Dr. Charemtantanakul at the Ko Samet International Clinic had clearly identified the problem with my knee back on Oct. 24th.
After confirming that I had a tear and some chewed-up "hamburger" meniscus damage, Dr. Z. scheduled me for surgery on Dec. 4th.
After the anesthesiologist put the mask over me in the operating room, the next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room feeling pretty good with no pain or nausea. It was now about 5PM and I had not had any water since 11pm the night before nor food. While recovering I drank 4 apple juice cans and some glasses of water.
The Dr. told me to rest for a couple days at home with my leg raised and iced. When I got home, I had double helpings of pasta and salad--massive hunger and thirst following surgery.
It has now been about three days, and I feel no more pain in my right leg. Other than some lingering swelling my mobility and flexibility of my knee are almost back to normal. It's amazing since most of the recovery material said to expect recovery to occur within 2 to 6 weeks.
Instead of three small openings for the surgery, Dr. Z just does two, and these stitches will be removed on a follow-up visit on Dec. 19th.
Here are pictures were taken during surgery and some show the tear and chewed-up sections that were debrided with the shaver.
In the meantime, I will be doing the suggested exercises and resuming my morning 3-4 mile walks.
Looks like I will be well recovered for my January 9th two-month trip to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal.
It has now been about three days, and I feel no more pain in my right leg. Other than some lingering swelling my mobility and flexibility of my knee are almost back to normal. It's amazing since most of the recovery material said to expect recovery to occur within 2 to 6 weeks.
Instead of three small openings for the surgery, Dr. Z just does two, and these stitches will be removed on a follow-up visit on Dec. 19th.
Here are pictures were taken during surgery and some show the tear and chewed-up sections that were debrided with the shaver.
In the meantime, I will be doing the suggested exercises and resuming my morning 3-4 mile walks.
Looks like I will be well recovered for my January 9th two-month trip to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal.
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