Driving a Jeep with a bum left knee Part II

Mud dauber

Mud dauber

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Hi All,

Successful surgery results today. The doctor repaired my MCL and replaced my ACL with a donor tendon. They say the doctor did it all in 30 minutes. I’m asking for a discount when I see him again.

I came home with Fentanyl, Dilaudin and OxyContin onboard. When I woke up I was in a lot of pain so the nurse had to load me up with the extra drugs. I think my Anesthesiologist missed the target on me.I feel pretty sure I can pass any state trooper field sobriety test;) after two beers.

I was able to load myself into a SUV for the ride home. I bet I’ll be back in the Jeep in a couple weeks using a step to help myself get in.
 
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I had similar surgery in 1992. The recovery time is shorter nowadays. Mine was 5-6 months. They took part of my patellar tendon. Hope your on the mend and back in the Jeep soon.

Funny story, when mine was torn I had just got a 1992 Mustang with a manual tranny. I couldn’t even drive myself to the hospital. I was just out of high school at the time. Only 1 guy present, out of about 20, could drive a manual. Fortunately there was 1!
 
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Glad to hear the surgery went well. Amazing what they can do with knees these days. I can’t take morphine, fentynl, icy or any other heavy duty pain killer. My system won’t tolerate and my heart rate goes to 130 and stays there.

When I broke my leg at the knee joint last year, My entire recovery including two surgeries, a plate/rod/bar with 14 screws in my leg and knee etc was all done with plain OTC Tylenol. Heck I even had major issues with the anesthesia (rapid heart rate for 3 weeks). So enjoy the good stuff while you need it.
 
mde8965 said:
When I broke my leg at the knee joint last year, My entire recovery including two surgeries, a plate/rod/bar with 14 screws in my leg and knee etc was all done with plain OTC Tylenol. Heck I even had major issues with the anesthesia (rapid heart rate for 3 weeks). So enjoy the good stuff while you need it.
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You are a man! I would be a crying baby.

What burns me is my doctor did my surgery in 34 minutes. I felt like I went by the drive through window.

Recovery from this is still 6 to 9 months if you follow directions.
Actually I going to delete my post after reading yours.
 
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Get yourself a length of thick soft synthetic rope and make a loop dimensioned so you can put it under your game foot and pull up to get in and out of a vehicle. I used one 2.5 years ago for my knee replacement and stored it carefully with the other get better equipment. Really handy, it are.
 
Mark K said:
Get yourself a length of thick soft synthetic rope and make a loop dimensioned so you can put it under your game foot and pull up to get in and out of a vehicle. I used one 2.5 years ago for my knee replacement and stored it carefully with the other get better equipment. Really handy, it are.
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Ok did that and was able to load myself into my Jeep 3 1/2 days after surgery. So I am happy!
 
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