FYI, I totally encourage you all to start a drinking game based off how many times I mention my god forsaken knee....just think, you'll be drunk before noon!
Anyway, turns out that Stacie had the same issue that my doctor is thinking is going on with me, so she gave me some GREAT news regarding the surgery. It sounds much easier than I thought and she's already further along in her recovery than I am. So I'm really hopeful now and I actually kind of hope we go this route since it will probably reduce the risk of it ever dislocating again.
AND, my work had a work-life balance expo today...turns out that my yoga studio was here handing out info. I stopped by to talk to the owner and to thank her for holding on to my membership for me (I'd renewed it 2 days before this whole thing happened)...she said she's not only holding onto it for me, she's giving me unlimited free classes until this whole knee thing is taken care of and I'm back 100% - I can't do anything besides laying around in the heat at this point, but OMG I'm so happy! I've been so miserable without it! I couldn't help it, I literally cried when she told me.
Woo hoo! MRI is Saturday, June 30 (at 6.45 in the morning - yikes!) and follow up with the ortho is tentatively set for July 24 b/c he's on vacation for a while, but she told me to expect to be squeezed in earlier than that, once he's back.
If I can get the surgery done by mid-August, I think I'll be okay for our Vegas trip in October!