Glad to hear those of you that have just gone through surgery are doing well. Best of luck to those getting ready.
Not much new for Mrs. Flounder. She had the MRI last Monday as the ortho group wanted the MRI prior to setting an appointment. We got a voicemail thursday giving her an appointment with a surgeon on April 5th but no other information. She called to try and get more info on what she should be doing in the meantime but no return call yet. So like most people these days she turned to the Internet to diagnose and she believes (hopes) it is MCL related. Shes 44 years old, and it was a slow speed fall on February 26th at Northstar trying to avoid a kid that cut her off and stopped right in front of her.
We're hoping she's right about the MCL as it seems that surgery isn't required. Already she isn't using her brace much at all. She hasn't used any pain meds since a couple of days after the accident, just ice. As a kindergarten teacher she's on her feet all day and has been doing ok. She has almost full range of motion. She's thinking the MCL because it is only the interior of her right knee that has any instability and it seems to be strengthening. It's amazing how far it has come in 3 weeks.
Any thoughts from those with similar experiences? It seems like she can start exercising. I'm setting up one of her bikes on the old cyclops trainer this afternoon and she may try some low resistance spinning. It'd be great if she could rehab the until the end of the school year and have a normal summer. I guess we will know for sure on April 5th but she doesn't want to wait 3 more weeks to find out. Can't figure out if a long wait time is a good or bad sign.
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