Another year, another surgery......

Yes, the old man has undergone the knife once again! Why I do this to myself I do not know, but I think that red two wheeled thing in the garage keeps me seeking the holy grail of knee surgeries! This time it was just a cleanup of a previous surgery, so no real damage was being repaired. Here are a couple of photos to show you what was going on:













What happened was that the cartilage that was replaced in the last surgery (2004) grew too much and started to impinge on my meniscus and thus caused the bones to rub a little. The pain sent me back to Duke for a consult and Dr. Toth and the staff at Duke Sports Medicine in Durham, NC have taken really good care of me! After the surgery the pain in the knee was gone and although I have a lot of getting in shape left to do, the leg feels better and I should be back on a bike in no time! (Sorry Mom!)

Progression of surgeries.....
#1 (ACL/Microfracture)
#2 (Tibial Osteotemy & Carticel Implant)









#3 (Carticel Arthroscopy)

Back soon with another post, but until then....

Mike "Keep it on two wheels" Kennedy