This week was rough, but I can assure you that I am improving every day. I remember my surgeon telling me this was a “quick and easy operation.” Maybe it is for him because he does 7 MPFL Reconstructions a week (he told me). The operation is only 2 hours, but recovery is a lot longer and a lot more painful. Let me just tell … Continue reading Week 1 Update
The entire month of March was one very long countdown to the surgery date. I had been waiting for the operation for over a year, and I just wanted to get my knee fixed. Prior to my operation I watched as many vlogs and read as many blogs as I could find about MPFL Reconstruction. There weren’t that many, and even so, I still had … Continue reading Day of Surgery
My knees were always loose. My left knee was looser than my right; that’s just how I was built. I had partially dislocated my left knee twice before but I thought nothing of it because the pain would go away within a few minutes. In late 2016, I was going to go for a run. I hopped off my front step, landed awkwardly on my … Continue reading Backstory
Katie Tan 