Healing Your Body After a Major Sugary

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Effectiveness of an Accelerated Rehabilitation Protocol After Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy - Courtney Morgan, Ryan M. Bell, Julie P. Burland, Danielle Kriscenski, Adrian Ilinski, Mark P. Cote, Cory M. Edgar, 2022

On December 11, 2025 I had a MACI with a tibial tubercle osteotomy. I went from running every day and being on my own 24/7 to laying in bed watching trashy tv and begging people to bring me a cup of water and an ice pack.

The change in lifestyle was drastic and the idea of living life like this was stressful, but i’ve turned to over educating myself on the topic and in true fashion reading up on how to best heal the body after a major surgery like this. And well, here is what I found. 

Vitamin D (VD) to help your body absorb the calcium, because let’s be honest 2 days after y surgery I was begging someone to bring me a cold glass of milk (I hate milk. And I truly ment real milk, like red top full fat milk. Well having this surgery in December its hard to get VD naturally (I live up north) but supplements would have to do for the time being and seeing as your body needs it it wasn’t a bad idea to add to my normal supplements. 

Vitamin D-fortified foods can help make sure you meet your needs, and your body can make vitamin D through exposure to sunshine on your bare skin.

Vitamin K (VK) and VD tend to work in tandem and are needed for absorption so much so that VK is often in VD supplements (read the labels of your supplements people they have more then what the name says!!!!) 

Dark leafy greens that are rich in calcium are also rich in vitamin K

Calcium- duh lol. But you don’t have to go drink a glass of milk there is many ways to get calcium without chugging milk like a mad man (unless your craving it at 2am and are begging your dad to bring you a glass like I was, I was down bad don’t judge me :[). This is to help rebuild bone, as well as the collagen structure you need to be build a fracture as aggressive as a tibial tubercle. 

  • Dairy foods and dairy substitutes: Anything made from cow’s milk is a good source of calcium and most dairy substitutes, such as almond milk or soy milk, are fortified with calcium ready the nutrition label to make sure.

  • Leafy greens: Collard greens, bok choy, kale, and turnip greens are examples of leafy greens that provide calcium.

  • Small edible bones: Sardines and other small fish that typically come in cans have tiny edible bones, which provide calcium.

Iron- this not only helps with blood supply, but also with the availability of blood cells to bring nutrients to your bones to help you heal. It also helps reduce stress on the already stressed bones as they are actually where your red blood cells are created! 

Meat. You need to eat meat. Some foods grown in high Iron soil also has good Iron content but meat is the way to go to get iron. But… You can also eat beans seeds and nuts. 

-AMC 

PS: I have the operating room photos of my knee spliced open, and the Xray of my knee with my screws in place with a photo of the clear brake but that seems to gross to post here :). 

Reference:

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/articles/best-foods-for-bone-healing-after-fracture


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