Heading in for fourth knee surgery in 14 months, whew

This last one was totally my fault. Four weeks after last surgery I slipped while crawling on an obsticle course in the pool with the kids. Not even the compression ice or 2400mg of Ibu a day for 5 days was enough to calm it down. Here's the compression ice wrap I use FYI:

Here are some key lessons learned this time around:
1) It takes 4-6 weeks for miniscus to fully recover from surgery.
2) The quad shuts down if there is swelling in the knee, which can lead to atrophy if you don't do specific excercises to keep them active. See PT for details.
3) Taking lots of Ibu is a mixed bag: in my case the swelling and pain was worse when I stopped taking it as it was masking pain that my body was using as a signal to warn me something was wrong.
4) I had a tough time recovering from the propofol anesthesia given me for this last surgery. Serously affected my concentration for weeks. Apparently there was a recall just after my surgery on June 3rd, 2010, but the doc says they examined all the propofol they used and didn't see any of the stainless steel particulate matter floating around. I hope they are right, because I had some serious health problems after the surgery that I haven't been able to explain.
5) surgery sucks!