Tuesday I had my consult for my second surgery on the same knee. I “re-injured” it back in the first week of November while training for a half marathon and has still not healed properly in the past three months of therapy. I decided that I was getting sick of it and came to the conclusion that I needed to get it fixed the right way, right away.
I’m a little impatient when it comes to my physicality and what I’m able to do and not do. Katie is happy for me because she can see that not being able to do anything significantly athletic is driving me nuts.
The down time sure has improved my poker game though. I played well enough recently to place into a $750 tournament with Rob and Rob, so we’ll see how that goes Sunday.
However, I go under the knife at 7:00am Monday morning April 6. This means that I have to stop eating at 10:00pm Sunday night, wake up about 5:00am-ish, arrive at Centennial Surgical Center at 6:00am, get in a surgical gown where your ass hangs out, and then wait around for an hour.
Dr. McNutt is planning to remove some scar tissue, excise any bad tissue (that’s not scarred), remove the sizable biomedics screw (that is no longer needed from my first surgery), and possibly perform a minor bone graft if needed.
The whole ordeal is going to be thankfully much cheaper than my last go around since he isn’t ripping tendons and ligaments from all different parts of my leg for a new ACL, since it’s just fine, it’s just everything around it that needs a bit of work. I’ll be out of work again for another two weeks. The best part of this surgery is that I won’t require physical therapy, which is super awesome.
Now, starting Monday, to get myself through the next two weeks from the hours of 9-5, what movies or video games would you all suggest I pick up to enjoy or master in my down time?