Pardon the Interruption…

On this coming Wednesday, April 18th there may be an interruption in service. I don’t expect the interruption to last too long, I just need to go into the “shop” and get fixed up so I can be running smoothly again!

The saga of my left knee continues, but hopefully we are coming to the end of it. The pain that I have been having for the past couple months is being stubborn and has decided to reject the different methods of trying to heal it such as rest, ice packs, heating pads,  cortisone shots and physical therapy.  It really is just a little thing in my knee causing the problem, but little things can sure be a nuisance at times!

It is called Plica Syndrome and I would guess that there are a lot of you that are shaking your head saying, “What is that?”  I will try to describe it in simple terms. Borrowing from Google.

“A plica is a fold of synovial membrane most commonly in the anteromedial aspect of the knee. A plica is present in about 50% of the population and are thought to be the remnants of embryonic connective tissue that failed to fully reabsorb during your fetal development. Luckily, most plica are asymptomatic.”

Yes, most plica’s do not cause a problem and if they do they are healed through the other methods I listed earlier.  There are the rare times though where some plica just need to be removed by surgery and my plica wins the prize for being the one that needs removed through arthroscopic surgery. When I say rare, I do mean it. For a Dr was quoted in an article about Plica saying he only does about one surgery a year. My surgeon hasn’t done them for a couple years. Its just not one of those common surgeries to have, but my Plica insisted on being special.

I am very glad that I will not have to stay in the “shop” overnight. I prefer my own bed so much more! I was warned that I will have a lot of swelling, but the swelling and pain will be worth it in the end! I am very ready to be able to be more mobile, though I know that won’t happen right away!

Stay tuned for who knows what may appear on here. Maybe I will turn my blog over to my dear hubby on Wednesday and Thursday. While I have had that thought I am also still in a mentally aware enough state for now to realize that may not be a good idea.  On Wednesday and Thursday though  my mental state could be in question.

Anesthesia really knocks me out! It seems to take awhile to totally get out of my system. So who knows what kind of post you could get. Just be reassured that if you don’t hear from me for a couple days I am still here, I did not disappear.  I just may be taking a trip into space for a little while. But when my spaceship lands I will be very glad to connect with all of you again.