The million dollar knee

So as most of you know I had knee surgery last September after a tragic little accident involving a lunge and a running two year old.  Well the knee healed just wonderfully.  I have full range of motion in my knee, I can finally go up and down stairs without a great deal of pain, and I even began to run on the treadmill.  So the knee is doing great.  The tibia (the bone they broke, moved, and screwed back together) not doing so great.  X-rays showed it healed just fine, but the pain I was experiencing was due to the two titanium screws they used to put me back together. "So let's just take them out, " they say.  Like its as easy as that. 

 I wish.  No its back to the OR, under anesthesia, cutting my leg open again, drilling in bones, you know all that good stuff.  Not to mention meeting my out of pocket maximum again.  Insurance companies- dirty bastards, I hate em! (sorry its the pain meds talking)

Anyhow- surgery went well, pain manageable, I think everything should work out great. We all should expect good things to come from this million dollar leg.  I don't know what, but something!

                                                           Surgery #1

Surgery #2  Aren't they beautiful.  They are titanium, maybe I could use them as some sort of jewelry.