{"id":878,"date":"2023-01-27T08:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/?p=878"},"modified":"2023-01-27T08:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:24:53","slug":"knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/knee-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On January 16, 2023 I had knee surgery to address some pain I had been feeling. Apparently I had Medial and Lateral Meniscus tears, basically on the left and right side of my knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing that my Mom loves this type stuff, I thought I would post the pictures taken during the procedure. Knew is doing well !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"681\" data-attachment-id=\"875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/2023-knee-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-1.png?fit=2548%2C3301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2548,3301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-2.png?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"681\" data-attachment-id=\"877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/2023-knee-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?fit=2548%2C3301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2548,3301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-knee-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?fit=525%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=525%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"877\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/2023-knee-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=790%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 790w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=768%2C995&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=1186%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?resize=1581%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1581w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-knee-3.png?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgeon said that the #2 images on the pictures above show the before and after. I also apparently have arthritis, shown in the third image. The pink area of the trochlear groove, where the knee cap slides when you bend your knee, shows bone on bone contact. Strange enough, that has not bothered me at all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally took care of the right knee&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8MROt-ea","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/bradschauf.com\/blog\/road-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":878,"position":0},"title":"Road trip!","author":"bradschauf","date":"June 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From Tucson to St. Louis to Pensacola and back with Uncle Bob and Bro Mike. 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