About 3 weeks after surgery, my right knee started bleeding internally as shown in this picture:
It took over 2 months for the bleeding to stop. The doctor was just about to schedule another surgery to go back in and cauterize the blood vessals. While I was battling this, I caught a strange flu bug in July that the ER doc thought could be swine flu, so he gave me Tamiflu, even though the swab came back negative for Swine flu. OMG. Within two hours of taking Tamiflu, I was laying flat on my back unable to move thinking this is the worst flu I've ever had. Two days later I learned I didn't have Swine flu and should stop taking the Tamiflu. When my muscles began to recover, I realized that the immobilization was caused by the Tamiflu. 3 days later, I stood up from sitting in a chair, turned, and tore the miniscus in my left knee. It took six months of PT and 2 knee surgeries to recover from the Tamiflu. More on this nightmare saga later.
BTW, the thing that finally stopped the internal bleeding was compressed ice packs followed by wearing a neoprene wrap. Ace bandages just weren't strong enough. Thanks a ton to the ProClub PT staff (Susan in particular) for getting me started on this. The ultra important take-away on this is that doctors / surgeons may know how to do surgery, but they may not know how to help you recover from the surgery.
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