You Did What??

I tore the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), the medial meniscus in my right knee on 6-2-09 when I slipped/fell backward off a 10" step. A microfracture of the femoral condyle was also discoverd. I felt a very painful pop on impact and another pop when up-righting myself again. It's a very common injury to both pro and weekend warrior athletes. I tore the meniscus in this same knee in 2007. I'm an active woman and a delivery person for a major company so it is imperative that I'm 100%. This is the story of my ACL surgery on August 18, 2009. To start reading from the beginning click and at the bottom of the page there is a "newer post" link.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Day 13

This is getting tiresome already. I'm ready for the brace and crutches to go away. I am just about half way to being free from the brace and unless Dr Anderson says differently on Wednesday, I'll be free from the crutches (most of the time) by this time next week plus a day, but who's counting!

I fell square on my butt today crutching myself up the stairs at the back entry to my house. There are only 5 steps and it's so less complicated to just crutch up them backward rather than setting everything down and scooting it up with you while you scoot up on your butt. I also have no "aid" at the top of these stairs to help me stand up after reaching the top. Well, I got relaxed with the procedure and was going too fast and BAM! I slipped and fell. Fortunately my butt has some extra padding these days and took the brunt of the blow although I did put quite a bit of pressure on my boo-boo knee with the micro fracture in it. oops

I can bend it just a little bit beyond 90 degrees. Tomorrow marks the end of two weeks since my acl surgery.

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