I am getting into a huge holiday slump! I came home from work on Thursday night and went to change from my work clothes and my skinny jeans wouldn't go over my right knee. It had been achy for a few days but now it is swollen and looks like my 250 lb knee looked.

Went to the Dr and got a referral to an orthopedic doc. I am just feeling so down! Losing 85+ lbs should eliminate this kind of thing (or at least that is what my crazy brain keeps telling me). I am now spending my vacation from work laid up on the couch trying to talk myself out of grazing on snacky foods all day! Also, I wish that I could take a NSAID. I really think that getting the swelling down would make a huge difference!

This sweet gingerbread shirt is doing its best to keep my spirits up!

Hang in there.

Your are doing all you can at this point.

Getting rest now is good, at least.

I had my follow up appointment with the orthopedic doctor today I am am scheduled for surgery on my knee for February 5th. At this point I welcome the surgery and the relief that it will hopefully bring. It is a tear in my meniscus and should be a pretty easy peasy surgery all done outpatient and they said I will be able to put my full weight on it directly after surgery!

I had a meniscus repaired about three years ago. I have had an ACL reconstruction and a partial replacement. I thought the meniscus repair would be easy peasey but it wasn't that simple. I was still pretty sore. I also had a surprise microfracture done and I'm sure that didn't help not being a big deal. It wasn't horrible by any means, but I really thought it would be absolutely no big deal.

I had a meniscus repaired about three years ago. I have had an ACL reconstruction and a partial replacement. I thought the meniscus repair would be easy peasey but it wasn't that simple. I was still pretty sore. I also had a surprise microfracture done and I'm sure that didn't help not being a big deal. It wasn't horrible by any means, but I really thought it would be absolutely no big deal.

Thanks for the feed back! No surgery is ever really that easy is it??

I had my follow up appointment with the orthopedic doctor today I am am scheduled for surgery on my knee for February 5th. At this point I welcome the surgery and the relief that it will hopefully bring. It is a tear in my meniscus and should be a pretty easy peasy surgery all done outpatient and they said I will be able to put my full weight on it directly after surgery!

Yeah...hopefully it will be easy peasy but don't be surprised if it's not. Everyone reacts differently. I needed 12 weeks of rehab when I had arthroscopic to smooth out the meniscus and still had issues after PT. My BF also tore the meniscus and didn't need any surgery...and the orthopedist just told him it would heal on its own...which it is. Depends on how much damage there is and how bad the knee in general is.

Those are my knees!!! I used to get cortisone shots in both knees every four months. Now I only need it in my right knee. No NSAIDs for me. I used to take Relafen for years. Now Tylenol as needed for pain, but as you know, that doesn't relieve inflammation. It's still much better than when I carried 302 pounds around.

I keep forgetting to look up the name of the injection I had. It's more long term than the cortisone, but has to be done in stages. I did mine back in April/May/June and haven't needed another shot since.

I tore my meniscus skiing many years ago. The repair was actually what prompted the arthritis in the left knee. I rebounded fairly quickly from the surgery, but I tend to rebound quickly in general. I was up on crutches 3 days later .

good luck Rosemary --- I have a case of shoulder tendonitis and am in PT right now, but getting better... I hope it goes well!

Update! Had my surgery today... I guess it was a little messier in there than they thought it would be! I'm pretty swollen and sore but, I'm ready to get going on the physical therapy and to start exercising again!

Also super exciting that they didn't stick me with the ugly tan hospital socks! Got downsized to the blue, much better to look at ????