The Back of the Medic

Uh Oh…

For the last few days, I noticed an increase in the amount of fluid coming off my knee through the surgical drain. Obviously, it shouldn’t increase, but decrease. Saturday evening, my knee was sore, but I thought it was from moving the scar tissue around, since I was walking more. I iced it, and it [...]

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A Week with Jackson-Pratt

OK, well, “A week with a surgical drain tube and suction device sticking out of my leg”… sure does sound less poetic than the title of this post, doesn’t it? As I reported in a previous post last Tuesday, I had the surgical drain implanted. Since then, it has been doing its job: keeping the [...]

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Knee pic

This is what my knee looks like with the Jackson-Pratt surgical drain in place: And yes, it hurts.

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Surgery Part Deux is over

The surgical drain is in. And I am back home. Drove there, and drove back on my own. I got to my orthopedic surgeon’s office this morning, and needed to wait a little while. Not a big deal, but it ratcheted up my apprehension level a bit. I *really did not* want to go through [...]

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Surgery Part Deux is tomorrow

There wasn’t supposed to be a part 2. I should have been well on my way to getting back to normal. Movement-wise, I am doing well, but the fluid is still on my knee. Seems to have stabilized, but it is still there. So, barring a miracle of the fluid going away overnight, I will [...]

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