JesusReagan’s BodyBlog

Yeah for me!  Arthroscopic surgery yesterday on my right knee.  Went well, the tear was big on the meniscus, but there was no extraneous debris floating around in there.  I can bear weight on it already, and, I confess to enjoy being stoned on vicodin .  Six more weeks, and I can squat/deadlift again yoooo-hoooo.

Doc’s office called, they had a cancellation, so my knee surgery is now set for 6/20.  Excellent!

I finally saw the ortho surgeon.  I have a pretty bad inside meniscus tear in the right knee.  Surgery is scheduled for 7/12/07, though I did have them put me on the cancellation list just in case.  No heavy lifting for six weeks after the surgery, so, by that time, I will have gone 16 weeks without doing squats or deadlifts.  Not good, but I’m just happy that it’s a fixable thing and I can get back at it in the future.

I *finally* had an MRI done on my right knee yesterday.  There’s a meniscus tear and a ligament tear, I could see that in the pics. I should meet with the doc next week to hopefully get a surgery date set.

This has been very frustrating, as I have now been unable to cardio, squats and deadlifts for a month.  Progress has slowed, though I still have lost two pounds and am sure that I have exchanged some bf for lean mass.  We will measure bf this weekend.

I can’t believe how long this is taking, I guess the Santa Barbara orthopedic community is overloaded.  Ten years ago, when I had my left knee scoped, the total time from injury to surgery was 10 days.  I’m at a month on this one and counting; seems a little absurd, but then, I know I’m anxious to get it fixed and get back on track.