postbear
acupuncture, may 20
after much discussion, the doctors and i have opted for a different path of repair, surgery, healing and pain management. i'm not thrilled with the timeline, but all indicators point toward this being a better plan in the long run.
the bad: the final surgery is postponed again, until at least late november, and i have to take more drugs (one of which is purely experimental, so i may mutate again).
the good: i may stave off the full knee replacement for much longer and be free of pain and be able to return to using my knee somewhat normally in the interim. also, when the knee replacement goes in, i am increasing the chances that the surgery will go smoothly, the knee will work better, and my recovery time will be considerably shorter. the docs also get to write me up as a test case so i'll be 'patient x' in some medical journal this time next year. whee.
acupuncture, may 20
after much discussion, the doctors and i have opted for a different path of repair, surgery, healing and pain management. i'm not thrilled with the timeline, but all indicators point toward this being a better plan in the long run.
the bad: the final surgery is postponed again, until at least late november, and i have to take more drugs (one of which is purely experimental, so i may mutate again).
the good: i may stave off the full knee replacement for much longer and be free of pain and be able to return to using my knee somewhat normally in the interim. also, when the knee replacement goes in, i am increasing the chances that the surgery will go smoothly, the knee will work better, and my recovery time will be considerably shorter. the docs also get to write me up as a test case so i'll be 'patient x' in some medical journal this time next year. whee.