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😃 YAY! Revisional meniscus + knee cleanup surgery complete. Now on the road to recovery! RECAP: 2/11/23 Tore ACL + Medial Meniscus ⛷️ skiing in Jackson Hole. 3/22/23 Surgery. ACL Allograft + Meniscus repair. While Dr Mandelbaum did a stellar job on the ACL, repaired meniscus has been problematic since surgery. I’ve had medial side knee pain + swelling the last 14months. ACL full recovery: 9-12mo, but surgically repaired meniscus should fully recover long before: 6mo in healthy athletic individual like me. Despite being PT overachiever, my phenomenal therapist + I kept hitting wall every time we tried agility work, particularly jumping w/ lateral movement. 1 yr postop, I was still unable to hit progress markers for mo 6 w/o triggering pain / swelling. Thereon we spent more time managing pain/reducing swelling than advancing skills. At 1 year, she admitted, I just don’t know what to do w/you. 😢 I’ve tried every type of therapy to reduce pain/swelling. Your form + muscle firing are on point. There’s something deeper going on. Crazy recalling how quickly I bounced back from double hip replacement 1.5yr earlier! Meanwhile I kept pushing for answers. For months, dr dismissed my concerns as these things take time to heal, then bone bruise on tibial plateau, then medial side cysts that continued to return after multiple aspirations. 4/19/24 MRI confirmed meniscus tear. I researched meniscus repair surgery techniques + requested official surgical notes. The ACL Allograft replacement procedure was copiously noted, whereas the poor little meniscus got 1 line: The tissue was good so it was repaired with 1 fiberstitch. It was stable when complete. 💡CLARITY! Re-tear rates in repaired meniscii are high, particularly concurrent w/ ACL damage + esp in athletic pop. Shock! We place higher demands on our bodies. Rates are even higher than reported, as many experiencing pain post-surgery elect to live with it, feeling original surgery was unsuccessful, why go through it again. >

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So…2023 was a rough one for me. ⛷️ Tore my ACL + Medial Meniscus at Jackson Hole last year. Got stitched up. But the recovery took forever! In 2021, I bounced back from a simultaneous Bilateral Hip Replacement surgery to fix Hip Dysplasia, a birth defect I never knew I had until I started having pain in my 40s during the sports I ❤️ ⛷️ 🏂 🏐. Is this my new life? For months, I’ve secretly felt so Fragile. Broken. Old. Sad. I want the original Whitney back! She always faced fears head on. So… Let’s go back to the scene of the crash! 💥 Let’s prove you can still do this! Let’s prove what you already know: 1. Your new ACL + Meniscus are perfectly luscious! 2. You’ve completed 9 months of Physical Therapy to prepare for strenuous sports activity. Thanks to my knee surgeon, Dr Bert Mandelbaum @kerlanjobe + physical therapist Alexa Rojas @performancetherapysm for prepping me. Thanks to my absurdly helpful husband @byronpaidoussi for repeatedly bolstering me back up physically + emotionally, especially at my lowest points. Thanks to my stellar support squad who reminded me safety first! Stick with greens + blues for a while I shake off the rust, acclimate + rebuild my confidence. O! I’ve missed this! Finally feeling ALIVE. WHOLE. ME again. ❤️ Bank 100% FULL! #skiing #snowboarding #jacksonhole #jackson

Recently consulted with TONAL on the DOs and DON’Ts of HOME GYM SETUP. Thanks Michelle Konstantinovsky for including us!

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Happy Birthday, Byron! Remember when 43 used to sound so old?! Well, you’re making it look pretty damn good! Cheers to another year together. I’m confident it will be better than the last!

While we’ve had some fun moments, admittedly the last year was pretty painful. Your ankle surgery, my unexplained hip pain/it’s dysplasia/let’s replace both hips, Mojo’s lung cancer diagnosis (thank goodness he seems to be pretty happy), + my dad’s rapid decline to Parkinson’s. I’ll be honest, I don’t know how how would have gotten though this without you.

I’ve never felt more helpless than I did post-bilateral hip replacements. But you were so patient, assisting on the multitude of stairs in our home, sherpa-ing ALL my things EVERYWHERE when I was on a walker, then cane, but also adapting things so I could still contribute + feel valuable, like setting me up at the table with a cutting board, knife + a mountain of veggies to chop for meal prep when I couldn’t stand for long periods of time,

I wish my surgery recovery was as quick + straight-forward as yours! The physical setbacks + self-doubt have definitely left me moody, negative + at times a flat out b***h. You didn’t deserve my wrath + I’m not sure I deserved such tolerance, but I do very much appreciate it!

Thank you for being so amazing with our animals. I know you didn’t grow up with dogs but each experience with our baby, Mojo has made you every bit the dog-obsessed, walk across the street to pet a cute pup, nutcase I am! I know the 6-9 month life expectancy, has been inexplicably hard for both of us, but thank you for being on the same page with pushing chemo + anything that might extend Mojo’s comfort + time here with us.

Lastly, thank you for being so supportive amidst this heart-wrenching Papa with Parkinson’s plight. Witnessing the man who raised me waste away physically + mentally is killing me. I love him so much. Thanks for letting me visit him whenever I need to + handling our business + life on the home front like a pro.

I love you !

Mammoth bound 🏂 ⛷ 🦣