that each time when the doctor was about to turn me loose or had turned me loose something bad has happened. The whole thing is turning into my little circus act. The one ring circus...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 May 2003 02:05:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/242002 One more week...I get it off on May 22nd. That is I get my cast off next Thursday. I am looking oh so forward to getting the damn thing off. The leg is starting to get heavy from the fact that I have been doing to much lately. I really have little choice on whether or not to do the activities as the school year is winding down. My son just got his Ti...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 May 2003 01:17:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/241739 I did have an appointment last Wednesday (4/30 I believe). Everything is going great. My bone in the knee is actually healing and calcium is actually forming between the break -- which is what is supposed to happen. The cast comes off on May 22 the family and I are getting anxious for me to get back to normal. As my husband is a professor it has been...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 May 2003 10:29:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/240562 Monday's appointment went well. The doctor did end up taking off the old fiberglass cast, which my son ended up keeping. He found that my heel was being rubbed by the cast and there was a redness where it was rubbing probably due to not enough padding or the padding wearing low. He also found some redness at the top on my thigh where the cast was cut...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:25:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/237153 Rather it is on Monday at 3:30pm. I did call the doctor's office to get him to give me some vicodin to get me through the weekend. I took somr tonight and I have had no pain or spasms. I came to realize the problem, I think. I believe that with the tempature rising that my leg swells up causing a main artery to my leg to be cut off so my leg start...[Read Full Post] Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:44:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/236656 My right leg was giving me enormous pain in the heal and inner thigh bone near my pelvis. I was up all night here because of the pain. I have an appointment on Friday when he is going to take my cast off to make sure I am not rubbing a blister on my heal. What it feels like at the moment is a sharp pain that you get when shoes don't fit just ri...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Apr 2003 12:54:34 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/236271 Two weeks until my next appointment on the 23rd of April. I certainly can't wait. I am hoping the cast comes off. I am really getting sick of the itches that I cannot reach and the lifestyle of having a dual-disability (cerebral palsy and a broken patella). All of this is taking a toll on my body and my mind. Mty leg not onl itches but it akso get...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Apr 2003 05:03:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/236215 I only have good news to report on this end. My knee looks great and it is healing just fine. He had one of his two very nice nurses take a few x-rays and the pins and wires were still in place and it showed the patella was actually healing, thankfully. To tell you the truth I would have been really shocked if things were not in place. I had alr...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 Apr 2003 23:56:03 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/235284 My right ankle hurts really bad and there is nothing I can do to relieve the pain. It feels as though the cast is rubbing blisters on my ankle. Luckily, I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday afternoon and I can discuss this with him. I am not sure he will do a thing about it because he is so cautious when it comes to that knee he may not wan...[Read Full Post] Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:53:10 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/234820 This is hell. I am not well My leg is cramping and twitching. My doctor is done on vacation or something and I am not sure if there is a thing that the nurses in his office would know how to respond. When I have called them in the past they must consult the doctor first before gibing me options on what to do. I will try tonic whater tomorrow ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:14:08 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/234310 Lately, it has been nice to get out of the house. I have felt human again and not as much an elderly shut in. I know I am only 31, far from an elderly woman but being unable to drive or truly take care of my almost toddler daughter has made me feel older than I am. I love the fact that I am able to have my son help me push my wheelchair down the ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:20:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/234105 The staples in my knee asre rubbing against my skin and the inside of my cast. The doctor says that he put enough gauze padding in the area the last time I went to see him. But, I am here to say that he did not. I have actually added gauze padding to the mix since my last appointment on Thursday the 20th. In all my years dealing with various docto...[Read Full Post] Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:41:54 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/233838 I seem to have changed my attitude from optimist to pessimist after this last surgery. I am scared that things are not going to go right even after this last surgery. I am wearing a cast on my leg at the moment but that does not seem to matter. What if the knee never heals...Whatthen? There is a lot to consider ande I'm afraid that my experience t...[Read Full Post] Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:29:37 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/232841 It don't matter that I have a bummed knee at the moment. Life must go on. There really is nothing to report at this time. I am trying my hardest to do my best to stay still and off my leg. I am even using the darn wheelchair as much as possible although I do have to say it is a pain in the ass because of the narrow doorways in my house. I have to...[Read Full Post] Sun, 16 Mar 2003 06:49:03 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/232497 I can't even remember if I have taken a Vicodin today. All I know is that my knee and lower leg and ankle hurt bad. I just want to go to sleep and forget today ever existed. The hospital said to call the doctor's office if the pain is not helped by the Vicodin but I don't want to cry wolf because when the wolf does end up at my doorstep no on...[Read Full Post] Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:42:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/232108 Am I really doing any better? Will the knee ever heal properly? Is the wheelchair really saving me? I have a cast on but what does that mean when I fall, because I fell this morning? All these answers with no true answers. The third time around just brings up more of the same questons of before. I believe God has a reason for me being in this predica...[Read Full Post] Wed, 12 Mar 2003 05:28:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/231817 I go into surgery for the third time tomorrow, Friday 3/7. This time the doctor said that he would put a cast on my leg because the pins and wire keep releasing and turning into nothing. The doctor said my knee will never heal properly this way. I am so overwhelmed at the moment. I had really thought I was being careful this second time around, now...[Read Full Post] Thu, 06 Mar 2003 18:24:56 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/230974 I am starting to get battle wounds in regards to having to bear all my weight my left leg. My left leg, especially my ankle, is wearing out and giving under pressure. This morning about 15 minutes ago I fell while trying to get to the kitchen to make my morning coffee. This time I ended up falling into some of my kids toys and skinning my right arm an...[Read Full Post] Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:31:08 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/229586 I am so lonely I had my husband watch a few shows on tv in our bedroom with us because it is too hard for me to sit in a chair for too long. I keep asking my friends to come over and visit me but they have families of their own and cannot find the time to come by and visit me. Either that or they are afraid of my gentle friendly giant white dog we call S...[Read Full Post] Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:27:11 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/229038 Last night was a nightmare. I maybe got 3 hours sleep total. Between my leg/knee and my son not wanting to sleep last night I was up all night. my son decided that he was not tired after only about 4-5 hours of sleep last night, so I let him stay up in the livingroom with the tv on as long as he had his head on his pillow. I just had no energy to figh...[Read Full Post] Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:07:43 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/228483