This past Thursday, I had my follow up appointment with Dr. Moore after my Tenex procedure. It was exactly 15 months to the day of my knee injury and I am STILL having problems! I am not out of the woods yet.
The Tenex procedure was not what I thought it would be. Chad wheeled a large cart into the room and Stephanie manned the monitor as Dr. Moore sat next to my knee. All three of them stared intently at the monitor as I laid on a table watching the immense concentration on all of their faces. I tried to get a clear glimpse of the monitor but couldn’t make anything out.
Dr. Moore said I would feel a little poke (which I DID) as he inserted the needle into the medial side of my shin. Chad turned the machine and that made a humming noise. As Dr. Moore scraped my tendon, the machine made not only the humming noise but also a squeal. It alternated between a squeal and a hum.
As this was going on, because I couldn’t see anything and was just watching their faces I thought of the U2 album, Rattle and Hum. I never owned this album until my friend Joe (I called him, ‘Seph’ because he called me, ‘Fer’) told me that I couldn’t be a huge fan of U2 if I did not own all of the albums! I had a Columbia House membership so I started buying all of the CDs for a penny. I mostly listen to the ‘Best of’ albums in the car but I never knew that Rattle and Hum had some of my fave songs:
The procedure lasted about a half hour and the machine squealed and hummed the whole time. When I left, I could not tell if it worked because my knee was numb so I would just have to wait to see how it felt the next day.
Well, the next day it felt like a screwdriver was jammed into my shin. My knee did not hurt because I was so distracted by how much my shin hurt. As time went by, and the prescription for my narcotics ran out, my knee was feeling better. It still hurt a little bit but I think it had to do with the screwdriver shoved in may shin more than my original injury.
The ports made on either side of my knee for my meniscus surgery took five months to heal so I think my screwdriver shank is going to take a while to heal as well. Dr. Moore prescribed more physical therapy and a follow up appointment set for February 16. That’s my friend Marilyn’s birthday as well as Phil’s. So doctor’s appointmenrs continue for my knee. That’s kind of tiresome.
My mom cleaned my screwdriver shank mark today and Sean walked by to see my shin. He looked at it and was disgusted and told me that it really does look like I was shanked by screwdriver. I agreed with him and told him it was a flat head screwdriver because it’s just a slit. My knee feels tight today and my shank mark is a little sore still.
I called Elle the other day at Barwis to tell her what was going on. I asked her to save a spot for me to come back because I miss Barwis more than anything! I’m not even going to be back for at least another two months!