Jane Fonda went in for surgery on her knee on June 16th... she blogged all about it on her website... hope the surgery went well.
From her blog entry titled SO LONG OLD KNEE:
It’s 1:30am. I’m still on Paris time and a little wired about today’s surgery. I go in at 8am??
I’ve been studying my knee–the left one. It’s never been my favorite
part of me, partial as I am to the boney variety– elongated, skin close
to the bone. Like my dad’s. Picture Christ’s knees in El Greco’s
painting of the crucifixion. It’s at the Frick Museum in New York, I
think. At least that’s where I first saw it.??
Still, I am growing fond of this left knee now that I have to say
goodbye. It’s been a strong, faithful knee. It’s gotten me up a lot of
steep mountains and across rugged terrain. For years I ran on it and
skied. I am remembering the girlhood scabs from falls off my bike. The
splinters and bruises. The kisses too. Vadim liked to kiss my knees.
(He was French).??
Hip replacement scars are off to the side and you don’t notice. Knee
replacement scars are right there in front–a long dark line straight
down the middle that inevitably leaves the knee somewhat misshapen.
Liza Minnelli showed me hers back stage at the Tonys when she was
demonstrating for me how to walk so the pain wouldn’t show. Bless her
heart.
No more short skirts–but then I never wore them much anyway.??
I saw the doc yesterday–straight from the airport. He took X-rays. Yup, need a new one for sure. I’m no hypochondriac.??
Jane Fonda also Twittered about the surgery, saying "Drugs starting to hit. Wheeee. So long left knee. You're toast!"