My third week after my second meniscectomy was filled with a few key progress steps. Before learning more about my recovery during this week, it may help to review my Week 1 Rehab and Week 2 Rehab posts. Keep reading to learn more about my third week or recovery following my second partial meniscectomy. How …
The second week after my second meniscectomy was still a pretty challenging one. If you haven’t yet seen it, please review my update for my Week 1 Rehab for background on my progress. Here, I’ll share the details of my second week of recovery after my second partial meniscectomy. How I Felt During Week 2 …
On September 9th, 2022, I had my second meniscectomy, and third knee surgery overall. In case you have not seen my other content, I had my first knee surgery (ACL reconstruction and menisci repair) in April 2018, and my second surgery (partial meniscectomy) in May 2019. Here is an overview of my first week of …
Three years ago, I recovered from my second knee surgery, a partial meniscectomy. That was a little over a year after recovering from my ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Since then, I’ve dealt with some minor issues, but generally nothing major, as you can read about in my 3-year post-op update. But since then, things …
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Meniscectomy recovery FAQ All surgeries are frightening experiences, and one of the most common for athletes is a meniscus surgery. I had both menisci repaired, and then later had one trimmed in a meniscectomy. Since then, I had ANOTHER meniscectomy (on the same meniscus) in 2022. In this post, I will share answers to some …
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I am now two years out of ACL and medial and lateral meniscus surgery and one year post-op from a partial meniscectomy. To say it has been a journey is quite an understatement. After a grueling 11 month recovery from my first surgery, my medial meniscus repair failed and I had to get another surgery, …
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Month three post meniscectomy. This was also the last month of true recovery after having my second knee surgery. This month, I continued building on the progress I made during the second month and was nearly back to normal by the end of the third month. My focus was on cutting, building back power, and …
Following a nearly year-long recovery from ACL and medial and lateral meniscus surgery, my medial meniscus repair failed. Just 13 months after my initial surgery, I was back in surgery again for a partial meniscectomy. During both of my recoveries, I found it very helpful to learn about other peoples’ experiences, so I also documented …