...was not a good idea! I had hoped the video would just describe the surgery without showing it, but no such luck. The video was 4 minutes, so it didn't show every second, but it was more than enough. I watched a little, hoping when the doctor showed where he would cut the hand that he wouldn't really cut the hand...and it got more graphic from there. I had to look away part of the time; got queasy when they pulled the tendon out so they could test the movement of the finger. But it is pretty short and simple surgery--supposed to take 20-25 min. Mine's scheduled for Monday; even with minor surgery I'll be at the hospital all afternoon. Looks like I'll have a regional block (numbed left arm and hand) with IV sedation--so I'll be out during the surgery, but should wake up fairly quickly.
On to another ailment, I read up more on gracilis syndrome. The gracilis muscle runs along the inside edge of the leg, and attaches to the pelvis. According to an article I found on the web, this muscle allows the hip to move across the body. I'm not sure how the orthopedist decided that was my problem, since it's my quad muscle that hurts. He pulled my leg different ways; it did hurt most toward the top of my leg. So the exercises he's having me do are supposed to help with range of motion, and are different from quad strengthening exercises. But the bicycling helps with that; not sure whether it also helps with gracilis syndrome.
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