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| Update on my knee accident
by anne654 at 10/13/2009 5:54:36 AM
2 weeks ago I stepped off my raised flower bed, when I did the right foot folded under and the left knee hit the concrete driveway, twisting as it went down. Seen the orthopedic surgeon, got the MRI and went back yesterday to find out what the problem is. While the knee was injured, it will heal on it's own. The big problem is I fractured the tibia right below the knee joint. If it displaces, then we have to go in and put pins in it in surgery. So for another 4 weeks I stay in the knee immobilizer and use the walker, very minimal weight bearing on it, can only work 4 hours a day instead of my usual 10, stay off it at home, and be very careful not to fall again! I go back to see him in 4 weeks, do more x-rays, and see if it is healing or not. To complicate it I have osteoporosis.
I must admit, this has been a humbling learning experience for me. Using a walker to get around, you meet wonderful helpful people and those who just ignore your attempts to get in a door by yourself. When going through a buffet line at dinner Saturday night, a kind soul stepped up and asked if they could help carry my plate. I have to get a friend who owns a cleaning business come in and clean my house for me weekly until who knows when. That will be a first, glad it is a friend. My daughter is now my legs, I can drive a car but walking around a big grocery store is out. I could use the electric cart and have, but I am supposed to really limit my walking. So it is easier to just send her in.
I can see I will get lots of reading and needlework done in the next 4 weeks!
I do hope to avoid surgery, that would mean another 4-6 weeks of down time.
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