Third Times a Charm, I hope

So after visiting the Doctor this past Wednesday (9/10), I will be having surgery for the 3rd time on Monday 9/22.  I just wanted to get it done ASAP because it is hurting pretty bad, even with taking 500 mg of ibuprofen, and it is constantly stiff.  To get to the point, I will be having it removed in the back of my leg like my 2nd surgery, and he will have to cut open part of my leg in the front because a little piece grew back there.  I just told him to do what he has to do.

He and the other doctors in his office are just puzzled at this because they have never seen it grow back this aggressively before, it has literally grown back the same size, if not bigger, than my last surgery back in March and that is only 6 months ago.

This is just crazy that this just keeps coming back.  I asked about my other options that I have, in reality the only other option besides surgery to remove it is a knee replacement.  He won't do that to me because I am way too young for that, I am only 25, and I would rather not have that done right now.  He said another option is to just fire him and go to a different doctor, but in my opinion, I do not really see what another doctor could do besides what he has given to me as options.  I asked about radiation, like treating it sorta like cancer and having radiation done on it.  He said that he, and almost any other doctor won't even consider that because it isn't really cancer and it could actually cause more damage than good to my body.  Like giving me the possibility of having cancer, weak bones, etc.

One thing I do have to agree with him on, is the fact that just be happy it isn't cancer, mine was the "good" news of the day because he has talked to others and bunches of people have cartilage cancer and I am thankful that is not what I have.

When I do have surgery, which I am not too worried about since I have been through it twice already, I am gonna ask if he can give me a piece of it in a jar to take home because I think that would be awesome!!  I am just hoping that when I wake up I am not in much pain because I figure that I will be better off afterwards than I am now.  I am still doing physical therapy right now because it is keeping my leg loosened up and stretched so it doesn't stiffen up on my like last time.  But I will be doing some PT after the surgery as well because I need to get my leg back to normal.

I will update as I go, not sure if it will be before surgery or afterwards.