Two Days Until Surgery

I'm so ready for all of this drama to be over. I like wearing shorts and skirts but now I'm going to have an ugly scar on my knee and I'm angry. I’m only 47 I've had over 20 surgeries and now scars on every part of my body. I'm angry that I'm going to have a huge one on my knee where everyone will be able to see it. I've learned to cover most of my scars by wearing the right kinds of clothes but in Arizona how are you supposed to hide a huge scar on the knee. I'm not vain, well maybe a little. I have a very handsome younger husband who loves me very much scars and all but sometimes I feel bad about being all scarred up. 

I know I could have the surgeon only use the arthroscope but I also know it won't provide the best chances of destroying this hideous monsters bone eating destruction long term. I don't want more surgery than is absolutely necessary, but how is one to know?  I suppose that's where trusting your surgeon comes into play. Cartoon from: klefever.blogspot.com

 I saw my primary care doc on Thursday to get my health clearance for surgery. He was very honest with me and said he really didn't know much about PVNS. I told him my take on it in the short amount of time we had. I was joking and said I was going to have a centipede tattooed on my scar. He just laughed. He's the kind of doc that everyone should have. He really cares and has very good intuition of what a patient is going through.

The good news is that I will have my back MRIs done tonight and it should rule in or out some stuff. Maybe I’ll actually find out why I went to the doctor in the first place