Dunkirk NY – The food shopping has been done, the RV is winterized, and all errands that required physical labor have been completed. It’s all over but the cutting.
Radar projection for Thursday AM
Tonight we head up to Buffalo, spend the night in the Hampton Inn just around the corner from the surgery center, and at 7:30 AM will be checking in for surgery. Naturally, since this is a pretty important event, the weather is being less than cooperative. My wife and I are famous for making travel plans that are always hampered by bad weather, and tomorrow is no different. The area is supposed to get its first significant snowfall of the year overnight tonight and into tomorrow. Fortunately, it does look like the immediate lake shore will be spared any accumulation. Most of the significant snow will fall in the hills. So with my wife driving back (who dislikes driving in anything but ideal conditions), it will be a little bit of an adventure, and something of a sloppy mess to arrive home.
An arthroscopic repair of the meniscus
And in case you’ve never seen one, here’s a look at what an arthroscopic procedure entails. There are three instruments: the irrigation instrument, the arthroscope, and the surgical instrument. Three holes are punched, one for each instrument, and the work is pretty much done by looking at a monitor and sawing/cutting away at the tear until it’s as smooth and clean as it can get. It’s pretty quick, and I remember the last time I was up and around fairly good in three days. No driving or riding in a car for a month, though, and of course no exercise or extraneous movement until it’s time for physical therapy.
All in all, should be a fun time! -twl
Illustration of the procedure