[Magdalen] Knee Replacement

[Grace Cangialosi]

I found a reference for the kind of surgery I had. It’s from the University of Washington Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics Department:
www.orthop.washington.edu

It’s called Minimally-invasive Total Knee Replacement or Quadriceps-sparing Total Knee Replacement.
There’s an excellent video showing a doctor demonstrating what happens with this technique vs. the old one. I’d never actually seen a demonstration of it, so I learned something, too. You can really see why this method is faster and has a shorter and less painful recovery time.

So there you have it—might be worth checking out.

> On Jan 13, 2019, at 10:00 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm limping (and I'm asking) because my second knee has begun to misbehave.
> Am thinking I'd rather go for a football-player-quality brace.
> Not sure I can face another knee replacement.
> -M
> 
>> On Sunday, January 13, 2019, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Why are you limping?
>> 
>> My knee is doing amazingly well. I started driving after a little more
>> than two weeks and have mostly only needed Tylenol since I got home. My
>> surgeon uses a new technique that has a shorter surgery and recovery time.
>> I’m getting PT twice a week. I often totally forget about my knee during
>> the day unless I overdo it or try to do something that bends it too far—I
>> don’t have complete range of motion yet. I do have pain at night, for some
>> reason that I don’t understand. This has been A very different experience
>> from the first one 21 years ago!!
>> 
>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 8:01 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm limping around northeast Florida.
>>> 
>>> How is your knee doing, Grace?
>>> -M
>>> 
>>>> On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’m here. The last thing I saw was Scott’s note about the new date for
>>>> Eleanor’s memorial.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>