I had arthoscopic knee debridement on Friday. It's not a guaranteed fix for the 18 months of knee pain I've had, but after six months of physical therapy that wouldn't progress past the mechanical sticking point of frayed cartilage, I was willing to give it a try. I had trauma to my knees 15-20 years ago (so they say) and I'm missing a whole "pothole" of cartilage from under my knee cap. I had two different surgeons explain to me that it's like a paint chip from a wall, that gets brushed every time I bend my knee. Eventually, the paint chip gets bigger and flakes more off onto the floor. Except the paint chip is a pothole under my knee cap, causing "irreparable, significant damage." I had bruising in my patella from the impact, and it hurt to do anything, including sleep and wear skinny jeans. Ugh. The odds of a surgery fixing this problem are not 100% by a stretch, because I will always be missing that cartilage. But at least the edges of the ...
