Nancy,
Good to hear that you are back in the saddle. We have missed you! I think that the B's would agree that their ride just isn't the same without you. I am not medical, just a trainer, but I would seriously reconsider using Cortisone shots in that manner. But, I can understand why you would ask your doctor about the implications of continuing down that path. The down time you will experience from a total know replacement would keep you off the bike for quite some time Why not get in as much as you can out of the knee before the surgery? Use the metaphoric scale of reason: on one side put in all of the reasons for getting the knee replaced right now, and, on the other put in all of the reasons that make shooting it up with cortisone a good option. Which way does the scale tilt? See you on the roads. Rick ---- Nancy Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Tony, > > it was sure good seeing you and the staff at the store yesterday. can you > believe that was the first time since the injury that i had the LOOK > out??!!!? i ended up with 18 miles at a 15mph and i was soooo happy. > remember when this would have made me mad? it was great feeling the burn > in the quads, tasting lung on the hills; it stirred up lots of memories of > the good ole days. i miss riding and socializing with the group. > > i did get the second opinion today and the doc said replacement. he did > say that he would be willing to shoot me full of depo-medrol (cortisone), > every 2-3 months so that i can get as many miles out of the knee as possible > before any drastic steps are taken. the replacement is about my only > option since i have had multiple scopes, extensive PT. lots of cortisone, > synvisc etc > . > when i asked him about getting too many shots of cortisone because of the > damage that it can do to the soft tissue, cartilage, bone, or whatever, he > said that since mine was already extensively damaged and sooner or later i > would be getting a replacement then no big deal. if any one in the group is > medically savvy on this and would like to put in their two cents i would > like to hear it. > > but anyway, if you happen to see me decked out in my gyros jersey, on the > look, going 12 mph. please don't laugh :) take care and be safe. > Nancy > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
