Ok back to my regular scheduled blogging.
Today was my first time to meet with my doctor after my ACI. (Remember he was on the beach during my first! Or at least that’s where I’m imagining him to be.) It was a short appointment, well the actual appointment was short, the waiting time was much longer. Oh well good time to chat with people in the 2nd waiting room (that’s right they have a 2 waiting room system, my doctors office is bigger than yours!). Nothing brings strangers together more than dishing about their wounds and playing scar and tell. I was about 30 years younger than most of my fellow patients today yet I’ve had at least double the surgeries. (4 scopes and 1 ACI) Good times.
The doctor said my scar was healing well and I just needed to stay on the program my PT has set for me. For all those who care I did ask him about why he used a porcine graft instead of my own tissue. His answer was that Carticel and the graft are from different companies and therefore don’t market themselves together. But reps for both “products” do suggest combining them. There are several studies that show the benefits of the porcine graft, a major one being that a post ACI scope is not as likely because of overgrowth of my cells. (Which I did read before my ACI, however did not discuss with my doctor, or at least I don’t remember talking with him about it. It’s been a long process and so some details might have escaped me!) Either way I’m pleased that I’m part piggy!
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