Well this is , presumably my last visit to the surgeon who did the deed. We arrived in Lyon at the Clinic de Sauvegarde at about 1020 were met once again by our english speaking guide who is a miracle worker for parking and taking us around.
We waited with the great unwashed for X-rays.. tell me why the X-ray techs are always tiny little women..
then with copies of X-rays in hand we walked out of one building into another and waited for a small while until we say Dr Demay.
He is such a nice nice nice man.. honestly you could not have anyone more thorough and apparently patient. We reviewed the op, he showed me and C the actual prothesis and the patella. He examined the x- rays and compared them with the ones taken shortly after the op. Then he examined the actual
surgical site. Exclaimed at my ability to bend my knee easily to 110 degrees and said keep working on increasing that angle. He thought the scar was fine. The prothesis was in place as it should be.
We then discussed the OTHER knee. He looked at the X-rays of the right knee.. taken a few months before , he said it would not be necessary to have MRI done as it , altho not as serious as the other knee was afflicted in a similar way. The patella was not involved tho.
He said to wait at least 6 months before considering any action on the right knee..and wondered if some of the shots available wld help if the physio did not help . The durolane shots in Canada, are not covered by health care and cost 300 each, in France they are not covered either but cost 200 euros for a set of three.
The maximum you may receive are 3 shots, as after that I think they are not effective.
So feeling relieved and happy we offered to take our translator out to lunch and went to a lovely fish restaurant.. for scallops st jacques .. ( coquilles st Jaques) followed by a coffee gourmand which meant
a demi tasse coffee, with two small similar sized dishes of creme brûlée, vanilla with choc sauce and almond cake.. a great dessert.
We have just arrived home, it is about 4 pm having left at 0830. What a wonderful daughter I have.
We took the dog with us and when we were in the restaurant the waiters could see her in the car and told us to bring her in.. which of course we did.. they brought her a container, marked dog, with water and everyone made a great fuss of her. I shall miss taking her to restaurants in Canada.. she smooths the way to lots of positive attention. Even the chef popped out for a second.
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