The advice I was getting in Bendigo was not having any effect, so I went and saw some specialists in Melbourne.
After a couple of MRI's the problems were diagnosed, and yesterday I had the first stage of getting them fixed, hopefully.
I had an arthroscope on my knee yesterday at Epworth Hospital in Richmond. They do it so fast these days. I was in the hospital at 6:30 in the morning, and then back home here in Bendigo at about 2:00 in the afternoon. For my first arthroscope many years ago I was in hospital for three days, which goes to show how good they are at doing them now. This is the 5th one I have had now, and each time they get quicker, it's just like popping in to the dentist for a filling!
Straight onto the couch with ice pack after getting home.
Not a very pretty sight.
The next day, still too swollen to get to work, maybe tomorrow.
And this is why I mentioned in my previous post why it might be difficult to get around the Camping Show in Bendigo on Saturday. Never mind though, regardless, I am determined to be at it as there is so much I want to see there.
Now that the knee has been done, my next part of the rebuild is in two weeks when I head back to Melbourne again for an operation on my shoulder. In one way, I wish I'd had the shoulder done first as it is causing me the most grief, but if I did, and they found something worse than expected it would mean not getting the kneed done as I wouldn't be able to use crutches.
Either way, I think we have stopped the body from falling apart for the time being, and now I just have to be mindful of doing the correct rehab, as I need to get back into shape for my overseas trip early next year.
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