and... dancing is also still a bit scary with some of the movements, but I can generally enjoy it with no problem now (swing, ballroom, folk), which is awesome :)

It is still emotionally difficult...

It's been about a year since I've been onsite... (Nurse Nina I think I remember your posts! Glad to hear how you are.) Thought I'd provide an update, maybe let some of you know what to expect at 14...

Shealynn, condolences! I totally can relate to the emotional pain. And needing people to help carry everything. This lasted about 2.5 months for me. Sometimes, I would get so frustrated/ tired i'd...

Thanks for sharing these articles! you weren't kidding they're not light reading ;)... even a partial reading of one has given me plenty of new things to be anxious about (why didn't my surgeon do an...

great going! It has begun! Asap i hope to get on there and contribute! (it's been on my to-do list for several days to help get this going!)

Krausedmb -- about when can we start stengthening/...

Amanda -- i have similar issues with the hip area on that leg... it "pops" constantly when i try to bend, and can't do the butterfly stretch, sooo tight. Hopefully will loosen with time/ usage.
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Thanks East Mtn - Alleluia is right and THANK YOU for the prayers too!!! Wow, a free hand, i can't wait for that day... congrats! haha, so long, manpurse! i'm ever inspired how you have continued to...

My encouraging update:

Had my 6-week X-ray April 3rd, and the Ortho. RN i met with (surgeon wasn't avail) devastated me by saying the bones had sunk down (despite surgeon's attempt to bring them...

Hi Jesse, so sorry about your injury and the blood clot! I too have a lateral TPF (displaced, comminuted, depressed) -- Feb. 18th, soccer game. Like your surfing, I had just bought all this awesome...

Hey thanks so much for all this!! I needed it. Good reminder -- re-firing the muscles is key. Good tip too, to tighten so hard and long until you actually feel something working (go past that point)....

Pool P.T. routines: I found this helpful video! Makes me wish a Hydroworx place was close to me! The routines are designed for Non Weight Bearing... (And yes, as someone else wrote a disclaimer: I am...

[QUOTE=liamy;3606272]Hi guys. I just passed my nine month mark and have had alot of PT experience, so I offer my two cents.
I've have three different PTs......

Amy thank you sooo much for all...

Any PT advice?
Been obsessing about trying find the best. What lengths should we go to, you know? Is it really necessary to move, or drive long distances (can't drive at all yet anyways), that's...

great posts everyone!
Had my 6-week post-op x-ray yesterday... like someone else posted above, I went in hopeful and came out crushed, depressed, like it's over for my future hopes of playing sports...

Hey EastMtn -- sent you a private message if you have a minute! Being from Northern VA too it would be interesting if you could share more details about doctors and PT you've found up there, thanks!!

Shaving!! y'all said it!! I shudder every time and try to go as fast and light as possible over that area. Doc warned at least part of that area might never return... sure hope he's wrong!

Hi Sue,...

thanks for posting liamy... is a good reality check for my lofty conceptualizations of the day i switch to weight-bearing! (At one-month-post injury, i've still got 1-2 more months) And wow two more...

Ryanrene: thanks for the update... glad things have gotten better!! Hm i will try ask my OS about the steri stips then (nurse told me just leave them be till they naturally fall off). So glad you...

thank you so much, great encouragement!!

Question: Does anyone know of any professional athlete who ever suffered a major displaced TPF and made it back one day to his game? i can only find a couple football examples of minor/ non-displaced...

Sorry for all the posts everyone but as I read back through all these old posts I have so much i want to respond to! This is exciting to find people going through same things! Ryanrene, maybe by now...

oh my goodness!!! bless your heart. How absolutely horrible. I had a friend in a car accident with similar things -- broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, fractured shoulder... i have indeed heard from...

Thanks chas512 this is encouraging! Yeah as a new poster it's good to meet others with this type injury... while ACL is so common to tear, i have never known/ heard of anyone that broke their knee...

Wow I am impressed you are going into college after just two weeks!! Not sure if your break is less bad than mine or something but I definitely wouldn't be able to handle that, esp with the craziness...

Hey Bananas, I found this post through an internet search... you posted like 9 months ago but if you're still out there reading this, we have some real similarities with slight differences about our...