ACL Class of 2017

[bodywhomper]

So basically, y’all are also paying a lot. (Iron Horse, thanks for your service).

The last few (three) years, my family has been paying almost $20k each year through high deductible insurance, including the premium. With an HSA card, I’m pretty sure I can only add something like $7k/annually.

[mcski]

That’s a big reason why I held off and switched to Kaiser. Out of pocket max down from >8k to a little over 1k. Although, I May regret that decisión now that I’ve finally met the Ortho I was referred to! lol

[The Iron Horse]

(Iron Horse, thanks for your service).

Semper Fi

[yeahman]

So basically, y’all are also paying a lot. (Iron Horse, thanks for your service).

The last few (three) years, my family has been paying almost $20k each year through high deductible insurance, including the premium. With an HSA card, I’m pretty sure I can only add something like $7k/annually.

I think you can do a $1,500 bump up to the HSA for extra expenses. For a family of 4 it is $8,300 total per year.

Not sure what your family income is but if it's not much over 100k you should check healthcare.gov. It also depends on if you have an employer offering you insurance.

[bodywhomper]

Thx. $7k vs $8.3k is a pretty big difference. I’ll have to double check what is available to me (I thought it was closer to $7k).

My employer provides insurance. It is a better bottom line for similar coverage as available for my wife, who works for a school district.

[mcski]

Im a little surprised you get better Ins through your employer than your wife’s district.

[The Iron Horse]

For those who have used the DonJoy IceMan machine, did you go with the universal pad or the knee specific pad (the one with hole for the patella)?

[Djongo Unchained]

^^^^^

I had a Breg polar care model but the knee pad was covered over the patella.

Not sure how one with/without the hole would affect much differently. Maybe if the patella was cracked and zero pressure was important...

[The SnowShow]

Well, ski season ended badly for our 12 year old. She fell weird a week and a half ago skiing at A-Basin and tore her ACL and partially tore her meniscus. So fucking bummed as it affects so much we had planned in the next 9 months. She had just tried out and made a club bball team. She has to drop vball and ballet and cannot do her recital next month. And we had her signed up for a bunch of sports camps this summer she cannot do now. I had a backpack with her planned in the Tetons in June planned that we now can’t do. Plus 9 months off puts us at February next season for day 1 skiing. I’m so gutted.

[motopsycha]

Sorry to hear that SnowShow. A year ago I was with my 15 yo daughter when she slipped in the parking lot at Bridger and dislocated her right knee. This was after spending 4 months rehabbing her left one from another accident. Not as bad as what your daughter had happen but still really tough to go through. I remember her frustration and sadness worrying about activities she was going to miss out on. Gutted is a great way to describe the feeling as a parent.

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[yeahman]

Vibes SnowShow. I watched my daughter go through multiple injuries and surgeries as a competitive gymnast. As a parent it was very hard. And it screwed up a lot of our plans. Sucks for sure.

[mcski]

That really sucks. I can’t imagine dealing w that at her age even tho I had a pretty traumatic knee injury in a car crash when I was 15. My kid also seems to have damaged her acl although the mri didn’t reveal much of anything a couple years ago, she seems to have ongoing problems w it. Nothing debilitating but enough to affect her wanting to ski etc. PT would help but not much motivation for it from a teen

[uglymoney]

SnowShow I feel you. This is a rough one all the way around. Sorry man.

We have to listen and adapt to the mountains, the woods, the waters, even if we don't want to. They decide. This is the same. You'll adapt and make the most of this, just like you would if you had gotten turned around by weather on your backpack in the Tetons.

[The SnowShow]

Thanks all. She’s being a real trooper and seems very motivated to hit the PT hard after the surgery. One good thing is she has a lot of friends at school that are helping her with carrying stuff around while she’s on crutches right now, and giving her lots of support.

[hawkgt]

For those who have used the DonJoy IceMan machine, did you go with the universal pad or the knee specific pad (the one with hole for the patella)?

universal was fine for me but I was a straight leg brace for 10 weeks while meniscus healed.

edit: sorry to read snowshow, it will get better.

[The Iron Horse]

Thanks Djongo and hawkgt for the info. Sounds like I'll go with the universal pad.

Snowshow, man that sucks. I'm going stir-crazy already, and I'm old and slow. Really feel terrible for your daughter. Sounds like she has the right approach, though.

[The SnowShow]

Does anyone have PT recs specific for ACL in Denver? Cherry Creek area would be best.

[The SnowShow]

12 year old got through her ACL surgery…went very smoothly. On to PT and recovery.

[mcski]

What type of graft did they go with? Glad it went well

[Djongo Unchained]

Excellent, that's good news.

[The SnowShow]

What type of graft did they go with? Glad it went well

It was a quad tendon autograft. Thanks!

[The Iron Horse]

12 year old got through her ACL surgery…went very smoothly. On to PT and recovery.

Awesome! Time to do the work.

I go in Thursday. I'll be hoping for some of your daughter's youthful energy and recovery.

[Duffman]

It was a quad tendon autograft. Thanks!

Good decision, especially in a young female athlete

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[mcski]

IH,
What flavor of graph are you getting?

Snowshow, cool she’s the first first hand person I know of that got the hammy unless I missed someone else checking in this thread earlier

[The SnowShow]

Awesome! Time to do the work.

I go in Thursday. I'll be hoping for some of your daughter's youthful energy and recovery.

Good luck!