My Turn: ACL Reconstruction 2/5/09
I hoped to start this yesterday Pre-Op, but no time: rallied to hospital @5:30AM.
Surgery yesterday at 7:30, awake at 10:45. Discharged at 12:30.
Patellar tendon allograft, medial meniscus trimmed. Doc chose to repair the leteral meniscus bucket-handle tear, rather that trimming it out.
Yesterday went fine, no nausea, good appetite. Napped for 3 hrs when we got home. Got about 3-4 hours of sleep off-and-on last night. Femoral nerve block seemed to wear off about 3:00 AM.
I've been staying ahead of the pain w/ Percocets, working fine so far.
Yay!
I'm now 24hrs post-op, and I'm amazed at how good I feel. Been doing ankle rolls all night/morning, just took the immobilizer off and started gentle quad sets and gentle straight-leg raises. Quads seem to be firing OK for now.
But I'm beginning to wonder how long the 'honeymoon' lasts...
Pulled some excellent advice from GC the last few weeks...good peeps around here. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Stay tuned...
Enjoy Every Sandwich - Warren Zevon
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