As I've lamented before on this blog, the irony of this injury has been in the fact that my "good leg" (the one that's supposed to be supporting me through this rehab) has a knee with bone-on-bone arthritis. That was EXTREMELY problematic back when I was non-weight bearing, and it was beginning to become a nuisance again. Oftentimes my knee would give up well before my Achilles got tired, which was starting to hold me back.
I decided it was time to see the ortho for help with this knee... so off I trucked to start a relationship with yet another one of the AMAZING doctors at Aspen Orthopedics. After chatting with a nurse and then a PA and getting an xray, Dr. Prinze came into my life and informed me he thought it was a testament to my character that I was even walking on this knee (i.e. you're one stubborn old bird). He said I have the knee of a 70-year old, and while there are some things we can try, I'm eventually going to need to have knee replacement surgery.
*vomit*
I told him even though I've met my out of pocket maximum for the year, I'm not interested in ANOTHER surgery right now. So he pulled out the rest of the tools in his toolbox.
1. Gave me a cortisone shot... (holy heavenly day those things are AWESOME! ...for a couple of days at least)
2. Measured me for some fancy, schmancy, knee unloader brace (I'm sure there's a real, technical name for it but I don't remember it)
3. Gave me info on a 3-shot series he wants to try to get some synthetic fluid into my joint and lubricate it
I had PT right after and the therapist did a different kind of kineseo taping to my knee... Here's to hoping this will help!
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