Today I had the opportunity to Skype with my surgeon, Craig McAllister, MD. The first video is a 10 day post-op visit where you will see me remove my dressing and he will be reviewing with me the protocol moving forward: The second video is his answer to my question concerning what techniques, in the…

Monday, October 16: This represented one full week after surgery.  It was my daughter’s birthday so I got dressed in clothes that did not include sweat pants and went out to a steakhouse in New Jersey (about an hour drive.  My wife drove, course.  When I leave the house I take my crutches.  As my…

I am writing this post while on the plane back home.  It is Saturday October 14.  Thursday and Friday repeated the minimum pain I had on Wednesday.  Don’t get me wrong here- in certain positions and with certain motions the knee can be very painful.  For example I can bend the knee to 95° and…

At least so far I feel I am actually progressing a bit smoother than the last time, which was actually quite good, although it really is too early to tell.  Tuesday was postoperative day (POD) 1.  That was the worst day.  At about 3 PM the pain maxed out at about 6/10 and I took…

A View from the “Other Side” Today, 10/9/17, I had my right knee operated on.  Last year it was the left knee.  I actually had this planned, of course, for some time, but since the symptoms were so similar, as was my SwiftPath preop program with Dr. McAllister, I figured the preop part of this…