11/14/24 MUA

MUA stands for manipulation under anesthesia. Many of you know that I had my knee replaced on 9/11/23. Well, things have not gone that well. I still have a lot of tightness, I still have pain and I think I have a large amount of scar tissue. What they do with an MUA is bend your knee while they have you under anesthesia so they can break up that scar tissue and any adhesions, whatever those are. If I were awake and somebody did this, I’m sure I would scream bloody murder! I have this awful feeling that I’m gonna wake up from this in horrible pain. The nurses are telling me that I will be sore for a couple weeks. Sore is not the same thing as pain. And seeing that they’re going to give me pain pills to take home, I’m sure I’m gonna be in pain.

So if you don’t see too many ads for me this week you’ll know why. And if anybody would like to check in on me to see how I’m doing, that would be very nice. I’m really hoping this helps my range of motion because I just don’t feel like can bend my knee that far. I know that kneeling for a large amount of amount of time is out of the question.  But it would be nice to be able to sit at a table for more than a couple hours without having to get up and stretch and walk around. I’m not going to say that this operation was not a success because it was. I was limping before I got a new knee. I was in a lot of pain all the time. So in that regard, I am much better off. After I have this MUA I will be in physical therapy for six weeks, which I think I can do really well. I can do anything for six weeks. So wish me well that this procedure works.