Okay, so now 3 months post injury, my date finally hit today. Went in at 8:15am back out of surgery at 10:00am. The fantastic news, meniscus was intact, so no repair needed. I'm hooked up to ice/cpm/meds and lifes pretty okay... just waiting for the slide!
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Thread: ACLR patella tendon
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06-01-2010, 01:28 PM #1
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ACLR patella tendon
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06-02-2010, 01:57 PM #2
Butter with a toothpick
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Damn the block wore off and I'm just in a bad place - didn't get onto the meds quickly enough, now sawhorsing. Anyone have any good tricks? seems that the pain is coming from a)the tibial graft site, and b) the femoral tunnel... Man this sucks.
/dan
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06-02-2010, 02:14 PM #3
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Ice and lots of it?
And perhaps strong drink..."... Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards." – Edward Abbey
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06-03-2010, 03:12 PM #4
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my advice? dont slack on the meds. i know, too late.
whenever i have surgery (which has been far too often the last few years) i set an alarm clock for every three hours. make sure i have my meds and a glass of water next to my bed. wake up, pop a few oxycodones, maybe an ibu 800 if i think it's due (hard to keep track with the oxys) and right back to sleep.
kind of like when i was in college and i liked to wake up, drop a hit of lsd then roll back to sleep until the dreams got out of hand."They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Ben Franklin
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06-04-2010, 03:01 AM #5
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thanks, all, worked through the 2nd day pain, day 3 was mucho better, ROM is ~90, walking full weightbearing with brace. First Post-Op PT today.
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