The eve of my knee operation

Finally at last I am about to have my long-awaited knee operation.

I go into hospital tomorrow morning for an arthroscopy to tidy up damage behind my knee cap and then the surgeon will tilt my knee cap and undertake a tibial tubercle osteomy to address my kneecap tracking.  Basically they are going to detach my kneecap, surgically fracture my tibia then they screw the bone in its new place.  I will have to wear a brace for two to six weeks until the bone has healed and will be on crutches for a while.

It is quite daunting knowing that I will be out of action for a while and I am not sure when I will be able to return to work as there are several small sets of steps to negotiate - plus I need to be able to drive but I have a laptop and can connect to our systems from home so I should be able to do some work from home as soon as I feel well enough.

I am worried about my mobility post-knee op due to my back.  MRI scans have just revealed that I have multi level disc degeneration in my spine - three discs are protruding and one has completely slipped and is crushing a nerve which is what is causing the pain in my pelvis and the sciatica down my right leg. It is what is causing the pain in my lower back too.  I am waiting to be referred to a spinal surgeon to see if they can do spinal surgery to cut away the disc and to relieve the pressure on my nerve.  Deep joy!  I haven't told my boss about that one yet!

So not sure how I will be able to sleep on my back or how I will manage to get up and down stairs but I am hoping that being off my feet for a couple of weeks will be a great opportunity to catch up on some reading, crochet and maybe some blogging??

Anyway best get to sleep as I have to get up at 5.15am to drink 2 pints of water before I go in!

Thanks to all the wonderful friends who are praying for me and who are arranging the meal rota for us over the next few days x