Arthroscopic knee surgery

I had my follow up visit with Dr DaSilva and it has been determined that I have worn down cartilage and bone on the inside of my left knee. I will be having arthoscopic surgery in a few weeks where the Dr. will determine what damage there is. The possible procedure(s) that will be done will be a meniscectomy and microfracture.

If a meniscetomy is done the damaged tissue will be taken away and donor tissue will be added however if the damage is too much the tissue will only be removed with no implant. A microfracture is where the doctor will drill small holes into the damaged bone to get the bone to bleed and expell marrow out to begin regrowth of the bone. Again if there is too much damage then a bone graft will be placed with pins.

Now the big question: How will this affect my running.? Dr. DaSilva told me that I will probably not run again and that I should focus on my biking and swimming. I explained to him that I have overcome some pretty big challenges in my life and we will just have to wait and see how the surgery turns out. I guess the bottom line is that what ever happens will happen. No problem.

More to come.........